{"id":52,"date":"2019-10-22T19:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annettealston.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2024-02-17T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T22:40:40","slug":"who-am-i-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annettealston.com\/?page_id=52","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who Am I&#8221; (Bio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"52-c1\" class=\"style-407 style-local-52-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"52-c2\" id=\"initial-content\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-408 style-local-52-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 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h-text-component style-430 style-local-52-c24 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Above you see Annette showcasing her book &#8220;Harriet Tubman for Beginners&#8221; with the current mayor of Newark NJ Ras Baraka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"52-c25\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-431 style-local-52-c25 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c26\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 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Alston is an award-winning writer from Newark, New Jersey.\n                      <br>Her book&nbsp;<em>Harriet Tubman for Beginners<\/em>&nbsp;has received national\n                      <br>recognition.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her three-part series on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the\n                      <br>Newark Rebellion was printed in the&nbsp;<em>New York&nbsp;Amsterdam News&nbsp;<\/em>and\n                      <br>the&nbsp;<em>Newark City News<\/em>&nbsp;where it won a NNPA Merit Award among the highest\n                      <br>honors for journalism in the Black press. Her essay, &#8220;Breathing in America&#8221;\n                      <br>was published in<em>&nbsp;Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism<\/em>&nbsp;by Michelle\n                      <br>Duster and Trina Sotira.\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"52-c29\" id=\"custom-2\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-435 style-local-52-c29 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c36\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-442 style-local-52-c36 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-443-outer style-local-52-c37-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c37\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-443 style-local-52-c37 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\n                <!---->\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"52-c33\" id=\"custom-3\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-439 style-local-52-c33 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c34\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-440 style-local-52-c34 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-441-outer style-local-52-c35-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"52-c35\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-441 style-local-52-c35 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\n                <!---->\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All About Annette Alston Who is Annette Alston? 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