Cornrows
By: by Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
Contributors: Byard, Carole M.
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780698204621; 9780698205291
Subjects: African Americans -- Fiction; Hair -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Explains how the hair style of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can today in this country symbolize the courage of outstanding Afro-Americans.
Notes: Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1980.