WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston

WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. American, b. 1956. Genres: Children's fiction, Children's non-fiction. Career: English teacher at public schools in Baltimore, MD, 1978; American Red Cross, Baltimore, MD, field representative in Blood Services Department, 1978-79; Black Arts Review (radio talk show), creator, producer, and host, 1979; Art Litho Co., Baltimore, MD, account executive, 1981; National Bar Association, Washington, DC, director of communications, 1981-85; B & C Associates Inc., High Point, NC, vice president and creative director, 1985-88; freelance writer and publicist, 1988-. Publicist and consultant. Publications: Remember Me, 1994; My Favorite Toy, 1994; The Tan Chanteuse (poetry for adults), 1995; Juneteenth Jamboree (novel), 1995; Me and My Family Tree, 1996; Grandma and Me, 1996; Mighty Menfolk, 1996; Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks, 1999; (with R.J. Weatherford) Somebody's Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church, 1999; The Tar Baby on the Soapbox, 1999; The Sound That Jazz Makes (poetry), 2000; The African- American Struggle for Legal Equality in American History, 2000; Princeville: The 500-Year Flood, 2001; Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City, 2001; African American Lawyers, 2002; Jazz Baby (stories in verse), 2002; Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People, 2002. Contributor of articles and poetry to magazines and newspapers. Address: 3313 Sparrowhawk Dr., High Point, NC 27265, U.S.A.