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 ...

Join the Friends of the Carver Library in celebrating the power of Black literature for the third annual San Antonio African American Book Festival. More than 40 guests are slotted to participate, ...

Haramabee Kingston is hosting a book drive to support the creation of a new community library room at its African Cultural Center, located at 231 Clinton Ave. Harambee said it is ...

The Austin African American Book Festival is back again for its 19th year this Saturday at the Carver Museum. Dr. Rosalind Oliphant, founder & director of the Festival, joined us, along with featured ...

“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 ...

From bestsellers to cultural classics, Larry Miles has stocked the shelves inside his bookstore full of history. "I feel there's a need for our people to know who they are," Miles said. In 1991, the U ...

Ashley Howard is a devoted reader, with the library card receipts to prove it. But the University of Iowa African American ...

In 1946, an award-winning author wrote one of the first children’s books about racism. The main character was a young African American girl, a Girl Scout Brownie with pigtails. Carla Hayden, a ...

Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American person to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the largest spelling bee ...

Local Authors Honored with National Book Award for Biography on South Carolina Medical Pioneer 🏆 ...