Harriette Gillem Robinet

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Harriette Gillem Robinet


Born
in Washington D.C., The United States
July 14, 1931

Died
May 17, 2024

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Harriette Gillem Robinet was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She spent her childhood summers in Arlington, Virginia, where her grandfather had been a slave under General Robert E. Lee.
She graduated from the College of New Rochelle, New York, and from graduate studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the National Writers Union.
She has written numerous award-winning books for children.

She and her husband live in Oak Park, Illinois, and have six children and four grandchildren.

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Mississippi Chariot

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“He's just a little boy born into this world through no fault of his own.

All of us are people born into this world through no fault of our own.

My name is Hallelujah. I was born into this world at sunrise on Easter Sunday through no fault of my own.”
Harriette Gillem Robinet, Children of the Fire

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