Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

(1953) Writer

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Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is a writer.

Quick Facts About Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Born: October 10, 1953
Profession: Writer

About Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

[Wikidata] American writer... | [Wikipedia] Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is an American writer known for her fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. She was the winner of the 2010 Coretta Scott King Award and Gelett Burgess Children's Book Honor for her non-fiction book Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, D

Quotes by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

“Religion can be a good thing. Churches did black folks good after Reconstruction. It was the only place people like Nat Turner…

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Good thing

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“A person has to have confidence in what he's going to do. If he don't, he's not going to do it long.…

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Confidence

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“I believe in God, and I love my brother. But I don't want any religion that will demand I lose my individuality.”

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Believe in god

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“So I've got five books, a building, and a hundred bucks. I'm starting my business tomorrow.”

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Books

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“Until the neglected and the rejected are accepted and respected, there's gonna be no damn peace . . . nowhere! Only a…

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Peace

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“You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You try you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked…

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“My father said to me when I was a child, 'Boy, set there until I come back.' That was his law and…

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Children

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“Everybody keeps saying be satisfied with Jesus's love, and he will give us our daily bread. I keep waiting, but we never…

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Daily bread

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“I keep thinking about Marcus Garvey and what he says about black people knowing themselves. It's clear that if the so-called Negro…

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Black people

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