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The BCALA, of the American Library Association, was organized, in 1970, to promote the development of library and information services for African Americans and other people of African descent. The Black Caucus Literature Awards recognize excellence in adult fiction and nonfiction by African American authors published in the previous year, recognition of a first novelist, as well as a citation for Outstanding Contribution to Publishing.
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2002 Fiction Award Winner --
 I WISH I HAD A RED DRESS
Pearl Cleage
William Morrow and Co.
ISBN: 0380977338
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2002 Nonfiction Award Winner --
 VERNON CAN READ! A Memoir
Vernon E. Jordan
Public Affairs
ISBN: 189162069X
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2002 First Novelist Award Winner --
 GABRIEL'S STORY
David Anthony Durham
Doubleday
ISBN: 0385498144
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2002 Outstanding Contribution Citations --
 PRIMETIME BLUES: African Americans On Network Television
Donald Bogle
Farrar Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374237204
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