Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Books to Read Now Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker Alex Wise feels like his world...
Each February brings Black History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements of African-Americans, and their central role in shaping American society and history. It's also an opportunity to recommit to better understanding and combatting systemic racism and oppress...
On 16thJune 1944, fourteen year old George Stinney was executed for the murder of two young girls. The youngest person executed in US in modern history, George was too small to fit into the electric chair. A bible was stacked onto the seat, so the electrodes could reach his head. Once ...
With the start of Black History Month, we asked Group Leaders around the country to share the books that resonate with them and their students.
Mary E O'Leary
In honor of African American History Month in February, Chicago Public Library (CPL) will feature a variety of virtual programming for kids, teens, adults, and families surrounding the history, advocacy, and achievements of African Americans. This year, CPL’s programs will focus on issues of ...
Women have never received equal representation in our history book, never mind in the present. Yet, their contributions have been invaluable in building nations, creating institutions, inventing life-changing solutions, and raising leaders. This month, in honor of Women’s History Month, we highlig...
This is a page of glory in our history which has never been written and is never to be written …” In other words, Slavery like that of the Jewish Holocaust white families remained honest, decent, loyal and comradely to themselves and nobody else nevertheless of what they believed to ...
There’s no better time to honor Black authors and their stories than Black History Month— but there are so many books by Black authors being released in 2022 if you’d like to continue the celebration all year long. Books are our worthy companions, meant to provide solace, joy, and an...
Note from BW of Brazil: It was a fascinating era in Brazilian history. . Thousands of black teens and young adults donning the best 1970s […] ‘My parents prepared me for the war’: Filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo reveals what it’s like being a black girl born into the elite August 30,...