Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford is a children's book author and poet who has written books about African-American historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, and Billie Holiday. Other books recount historical events such as the Greensboro Sit-ins and the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Watch the interview to learn more about her and read a short biography about her life. Includes an interview transcript and a selected list of her books.