They say of the most commonly banned books in the 2023-2024 school year, 44% featured people and characters of color and 39% featured LGBTQ+ people and characters.

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.

At the Austin African American Book Festival, tables are lined up with vendors and authors looking to sell their novels. With the opportunity to see Black authors, attendees wander around the event ...

When we retreat from reasoned, evidence-based scholarship on important subjects like science or history, the online fever ...

Opinion: A teacher talks about what's lost when we ban beloved books that introduced us to life-changing characters who deepened our understanding of the world.

In the past decade, more than 750 boys from the U.S. and Canada have participated Books N Bros, the only youth-led book club where Black boys ages 7-13 can explore African American stories and ...

Since its creation, the African American Read-In has reached more than 6 million participants worldwide, engaging communities to read together and celebrate African American books and authors.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will publish a dynamic new book Sept. 17 tracing the history of sports through photographs from the turn of the 20th ...

In 1991, the U.S. Air Force veteran opened La Unique African American Books and Cultural Center on North 6th Street in Camden to help customers and future generations learn more about Black history.

A new PEN America analysis of books banned during the 2023-2024 school year shows ... 'Explicit' Sex Claims ‘Exaggerated,’ Black and LGBTQ+ Characters Overwhelmingly Targeted, New Book Ban ...