Carnegie Library Lecture Hall

Coretta Scott King Honor illustrator Sean Qualls brings an electrifying history of Black music, moving from one groundbreaking era to another to show how Black people have influenced music throughout history. Qualls is a Brooklyn-based artist, illustrator, and author whose work is a mixed-media combination of painting, drawing, and collage.

Jerry Craft is the author-illustrator of #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novels New Kid and its companion books, Class Act and School Trip. New Kid was the first book in history to win the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature.