Julius B Lester
1939 - 2018
General Information
Bio
(1939-2018) Author. Julius Lester was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Palmer, Massachusetts. He moved to New York in the early 1960s.
Full Name
Julius B Lester
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1939
BIRTH
Julius Bernard Lester was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 27, 1939.
1961
OTHER
Mr. Lester moved to New York in 1961 after graduating from Fisk University in 1960. There, he performed as a singer and guitarist on the coffeehouse circuit.
1968
LITWORK
Look Out, Whitey! Black Power's Gon' Get Your Mama
The Dial Press, Inc., New York
Nonfiction.
The Dial Press, Inc., New York
Nonfiction.
1968
LITWORK
To Be a Slave
Dial
0803789556 / 978-0803789555
Nonfiction children's book.
Dial
0803789556 / 978-0803789555
Nonfiction children's book.
1968
OTHER
Mr. Lester taught Afro-American history at the New School for Social Research from 1968 to 1970.
1969
LITWORK
Revolutionary Notes
Grove Press
0394171640 / 978-0394171647
Nonfiction.
Grove Press
0394171640 / 978-0394171647
Nonfiction.
1976
LITWORK
All Is Well
Morrow
0688030459 / 978-0688030452
Memoir.
Morrow
0688030459 / 978-0688030452
Memoir.
1988
LITWORK
Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
Henry Holt & Co.
0805005889 / 978-0805005882
Memoir.
Henry Holt & Co.
0805005889 / 978-0805005882
Memoir.
1996
LITWORK
Sam and the Tigers
Dial
0803720297 / 978-0803720299
Children's book.
Dial
0803720297 / 978-0803720299
Children's book.
2004
LITWORK
The Autobiography of God
St. Martin's Press
0312288204 / 978-0312288204
Novel.
St. Martin's Press
0312288204 / 978-0312288204
Novel.
2006
LITWORK
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Paw Prints
1435244583 / 978-1435244580
Children's book.
Paw Prints
1435244583 / 978-1435244580
Children's book.
2018
DEATH
Julius Lester died in Palmer, Massachusetts, on January 18, 2018.
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