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Christine Platt is a literacy activist and passionate advocate for educational justice and policy reform. A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s literature centers on teaching history, race, equity, diversity, and inclusion to people of all ages.
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Christine Platt is a literacy activist and passionate advocate for educational justice and policy reform. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s literature centers on teaching history, race, equity, diversity, and inclusion to people of all ages. She formerly served as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University.
When she’s not writing, Christine spends her time curating The Afrominimalist—a creative platform chronicling her journey to minimalism.
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Christine Platt is a literacy activist and passionate advocate for educational justice and policy reform. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s literature centers on teaching history, race, equity, diversity, and inclusion to people of all ages. She formerly served as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University.
Christine’s debut novel,The Truth About Awiti, won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction and is currently used in high schools, colleges and universities to teach the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In 2018, ABDO Books published Christine’s first children’s series,Ana & Andrew, featuring siblings learning about African-American history and culture. Current titles in the series are A Dayat the Museum, Summer in Savannah, Dancing at Carnival, A Snowy Day, Going to Ghana, The Magic Violin, The New Baby, and The Perfect Pet. Christine’s newest series, Sheroes: Real Wonder Women, teaches young readers about extraordinary women throughout history and include Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and Sacagawea.
Christine is a member of the Association of Black Women Historians, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Lee Montessori Public Charter School in Washington, DC.
When she’s not writing, Christine spends her time curating The Afrominimalist—a creative platform chronicling her journey to minimalism.