Wednesday, February 22, 2006

African American History Contest

In honor of African American History Month, SORMAG is hosting a contest for our readers.

Each Wednesday for the Month of February we will feature a contest.

The contest, Do You Know Who These African American Writers are?

Below are four pictures of African American writers. The first reader to leave in the comment section the correct names is the winner of a prize pack donated by Warner books. (one win per blog/contest)

Feb 22nd Authors - Winner - Gwyenth Bolton
Authors - Sean Young, Zora Neale Hurston , Stacy Hawkins Adams


















Feb 15th Authors




















Feb 8th Authors - WINNER - Candace












W.E.B. DuBois, Deatri King-Bey, Maya Angelou, Bettye Griffin


FEB 1st AUTHORS - Winner - Kim W.














Gwyneth Bolton
Gwendolyn Brooks
Ann Clay
Fredrick Douglas

Do you know the title of something these writers wrote? Check out the contest at - See Ya On The Net - LaShaunda's Blog for another chance at winning.

SORMAG would like to thank Time Warner Book Group for donating the prizes for this contest.

Click on the links and read a sneak peek of the books.

Prize Pak - 1

I'm Just a DJ...But It Makes Sense to Me by Tom Joyner
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/16/1594830762/

With Ossie and Ruby (audiobook) by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/77/1594833354/

B.B. King Treasures by B.B. King and Dick Waterman
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/76/0821257242/

Prize Pak - 2

Single Saved and Having Sex by Ty Adams
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/11/0446578223/

Lift Up Your Hands by Gloria Pruett
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/12/0446578231/

Just a Sister Away by Renita Weems
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/83/0446578940/

Prize Pak - 3

Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/67/0316073024/index.html

The Wave by Walter Mosley
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/7/0446533637/index.html

What Fire Cannot Burn by John Ridley
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/26/0446612030/index.html

Prize Pak - 4

Dream Boogie by Peter Gualnick (The Story of Sam Cooke)
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/67/0316377945/

Sins and Secrets by Carolyn Chambers Sanders
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/90/0446693855/index.html

The Amen Sisters by Angela Benson
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/94/0446531537/

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm horrible at remembering names with faces...

I'm pretty sure that's Frederick Douglas on the end there.

I better quit while I'm ahead! ;)

Anonymous said...

And I think Ann Clay is there, too! :)

(Okay I really will give up now... Hope this encourages a few others to post the correct answers.) :)

LaShaunda said...

Lol Cindy!

Anonymous said...

Is the first person Angela Benson, then there is Gwendolyn Brooks, the third person is it Jacqueline Thomass and the last person is of course Frederick Douglass.

LaShaunda said...

Kim,

You are very close - one wrong author.

Diane Pollock said...

Gwyneth Bolton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ann Clay and Frederick Douglass.

LaShaunda said...

We have a Winner - KimW

Kim send me your mailing address.

You win the first set of books.

Everyone come back on Wed for a new set of authors.

Anonymous said...

W.E.B. DuBois, Deatri King-Bey, Maya Angelou, Bettye Griffin

LaShaunda said...

Congrats Candace,

Send me your mailing address.

Anonymous said...

Congrats Candace.

This contest has be real embarassed because I can only recognize the older authors. Notice I didn't even try last week. This week James Baldwin and Phyllis Bourne Williams (since she is the featured author). You are good girlfriend.

PatriciaW said...

Don't feel badly Connie. I'm in the same boat! I struggled last week trying to come up with the 4th name (Bettye Griffin). Even went searching around the net. The first three were a breeze. This week, beyond James Baldwin, I'm definitely challenged. But this is good.

Patricia

PatriciaW said...

LaShaunda:

Who were the authors for the week of Feb 15th? (or is the contest open until someone guesses correctly)?

Patricia

LaShaunda said...

Hi Patricia,

I'm keeping the contest open until the 28th. So there are still two chances to win.

Stacy-Deanne said...

Good luck with the contest!

Gwyneth Bolton said...

Sean Young
Zora Neale Hurston
Stacy Hawkins Adams

LaShaunda said...

Congrats Gwyneth!

Send me your snail mail.

We have one more group of pictures to guess. FEB 15th.

You have to tomorrow.

PatriciaW said...

Okay. I've got a definite 2 out of 4. I'm going to try really hard to come up with the other two.

Patricia

PatriciaW said...

Okay. I give. I must have googled over 100 sista writers yesterday trying to identify the last picture. Couldn't find her. Didn't know there were so many of us. Definitely need to expand my reading list.

Here's what I have: James Baldwin, Unknown, Maureen Smith, Phyllis Bourne Williams

Patricia

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