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Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 08 September 2023

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Ruby Bridges has written several books, most recently I Am Ruby Bridges: How One Six-Year-Old Girl’s March to School Changed the World.

Details: Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 13 June 2023

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The book aims to teach young readers about Juneteenth, a national holiday honoring the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Details: Written by By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press; Published: 24 February 2023

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Publisher Penguin Random House announced it will publish “classic” unexpurgated versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels along with the new editions, so “readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.”

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 19 January 2023

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This book will give us insight into her journey from childhood to motherhood and her amazing feat in the U.S. justice system as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 08 December 2022

Her work helped propel the antislavery movement and served as a model for abolitionists looking to prove that Black people were both intellectual and artistic.

Details: Written by Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota; Published: 02 December 2022

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Diverse representation in science fiction is important because authors are imagining futures, and the sorts of people who create those futures, such as, NASA scientists and mechanical engineers

Details: Written by By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press; Published: 17 November 2022

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Michelle Obama says it helps to focus on what you can control when you feel out of control.

Details: Written by By Paul Maresh, Portland, Oregon; Published: 13 October 2022

Reading these first-hand accounts we see how Rustin's socialist outlook, Quaker faith and formidable work ethic gave us a man with phenomenal organizing abilities to create inclusion and diversity.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 September 2022

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young middle grade series with "Ways to Share Joy".

about-Black-Authors

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 21 September 2022

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Back in 2020 BOTWC gave you a list of 29 Black authors you should know. Now, we’ve compiled a list of reasons why you should support them.

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