When Breonna Taylor was killed as she slept in her bed by an officer of the law, the news made headlines due to this awful tragedy. There were protests over…
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The 1619 Project To Release In Books As A New Origin Story & Born on the Water
The 1619 Project that was brought to us by NY Times Magazine in 2019 is being brought to us all once again in a 400 page, hardcover, digital and audio…
Read The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright & More Powerful Books Releasing In April 2021
Exciting African American books of fantasy, history, civil rights and religion are all dropping in the month of April from authors Richard Wright, Eric Jerome Dickey, Morgan Jerkins and more.…
Must Read Books On Ghana, Cocoa, Love & Princesses!
The big news of the week out of Ghana is that the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has stood his ground, stating that the country of Ghana will no longer export its…
The Royals & the Books That Flaunt Their Succession But Not Their Recent Secrets
The world is focused on the accusations surrounding racism inside the Royal Family after the highly viewed interview by Meghan and Harry by Oprah Winfrey. Being that the Royal Family…
Octavia Butler’s KINDRED Going Pilot With FX
Octavia Butler’s Kindred is going pilot, and the channel that’s giving it a go is FX. The Kindred pilot will be written by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, according to Variety, and after…
Remarkable Memoirs Releasing In Spring 2021, From Rwanda To Vietnam
A Boy Called Hyppo is a true story about a young boy who made it through the Tutsi genocide, which happened in the African country of Rwanda, alive, after watching…
Dr. Seuss Books Pulled Due To Racist Images – But Why?
Theodor Geisel, known to most people around the world as Dr. Seuss, is now having multiple books pulled, to never be published again, due to racist content inside each rhymed…
Being Black In America Comes With 3 Boundary Breaking Books For 2021
The Blackness of America has been through it all, and in 2021 there are three boundary breaking books that tell the story of times past and present while moving into…
The Month of March Brings More Must Read, Magnificent Black Stories
March is going to be a magnificent monster for books released by Black authors in various genres, from science fiction to historical. Take a peek at what’s in store. What’s…