14 Facts About Carolivia Herron

Carolivia Herron was born on Carol Olivia Herron; July 22,1947 and is an American writer of children's and adult literature, and a scholar of African-American Judaica.

Carolivia Herron was born to Oscar Smith Herron and Georgia Carol Herron, in Washington, DC.

Carolivia Herron is a founding member of "Jews of African Descent".

Carolivia Herron has a BA in English from Eastern Baptist College in Pennsylvania.

Carolivia Herron spent a postdoctoral research year at Brandeis University investigating the subject of African-American Jews.

Carolivia Herron's critically acclaimed picture book Nappy Hair, a call-and-response story based on her own experiences as a child, was the cause of massive controversy when a New York City public school teacher was accused of racism after using it in the classroom.

Carolivia Herron edited the papers of Angelina Weld Grimke for Oxford University Press.

Carolivia Herron wrote the libretto of the opera Let Freedom Sing: The Story of Marian Anderson, composed by Bruce Adolphe, which was commissioned and premiered by the Washington National Opera and the Washington Performing Arts Society in 2009.

Carolivia Herron has taught literature at many institutions, including Harvard University, Mount Holyoke College, Brandeis University, California State University, Chico, William and Mary, and Marien N'Guabi University in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

In 2017 Carolivia Herron joined the Classics Department at Howard University, and currently teaches undergraduate courses in Humanities and Blacks in Antiquity.

Carolivia Herron teaches children directly working directly in Grecian epics with her vast understanding of ancient Greece mythology.

Carolivia Herron has the ability to translate the ancient language.

Carolivia Herron's scholarship includes work on children's literature, multicultural literature, and Star Trek.

Carolivia Herron is currently developing Epicenter Stories to assist in her work with children, literacy, and multiculturalism.