Reading a biography is an act of discovery. We get to learn how the protagonists in each story thought, imagined, made core decisions and overcame obstacles within the context of their own lived experiences.
During Banned Books Week, October 4-10, Unerased | Black Women Speak is asking what is at stake when access to stories, history and civic participation is threatened.
Across nearly two centuries, Black women have gathered in parlors and living rooms, from bookstores, conference halls and digital screens. The books bring them into the space.
Creating lifelong readers may begin by changing the goal. Instead of asking how to get young people to read more, perhaps the better question is: How do we help them discover something they actually want to read? Perhaps that’s where it starts.
Each year, Black Women's Equal Pay Day arrives over halfway to New Year’s Eve, marking how far into the calendar Black women must work to earn what White, non-Hispanic men earned in the previous year.