Books have long been a cornerstone of cultural preservation and empowerment; this is especially true within the African-American community, where books created for us and by us have a history of being ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County Library System celebrated Black History Month in a special event on Sunday. Guests learned about African American literature in poetry, story and song at the African ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – African American writers in the 19th Century wrote of love, loss, and the Black experience. Les Editions Tintamarre is a heritage language press at Centenary College of ...

Anthony Graham stood before the cash register at Eso Won Books in Leimert Park, weighing his thirst for knowledge against the funds in his bank account. The $27.99 price tag for “Black Against Empire: ...

On Saturday night, the NAACP celebrated the winners of its annual Image Awards event, spanning music, film and literature. We had shared all 40 nominees in the latter category last week and are back ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Toni Morrison poses for a portrait at the Four Season's Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post) READ UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND: The ...

When Sidney Keys III was 10, he wanted to read books about boys who looked like him. Unfortunately, he could not find any in the library, so his mother took him to an African American bookstore near ...

Krenice Roseman went birthday shopping for her niece in a Chicago-area bookstore two years ago. She was in a hurry, scanning book covers, but couldn’t find any that reflected who her niece, an African ...

The 31 st annual African American Children’s Book Fair will be held in person on Saturday, February 11 th, from 1PM to 4PM at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 12 th & Arch Streets. Free admission ...