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Exhibit Salutes Children's Author Who Introduced Minority Characters
Ezra Jack Keats crossed social boundaries to become the first American author and illustrator to give minorities a central place in young children's literature. (Photos courtesy of the Ezra Keats Foundation)
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At a time when most books featured white children in well-groomed neighborhoods, Keats showed a world where graffiti covered the walls in fume-polluted neighborhoods.
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As Peter grows up, in “Letter to Amy,” he becomes interested in girls.
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“Regards to Man in the Moon," written two years before Keats died, celebrates human imagination and New York City.