Abstract
This essay profiles Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, the 2020 Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. It begins with biographical information about Bishop and her career trajectory in education followed by descriptions of three of her landmark works and the ways a sampling of scholars have utilized and expanded upon them. The three works are the book Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children’s Fiction, an article titled “Strong Black Girls: A Ten Year Old Responds to Fiction About Afro-Americans,” and the groundbreaking article “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors.” The essay concludes with thoughts from various individuals about the ways her scholarship has impacted them and the field.
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