INDIANAPOLIS – In 1922, Black and white Hoosiers lived in the same city but didn’t share the same world. Access in every way was limited to Indianapolis’ Black residents, a reality echoed across the ...

You know what they say: Write what you know. That’s probably why so many Black authors center their works around the Black experience—they heed this sage advice. When Black authors write what they ...

The Petersburg Public Library is hosting a Black Authors' Book Signing Expo on February 22nd, in partnership with Resist Booksellers. The event is free to the public and will take place from 1 p.m. to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — As we recognize Black History Month, one woman in Tucson can proudly say she holds the title of being the first Black author in residence for the Pima County Libraries. For Adiba ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - In November of 2020 Martha Polite of Loris opened her own Black Author Library. She started out with one book given to her from a friend with no cover on it. Today her ...

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences and The Novel Neighbor will host a 2025 Black History Celebration event with award-winning middle grade children’s book ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Visitors to the Library of Virginia can talk with authors about the history and culture of Appalachia, Black culinary history, a racially-charged court case set in 1960s ...

The Contra Costa County Library system is proud to celebrate Black Children’s Book Week — and this year, it’s not just a week but the whole month of February. Library Lines: ‘Bundle Up with Picture ...

Black authors around the world are taking literary genres to new heights, and many of them started right here in the Bay.