Amy Hill Hearth

I was part of the team that won a Peabody Award for the 1999 film adaptation of Having Our Say. My role was consultant and advisor for historical accuracy. The film starred Ruby Dee as Bessie Delany, Diahann Carroll as Sadie Delany, and Amy Madigan as Amy Hill Hearth. 

The American Library Association selected both Having Our Say (1994 adult category) and Streetcar to Justice (2019 children's category) as Notable Books.

In 1993, Having Our Say received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for Literature. 

I won the Inaugural Septima Clark "Women in Literature" Award in 2019 from the National Council for the Social Studies for her book, Streetcar to Justice. The annual award recognizes a "notable, high-quality trade book that centers on the challenges and accomplishments of women, both in the United States and internationally." 

Having Our Say selected for "One Book, One City" celebrations (citywide book reads) in numerous cities, including Washington, D.C., New Rochelle, N.Y., Columbia, South Carolina and Lawrence, Kansas. Strong Medicine Speaks: A Native American Elder Has Her Say selected for Cumberland County, New Jersey group read.

New York Public Library's "Best Books for the Teen Age" for Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom, On My Own, and In a World Gone Mad

For Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters and I won the "ABBY" Honor Book Award in 1994.

For the Broadway adaptation of the book, "Having Our Say," I was part of the production team that was nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Play, in 1995. The adaptation was written by Emily Mann. I was a consultant and advisor whose role was to ensure the historical accuracy of the production. I worked with the producers, the actresses, and the playwright/director Emily Mann. (Photo shows me with my parents outside the Booth Theatre with "Having Our Say" on the marquee. Photo copyright A.H. Hearth)

For the book, Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters and I won a Christopher Award for Literature (1993). Six years later, the movie adaptation of the book won a Christopher Award for Film (1999). I was a consultant and advisor on the film production. 

I received a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award in 2018 for my book, Streetcar to Justice.

In 1993, I received the Gwen and C. Dale White Award from the Methodist Federation for Social Action.