{"id":1019,"date":"2019-05-02T15:45:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2021-06-13T06:44:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T06:44:18","slug":"los-angeles-public-librarys-50th-anniversary-celebration-for-the-coretta-scott-king-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2019\/05\/02\/los-angeles-public-librarys-50th-anniversary-celebration-for-the-coretta-scott-king-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Public Library\u2019s 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The History of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9uHRCor3vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl2-828x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" width=\"298\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl2-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl2-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl2-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl2.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption>Jen\u00e9 Brown at the LAPL CSK Celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 27, the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) held a party at Central Library to launch a yearlong celebration of the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Claudette McLinn, the Chair for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, joined Jen\u00e9 Brown, Associate Director of the library\u2019s Engagement and Outreach Department, to kick off festivities for children that included a storytime, coloring craft, party hats, and cake. Because Mrs. King would have turned 92 on April 27, the children also sang \u201cHappy Birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1008 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-3-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-3-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-3-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-3-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-3.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\n<figcaption><center>Dr. Claudette McLinn<\/center><center><\/center><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1013 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl5-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl5-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl5.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/>\n<figcaption><center>LAPL Public Librarian Mara Alpert<\/center><center><\/center><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1009 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-4-Copy-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-4-Copy-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-4-Copy-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-4-Copy-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl-4-Copy.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/>\n<figcaption><center>Jen\u00e9 Brown, Mara Alpert &amp; Claudette McLinn<\/center><center><\/center><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Anniversary celebrations in LAPL\u2019s 73-library system will feature events and programs at branches across the city throughout the year; an online Coretta Scott King 50th Anniversary Reading Challenge; and the \u201cOur Voice\u201d exhibit of original illustrations from Coretta Scott King Award-winning books, November 8, 2019 &#8211; January 27, 2020, at Central Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl9-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" width=\"307\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl9-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl9-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/csk-lapl9.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption><center>Jen\u00e9 Brown and Claudette McLinn<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented annually, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lapl.org\/csk50\" target=\"_blank\">lapl.org\/csk50<\/a> for details about LAPL\u2019s reading challenge and upcoming 50th-anniversary events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Jen\u00e9 Brown <\/em><\/strong><em>is Associate Director of the Los Angeles Public Library&#8217;s Engagement and Outreach Department. She serves as Recording Secretary for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: Gary Leonard<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 27, the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) held a party at Central Library to launch a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Claudette McLinn, the Chair for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, joined Jen\u00e9 Brown, Associate Director of the library\u2019s Engagement and Outreach Department, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2019\/05\/02\/los-angeles-public-librarys-50th-anniversary-celebration-for-the-coretta-scott-king-book-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Los Angeles Public Library\u2019s 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csk-50th-anniversary","category-past-events-and-important-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1308,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}