Julius Lester
Julius Lester | |
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Portrait from the first edition of To Be a Slave (1968) (photo by David Gahr) | |
| Born | Julius Bernard Lester January 27, 1939 |
| Died | January 18, 2018 (aged 78) Palmer, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Fisk University (BA) |
| Occupations | |
| Spouses | Joan Steinau
(m. 1962; div. 1970)Alida Carolyn Fechner
(m. 1979; div. 1991)Milan Sabatini (m. 1995) |
Julius Bernard Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018) was an American writer of books for children and adults and an academic who taught for 32 years (1971–2003) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Lester was also a civil rights activist, a photographer, and a musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs.