name: Julius Lester
birth_date: 1939-01-27 00:00:00
death_date: 2018-01-18 00:00:00
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about: Julius Lester was an American writer of books for children and adults. He was an academic who taught for 32 years (1971–2003) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was also a photographer, as well as a musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs.