All About Annette Alston
Who is Annette Alston?
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Above you see Annette showcasing her book “Harriet Tubman for Beginners” with the current mayor of Newark NJ Ras Baraka.
Annette M. Alston is an award-winning writer from Newark, New Jersey.
Her book Harriet Tubman for Beginners has received national
recognition. Her three-part series on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Newark Rebellion was printed in the New York Amsterdam News and
the Newark City News where it won a NNPA Merit Award among the highest
honors for journalism in the Black press. Her essay, “Breathing in America”
was published in Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism by Michelle
Duster and Trina Sotira.