According to a PEN America report, more than 4,300 book bans have occurred in over 23 states and 52 public school districts from July 2023 to December 2023. That’s a 33% increase from the start ...

The Black family has long served as a cornerstone in Black America’s pursuit of power within a system built on their labor—often without fair compensation or full acknowledgment.

Ahead of Pride parades across the US this weekend, the nation's highest court overturned a Maryland public school district's ...

The achievement is a significant milestone for Mark Waid, 62, who first introduced the concept of a Black Captain America in the 1998 comic book Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty. Reflecting on ...

A new PEN America analysis examines the more than 10,000 instances of book bans during the 2023–2024 school year and reveals which topics are most targeted Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...

With Black sports history under attack, a new book offers recognition ‘Play Harder,’ is rich history of baseball that shows how players like Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays contributed not ...

National Geographic gave him a grant to keep shooting photos of Black cowboys. Flush with success, Tarver sought out a book deal in the 1990s, knocking on doors of New York City publishing houses. But ...

THE BLACK UTOPIANS: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America, by Aaron Robertson Looked at from a certain surface-level perspective, the whole notion of Black utopianism can seem to ...

March 2 is Read Across America Day. The day, which is meant to encourage and celebrate a love of reading in young people, might sound like a great idea if you’ve been watching the news lately ...