Quote of the day
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
Virginia Hamilton
Born: March 12, 1934
Died: February 19, 2002 (aged 67)
Bio: Virginia Esther Hamilton was a multi-award winning African-American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the U.S.
Known for:
- The People Could Fly (1985)
- The House of Dies Drear (1968)
- M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974)
- Zeely (1967)
- Her stories (1995)