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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 15 > Dorothy Sterling, 95, wrote black history in children’s literature

Dorothy Sterling, 95, wrote black history in children’s literature

By Elaine Woo / The Bulletin
December 15, 2008

Dorothy Sterling, a significant figure in 20th-century children’s literature for her well-researched portrayals of historical black Americans written decades before multi-culturalism became mainstream, died Dec. 1 at her home in Wellfleet, Mass. She was 95.

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