Kadir Nelson

{{Short description|American painter, illustrator, and author (born 1974)}}

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Kadir Nelson (May 15, 1974) is a Los Angeles-based painter, illustrator, and author who is best known for his paintings often featured on the covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers for Michael Jackson and Drake. His work is focused on African-American culture and history. The New York Times described his work as "sumptuous, deeply affecting work. Nelson’s paintings are drenched in ambience, and often overt symbolism.{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Pamela |title=Black History Greats 'Nelson Mandela,' by Kadir Nelson, and More |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/books/nelson-mandela-by-kadir-nelson-and-more.html?mtrref=www.google.com&auth=login-email |accessdate=28 September 2018}} He has twice been a Caldecott honor recipient and won the 2020 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in The Undefeated.

Career

In 1996, Nelson began his career as a conceptual artist for Steven Spielberg's feature film Amistad, and the animated feature film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Nelson has since designed several commemorative postage stamps for the United States Postal Service including stamps featuring Wilt Chamberlain,{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=David |title=Wilt the Stilt Becomes Wilt the Stamp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/sports/basketball/wilt-chamberlain-the-stilt-postage-stamp-philadelphia-76ers.html |accessdate=28 September 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=December 4, 2014}} Joe Dimaggio,{{cite web |author=New York City |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/newyorkcitystampart/p4.html |title=Baseball - New York City: A Portrait Through Stamp Art |publisher=Postalmuseum.si.edu |accessdate=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210204609/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/newyorkcitystampart/p4.html |archive-date=2019-12-10 |url-status=dead }} and Richard Wright.{{cite web|url=http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2009/pr09_037.htm|title=Richard Wright Immortalized on Postage|website=about.usps.com}} He has also authored and/or illustrated over 30 picture books including, Brothers of the Knight{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8037-2488-4|title=Children's Book Review: Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen, Author, Toby Sherry, Editor, Kadir Nelson, Illustrator Dial Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2488-4}} by actress Debbie Allen, WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of Negro League Baseball,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18518791|title=Illustrated Book Chronicles Negro League Pioneers|website=NPR }} which was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/1002358/0|title=March 10, 2008 Issue Viewer}} magazine, and Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140807940/heart-and-soul-an-african-american-history|title='Heart And Soul': An African-American History|website=NPR }} In 2013, Nelson was commissioned to paint his first cover for The New Yorker magazine, a portrait of Nelson Mandela.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-nelson-mandela-hero|title=Cover Story: Nelson Mandela, Hero|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2013-05-07}} Nelson has since created several memorable covers for the magazine including, Eustace Negro,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-nine-ninety|title=Cover Story: Nine for Ninety|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2015-02-16}} Schomburg Center, Harlem, New York,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2016-02-22|title=Cover Story: "Schomburg Center, Harlem, New York," by Kadir Nelson|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2016-02-15}} and A Day at the Beach.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2016-07-11|title=Cover Story: Kadir Nelson's "A Day at the Beach"|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2016-07-04}}

Early life and education

Nelson was born in Washington D.C.,{{Cite news|url=http://www.kadirnelson.com/cv|title=CV|work=KadirNelson.com|access-date=2018-03-16}} and grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey and San Diego, California, the son of author Emily Gunter and educator Lenwood Nelson.Johnson, Virginia, [http://www.librarypoint.org/kadir_nelson Author of the Month: Kadir Nelson]," Librarypoint, Central Rappahannock Library District. Retrieved 3 July 2016 He received his early training in art from his uncle, Michael Morris, who is an artist and art instructor."[http://www.wearetheship.com/about-the-author.html We are the ship; About the author and artist]." Retrieved 3 July 2016 Both his uncle and his high school art teacher taught him important artistic principles and techniques, including how to paint with oils. After developing an impressive portfolio during high school, Crawford High in San Diego, Kadir Nelson earned a partial scholarship to the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Nelson earned his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrio.com/black-history/thegrios-100/thegrios-100-kadir-nelson.php|title=TheGrio's 100: Kadir Nelson, drawing from the past to illustrate hope|date=1 February 2010|accessdate=18 August 2017}}

Works

In August 1999, Nelson’s paintings depicting Negro league baseball scenes were featured in Sports Illustrated magazine on its opening Leading Off pages.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/703947/15|title=August 30, 1999 Issue Viewer}} They were some of the first paintings in a series of works that led to Nelson writing and illustrating a book commemorating the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues entitled, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro Leagues Baseball, published by Jump at the Sun in 2008. Nelson’s critically acclaimed{{cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kadir-nelson/we-are-the-ship/|title=WE ARE THE SHIP by Kadir Nelson - Kirkus Reviews}}{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7868-0832-8|title=Children's Book Review: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson, Author, Kadir Nelson, Illustrator, Hank Aaron, Foreword by . Hyperion/Jump at the Sun $18.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0832-8}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/06/books/20081109ILLUSTRATEDBOOKS_3.html|title=Best Illustrated Children's Books 2008 - The New York Times > Books > Slide Show > Slide 2 of 11|website=archive.nytimes.com}} authorial debut was created over the span of seven years and earned Nelson the Sibert Medal, a Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor.{{Cite web |title=American Library Association announces literary award winners {{!}} ALA |url=https://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymawrap |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}} We Are the Ship was released by Brilliance Audio as an audiobook in 2009, narrated by voice actor Dion Graham.

In 2008, Nelson was commissioned by the US House of Representatives to paint the official portrait of Representative Shirley Anita Chisholm. The original painting hangs in the US Capitol Building in Washington DC.{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30296|title=Shirley Anita Chisholm - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|website=history.house.gov}}

In 2017, Nelson was commissioned to paint a portrait of Henrietta Lacks to promote HBO’s upcoming film,{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/04/interview-jazmine-sullivan-kadir-nelson-hela-project-ny/|title=Jazmine Sullivan, Kadir Nelson Bring Henrietta Lacks To Life|date=11 April 2017}} The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, based on the book by Rebecca Skloot. The painting was exhibited at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and other venues. The painting was later co-acquired by the Smithsonian museums National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/famed-immortal-cells-henrietta-lacks-immortalized-portraiture-180969085/|title=Famed for "Immortal" Cells, Henrietta Lacks is Immortalized in Portraiture|first=Ryan P.|last=Smith}}

=Album cover art=

Nelson created the mural used as cover art for Swizz Beatz's 2002 album Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories.

In 2005, Nelson was contacted by Michael Jackson to create a commissioned painting of the King of Pop’s life story. The commission was delayed and shelved for several years until the untimely death of the singer in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T2GVJA2fmc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/2T2GVJA2fmc |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Michael Jackson's album-cover art|last=USA TODAY|date=14 December 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Upon which Nelson was tapped to resume the portrait to be used later for the posthumously released album titled Michael.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/231058|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106222709/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/231058|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2010|title=New Michael Jackson Album Out December 14|magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=18 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1654180/20101213/jackson_michael.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216223042/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1654180/20101213/jackson_michael.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2010|title=Michael Jackson Asked Album-Cover Artist To Paint Him Before He Died|website=MTV |accessdate=18 August 2017}} On Friday, December 10, 2010, a {{convert|29070|sqft|m2|adj=on}} poster depicting the Michael album artwork was erected at the Rectory Farm in Middlesex, England, which broke a Guinness World Record for the largest poster in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/13016-michael-jackson-poster-creates-new-guinness-record |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215010350/http://www.undercover.fm/news/13016-michael-jackson-poster-creates-new-guinness-record |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |title=Michael Jackson Poster breaks records |accessdate=2010-10-08 |date=2010-12-10}}

In 2013, Nelson was contacted by recording artist Drake to create two covers for his album Nothing Was the Same.{{cite web |last1=Alexis |first1=Nadeska |title=DRAKE'S NOTHING WAS THE SAME COVER EXPLAINED! |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1712858/drake-kadir-nelson-nothing-was-the-same-cover/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429094937/http://www.mtv.com/news/1712858/drake-kadir-nelson-nothing-was-the-same-cover/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |website=MTV.COM |accessdate=28 September 2018}} The album artwork became a signature work for the recording artist, and the subject of multiple internet memes.{{cite web |last1=Donayre |first1=Aylah |title=Hilarious Photoshopped Versions of Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" Album Cover |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2013/09/photoshopped-nothing-was-the-same-covers/ |website=Complex.com |accessdate=28 September 2018}} The album remained on the Billboard 200 sales chart for more than 400 weeks after its release in 2013.{{cite web |last1=Billboard 200 |title=Nothing Was the Same |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard.com |accessdate=28 September 2018}}

Recognition and honors

Nelson has received multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Society of Illustrators. In February 2014, Nelson was awarded the Hamilton King Award for best illustration of the year. Nelson is also the recipient of three NAACP Image Awards for his illustrated picture books, and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book for We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.

Nelson won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award three times, in 2005, 2007, and 2020.{{Cite web |title=Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present#2005 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2020 Winners and Honors {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/2020-winners-and-honors |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}} He also won the Caldecott Honor twice, in 2007 and 2008.{{Cite web |last=James |first=Erika R. |title=LibGuides: Caldecott Award & Honor Winners: 2007 Winner & Honorees |url=https://libguides.astate.edu/c.php?g=14560&p=78479 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=libguides.astate.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=James |first=Erika R. |title=LibGuides: Caldecott Award & Honor Winners: 2008 Winner & Honorees |url=https://libguides.astate.edu/c.php?g=14560&p=78478 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=libguides.astate.edu |language=en}} For his book We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball he received the 2008 CASEY Award for best baseball book,{{cite web |title=CASEY Award |url=http://www.spitballmag.com/Casey-Award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174436/http://www.spitballmag.com/Casey-Award |archive-date=2016-03-03 |accessdate=2011-10-22 |publisher=Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine}} the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award.{{cite web |date=January 26, 2009 |title=Kadir Nelson wins 2009 Sibert Medal |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymasibert.cfm |accessdate=2011-10-22 |publisher=American Library Association}} He won the Coretta Scott King Author Award again in 2012 for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.{{Cite web |title=Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present#2012 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}} In 2020, Nelson won the Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Undefeated.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/books/newbery-new-kid-jerry-craft-caldecott-undefeated-kwame-alexander.html|title=Graphic Novel Wins Newbery Medal for the First Time|work=New York Times}}

Exhibitions

Nelson has had exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and the world, including the Muskegon Museum of Art,{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/01/story_of_negro_league_baseball.html|title='We Are the Ship: Story of Negro League Baseball' at Muskegon Museum of Art|date=8 January 2011 }} Chicago Art Institute, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/arts/art-review-a-black-world-of-ins-and-outs.html|title=ART REVIEW; A Black World Of Ins and Outs|first=Michael|last=Kimmelman|work=The New York Times |date=26 April 2002 }}

Kadir Nelson's portrait of Henrietta Lacks was jointly acquired by The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Lacks' portrait was commissioned by HBO.{{cite news|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-portrait-gallery-presents-portrait-henrietta-lacks-co-acquisition-national|title=National Portrait Gallery Presents a Portrait of Henrietta Lacks}} His portrait of José Andrés is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.{{Cite web |last=Institution |first=Smithsonian |title=National Portrait Gallery Announces "Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees," Exhibition of Newly Commissioned Portraits, To Open Nov. 10 |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-portrait-gallery-announces-portrait-nation-2022-honorees-exhibition-newly |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}

Bibliography

Illustrations only unless otherwise indicated.

Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen. Dial, 1999.
Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. HarperCollins, 2000.{{cite web|url=http://harpercollins.com/books/9780060540616/Big_Jabe/index.aspx|title=Big Jabe - Jerdine Nolen - Paperback|first=Jerdine|last=Nolen|website=HarperCollins US|accessdate=18 August 2017|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819025021/https://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060540616/Big_Jabe/index.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris and Roslyn Jordan. Simon & Schuster, 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=411354|title=SimonSays's On Demand Pages on Vimeo|website=www.simonsays.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Dancing in the Wings, Debbie Allen. Dial, 2000.{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803725010,00.html|title=Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen - PenguinRandomHouse.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Just the Two of Us by Will Smith. Scholastic, 2001.(NAACP Image Award){{cite web|url=http://content.scholastic.com/browse/book.jsp?id=2437|title=Just the Two of Us, Scholastic website|accessdate=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708210659/http://content.scholastic.com/browse/book.jsp?id=2437|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead}}
Please, Baby, Please by Spike and Tonya Lee. Simon & Schuster, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=516046|title=SimonSays's On Demand Pages on Vimeo|website=www.simonsays.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Under the Christmas Tree by Nikki Grimes. HarperCollins, 2002.
The Village that Vanished by Ann Grifalconi. Dial, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803726239,00.html|title=The Village that Vanished at Penguin USA website|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen. Harcourt, 2003.
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange. Simon & Schuster, 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=410252|title=SimonSays's On Demand Pages on Vimeo|website=www.simonsays.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, based on the traditional song lyrics. Dial, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803728509,00.html|title=He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson - PenguinRandomHouse.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
The Real Slam Dunk by Charisse Richardson. Dial, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=58267&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10004&sa_campaign=internal_ads/scholastic3_0/search/|title=The Real Slam Dunk at Scholastic website|accessdate=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205121929/http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=58267&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10004&sa_campaign=internal_ads%2Fscholastic3_0%2Fsearch%2F|archive-date=5 February 2012|url-status=dead}}
Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen. Simon & Schuster, 2005.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hewittandersonsg00jerd|title=Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life at Simon & Schuster website|accessdate=18 August 2017|isbn=9780689868665|date=January 2005|last1=Nolen|first1=Jerdine|publisher=Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books }}
Please, Puppy, Please by Spike and Tonya Lee. Simon & Schuster, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=512062|title=SimonSays's On Demand Pages on Vimeo|website=www.simonsays.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2006 (2007 Caldecott Honor book){{cite web|url=http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/board/displaybook.asp?id=1733|title=Disney Books Official Site - Disney Publishing Worldwide|website=Disney Books - Disney Publishing Worldwide|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Ellen Levine. Scholastic, 2007.(2008 Caldecott Honor book)
Michael's Golden Rules by Deloris Jordan, introduction by Michael Jordan. Simon & Schuster, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=524349|title=SimonSays's On Demand Pages on Vimeo|website=www.simonsays.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
We Are the Ship:The Story of Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, foreword by Hank Aaron, Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.wearetheship.com|title=WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL. Words and Paintings by Kadir Nelson|website=www.wearetheship.com|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
Abe's Hones Words, by Doreen Rappaport. Hyperion, 2008. {{ISBN|978-142310408-7}}
Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit, quotations from Barack Obama, black and white line drawings by Kadir Nelson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-4169-8955-4}}
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson, by Sharon Robinson, Scholastic, 2009; {{ISBN|978-0-545-05251-1}}
All God's Critters, song lyrics by Bill Staines, Simon & Schuster, 2009
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya, by Donna Jo Napoli, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4169-3505-6}}
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, by Matt de la Peña, Dial Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-8037-3167-7}}{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/books/review/childrens-books-a-nations-hope-and-bird-in-a-box.html?_r=2&ref=books | work=The New York Times | first=David | last=Margolick | title=Children's Books - 'A Nation's Hope' and 'Bird in a Box' | date=April 8, 2011}}
Nelson Mandela, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2013, {{ISBN|0061783749}}
Baby Bear, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2014, {{ISBN|0062241729}}
If You Plant a Seed, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2015, {{ISBN|0062298895}}
{{cite book |author=Taylor, Mildred D. |others=Introduction by Jacqueline Woodson; illustration by Kadir Nelson |title=Roll of thunder, hear my cry |edition=40th Anniversary Special |location=New York |publisher=Dial Books for Young Readers |year=2016 }}
Blue Sky, White Stars, written by Sarvinder Naberhaus and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2017, {{ISBN|0803737009}}
The Undefeated, written by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2019, {{ISBN| 1328780961}}

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Kadir+Nelson Nelson at AALBC.com]
[http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kadir-Nelson/1485092 Nelson at publisher Simon and Schuster]
[http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12530/Kadir_Nelson/index.aspx Nelson at publisher HarperCollins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402052547/http://harpercollins.com/authors/12530/Kadir_Nelson/index.aspx |date=2014-04-02 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110124163828/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2437 Nelson at publisher Scholastic]
[http://www.wearetheship.com/ We Are the Ship] children's book website
[http://www.blackartdepot.com/kadirnelson-bio.htm Nelson biography, with further links, at Black Art Depot]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144456/http://www.childrensbookradio.com/childrensbookradiopodcast28.mp3 Nelson audio interview from December 3, 2007, at Children's Book Radio website]
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iyUgqSuFfg Interview about Change Has Come] at YouTube (Simon & Schuster videos)
[https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4698 Nelson at 2009 National Book Festival], Library of Congress