Timeline Of African-American Children's Literature
This is a timeline of African American Children's literature milestones in the United States from 1600 – present. The timeline also includes selected events in Black history and children's book publishing broadly. 17th century 1619 *The first record of Africans in English colonial America when men were brought at first to Fort Monroe off the coast of Hampton, Virginia, and then to the Jamestown colony. 18th century 1761 *Jupiter Hammon is known as a founder of African-American literature. His poem, "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries," was published as a broadside in 1761, establishing Hammon as the first published African American poet. 1773 * Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American author of a published book of poetry, publishes ''Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral''. 1776–1783 The American Revolution 19th century 1847 * Frederick Douglass begins publication of the abolitionist newspaper the '' North Star''. 1852 ...
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Phillis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Dennis Phillis (born 1948), Australian rules footballer * Jodi Phillis (born 1965), Australian guitarist * Rob Phillis (born 1956), Australian retired motorcycle road racer * Tom Phillis (1931-1962), Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer * Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), first published African American poet See also * Operation Phillis, the British service-assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004 * James Fillis *Phyllis (other) * Phillips (other) Phillips may refer to: Businesses Energy * Chevron Phillips Chemical, American petrochemical firm jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66. * ConocoPhillips, American energy company * Phillips 66, American energy company * Philli ...