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Jacqueline Woodson was born on February 12, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio to Mary Ann Irby and Jack Austin
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Woodson's Mother takes part in Civil Rights protests. During this time period Woodson and her family experience many racist incidents.
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Jaqueline Woodson began living with her grandparents in South Carolina while her mother moved to New York. Her Grandmother started teaching her about religion.
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Woodson moves to New York
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Her Aunt Kay died who she was very close too
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Woodson enters elementary school and writes for the first time
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Woodson initially struggles with learning to read and write but as her skills improve, she starts to write her first compositions and gains confidence and encouragement from her teacher and peers.
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Woodson works at a Youth Shelter as a therapist where she gains inspiration for her first books
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Woodson graduates from college.
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Last Summer at Maizon
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I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This
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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
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in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 and1995
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Locomotion
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Coming Home Soon
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Spike Lee turns one of her books into a miniseries. This is the only one of her books into film related media.
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Show Way
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After Tupac and D Foster
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After Tupac and D Foster
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Feathers
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Each Kindness
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Peace Locomotion
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Another Brooklyn
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