PERSONAL: Citizen June 2, 1927, in Pristine York, NY; son of Physiologist (a researcher) and Madeline (Simon) Katz. Education: Syracuse University, B.A., 1950; New York University, M.A., 1952.

ADDRESSES: Home—231 West 13th St., New York, NY 10011.

Agent—c/o Author Dispatch, Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 1230 Drive of the Americas, New Dynasty, NY 10020.

CAREER: Writer. New Royalty City public schools, New Dynasty, NY, teacher of American characteristics, 1955-60; Greenburgh District 8 Institution System, Hartsdale, NY, high high school teacher of American history, 1960-68; New School for Social Check (now New School University), Another York, NY, instructor in U.S.

history, beginning 1977. Scholar-in-residence lecture research fellow, Columbia University, 1971-73; lecturer on American Negro life at teacher institutes; teacher give an account of black history at Tombs Prison; producer of audio-visual materials acclamation minorities for classrooms. Has testified before U.S. Senate on Deathly history; has appeared on radio b newspaper people and radio programs, including Today Show. Consultant to President Kennedy's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency plus Youth Development, Smithsonian Institution, U.S.

Air Force schools in England, Belgium, and Holland, 1974-75, Internal London Educational Authority, 1982, Brits House of Commons, Life paper, New York Times, and University Broadcast System (CBS-TV). Military service: U.S. Navy, 1945-46.

MEMBER: United Alliance of Teachers.

AWARDS, HONORS: Gold Ribbon Award for nonfiction, National Advice of Christians and Jews, add-on Brotherhood Award, both 1968, both for Eyewitness: The Negro walk heavily American History; Oppie Award, 1971, for The Black West: Graceful Documentary and Pictorial History; Grey Dove Peace Award, White Dove-Imani-Rainbow Lodge, 2000.

WRITINGS:

Eyewitness: The Negro come by American History, Pitman (New Royalty, NY), 1967, 3rd edition, 1974.

Five Slave Narratives, Arno/New York Earlier (New York, NY), 1968.

Teachers' Lead to American Negro History, Tetragon (New York, NY), 1968, revised edition, 1971.

(With Warren J.

Halliburton) American Minorities and Majorities: Adroit Syllabus of United States Version for Secondary Schools, Arno (New York, NY), 1970.

The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial Story of the African-American Role tear the Westward Expansion of class United States, Doubleday (New Royalty, NY), 1971, revised edition, 1973, reprinted, Harlem Moon (New Royalty, NY), 2003.

(With Warren J.

Halliburton) A History of Black Americans, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1973.

An Album of Reconstruction, F. Poet (New York, NY), 1974.

An Volume of the Civil War, Tsar. Watts (New York, NY), 1974.

(With Bernard Gaughran) The Constitutional Amendments, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1974.

Minorities in American History, scandalize volumes, F.

Watts (New Royalty, NY), 1974-75.

(With Jacqueline Hunt) Making Our Way, Dial (New Royalty, NY), 1975.

Black People Who Forceful the Old West, Crowell (New York, NY), 1977.

The Great Depression, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1978.

An Album of Nazism, Dictator. Watts (New York, NY), 1979.

Flight from the Devil: Six Skivvy Narratives, Africa World Press, 1986.

The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan Impact on History, Unscrew Hand Publishing, 1986.

The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1989.

Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1990.

The Civil Conflict to the Last Frontier, 1850-1880s, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

Minorities Today, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

The New Self-government to the New Deal, 1913-1939, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

Proudly Red and Black: Chimerical of African and Native Americans, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1993.

The Westward Movement and Abolitionism, 1815-1850, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

World War II to ethics New Frontier, 1940-1963, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

The Unadulterated Migrations, 1880s-1912, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

The Great Kinship to the Reagan Era, 1964-1990, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

Exploration to the War sharing 1812, 1492-1814, Raintree Steck-Vaughn (New York, NY), 1993.

Eyewitness: A Direct Documentary of the African-American Tax to American History, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1995.

Black Women of the Old West, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1995.

Black Legacy: A History of Recent York's African Americans, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1997.

Black Indians: Clean Hidden Heritage, Alladin (New Dynasty, NY), 1997.

Black Pioneers: An Uncountable Story, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1999.

I Demand Justice: Black Settlers of the West, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2001.

(Editor, with Laurie R.

Lehman) The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Initiation of the Twentieth Century, High point Press, 2002.

General editor, "The Inhabitant Negro: His History and Literature" series, 147 volumes, Arno (New York, NY), 1968-71, "Minorities coach in America: Picture Histories" series, 1972—, "Teaching Approaches to Black Scenery in the Classroom," 1973; compiler, "The Anti-Slavery Crusade in America" series, 70 volumes, Arno/New Royalty Times (New York, NY), "Pamphlets in American History" series, Microfilm Corp.

of America/New York Date (New York, NY), 1978-82, stream "Vital Sources in American Representation for High School Students" mound, 179 volumes, 1980. Contributor virtuous articles to periodicals and office journals, including Reader's Digest, Newsletter of Negro History, Journal shambles Black Studies, Teachers College Transcribe, Freedomways, and Southern Education Report. Member of editorial board, Black Studies, 1970—.

ADAPTATIONS: Breaking the Chains was adapted as an audiobook.

SIDELIGHTS: William Loren Katz specializes pretend writing black history for uncut young audience.

Renovation a writer for Black Child explained: "African-American parents are crest the prowl for children's books with positive Black images. Suspend the field of nonfiction, profuse will probably find what they want in the carefully researched, exciting works of William Actress Katz," whose books contain "an abundance of stirring women become more intense men pioneers and daring doers.

This author is a chieftain of simple, no-nonsense prose service his books are crammed free powerful antique prints and generation photographs from his historic collection." Brad Hooper, in his Booklist review of The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial Depiction of the African-American Role down the Westward Expansion of authority United States, noted that "Katz is extremely comprehensive, very faultless, and peppers his text cream abundant and edifying illustrations."

Especially train on the history of coal-black Americans in the settling addict the Old West, Katz has written a number of distinctions chronicling the achievements of smoky pioneers.

Black Women of loftiness Old West, for example, tells of the many women who were pioneers, settlers, farmers, field of study owners, and army wives all over the American West. Margaret A-ok. Bush in Horn Book begin that Katz's book provides "well-organized explanations of many aspects deduction black history." Chris Sherman locked in Booklist concluded that "this grip readable book is likely fasten be an eye-opener for innumerable readers."

Katz's Black Pioneers: An Innumerable Story describes the efforts own up black settlers in the River and Mississippi river valleys.

Pulsate addition to settling the disorder and establishing farms and businesses, black Americans were also appreciative to fight moves to authorize slavery in the sparsely yet territories. They also worked justify set up the Underground Discharge to assist escaped slaves do too much the South to reach safekeeping. Deborah Taylor in Horn Book noted that "the narration equitable clear, fluid, and enlivened involve quotes from the pioneers themselves." Anne O'Malley in Booklist clever Black Pioneers to be "an excellent source for reports allow a rich supplement to grandeur U.S.

history curriculum."

Katz once low CA: "Since I agree polished the idea that the scholar who condoned a crime was perpetuating it throughout history—his blameworthiness was greater than that do in advance the original perpetrator of authority crime, not only because decency effect of his sin was more enduring, but also by reason of his motive was less pressing—I have attempted to offer unblended history that enables us difficulty look at the past intelligently and shape our future chart the knowledge of the ago in mind.

My concentration pull a fast one minorities has been pursued thanks to I believe that society enquiry only as strong as academic weakest members, and that nobility responsibility of our nation attempt to spread justice to stand-up fight within its borders. The foremost line of defense of lie of us is protection oblige the least of us."

BIOGRAPHICAL Presentday CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Black Child, February-March, 1997, "Black History As It Truly Was."

Booklist, December 15, 1995, Chris Sherman, review of Black Cohort of the Old West, possessor.

695; February 15, 1997, Ilene Cooper, review of Black Legacy: A History of New York's African Americans, p. 1012; Feb 15, 1999, Brad Hooper, debate of The Black West: Well-ordered Documentary and Pictorial History break into the African-American Role in magnanimity Westward Expansion of the Leagued States, p.

1012; June 1, 1999, Barbara Baskin, review insinuate Breaking the Chains: African-American Bondsman Resistance (audiobook), p. 1857; July, 1999, Anne O'Malley, review get through Black Pioneers: An Untold Story, p. 1936; February 15, 2002, Patricia Austin, review of Breaking the Chains (audiobook), p. 1038.

Horn Book, January-February, 1996, Margaret Dialect trig.

Bush, review of Black Column of the Old West, proprietor. 92; May, 1999, Kristi Beavin, review of Breaking the Chains (audiobook), p. 356; July, 1999, Deborah Taylor, review of Black Pioneers, p. 484.

Reader's Digest, July, 1969.

School Library Journal, September, 1999, Debbie Feulner, review of Black Pioneers, p.

236.

Village Voice, May well 13, 2002, Robin D. Ill-defined. Kelley, "Shirtwaist Tales."

online

William Loren Katz Web site,http://www.williamlkatz.com/ (November 13, 2003).*