Arnold Adoff Timeline By Morgan Moschberger Jul 16, 1935 Birth 1955 Begins Collecting Black Literature 1956 Graduates New York City College 1957 Starts Graduate School at Columbia University 1968 First Book "I am the Darker Brother" published Period: 1968 to 2011 Publishes Numerous Books 1988 Receives the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children 2004 Awarded the Virginia Hamilton Literacy Award