Joyce Carol Thomas, a prolific and prize-winning children’s author whose books centered on African American life and tackled racial inequality, has died. The condition stemmed from a long-ago blood transfusion, her sister, Flora Krasnovsky, told the Associated Press. A recipient of a Master of Arts degree from Stanford University, Ms. Thomas also taught at elementary schools and universities, including the University of Tennessee and Purdue University. The Brown v. Board of Education Decision (2004), Ms. Thomas assembled a series of poets, essayists and novelists who examined the landmark Supreme Court decision on its 50th anniversary. In her review of the book, Chronicle critic Susan Faust wrote, “From subdued to angry, they raise authentic voices and together stir a complex sense of history.”
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