Fredrick McKissack

'Fredrick Lemuel "Fred"

Biography McKissack was born in 1939 to a prominent family of African-American architects in Nashville, Tennessee—McKissack & McKissack, "widely regarded as the oldest African-American-owned architectural and construction firm in the United States".

Patricia had been a teacher and an editor of religious books. She did most of the writing while Fredrick focused on research. She said later, "He was gone most of the time. He was always into an interview trying to scrounge out some little piece of information." (Three are among her 10 most widely held works.)

The Civil Rights Movement in America from 1865 to the Present** (1987) A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter** (1989) – 1990 Coretta Scott King Author Award Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?** (1992) ‡ Madam C.J. Walker, with Patricia McKissack (1993) – 1993 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters** (1994) – 1995 Coretta Scott King Author Award Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts** (1996) ‡ Young, Black, and Determined, with Patricia McKissack (1998) Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers** (1999) ‡ Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States''** (2002) ‡

‡ Besides the two Coretta Scott King Award winners, four collaborations by the husband-and-wife team were runners-up, or Coretta Scott King Honor Books (in the writers category).