Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Introduces the Books Save Lives Act
I n response to the nationwide rise in book banning, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has introduced the Books Save Lives Act -- a bill that would help ensure an inclusive learning environment and counteract the harm of book bans across the country. There were over 4,300 instances of book bans between July and December 2023 alone. That’s 1,300 higher... Read More.
Jason Reynolds: one of Langston Hughes’ word-children
L angston Hughes is best known as a defining figure of the Harlem Renaissance. And, he remains a significant literary figure today. Jason Reynolds' picture book There Was a Party for Langston is evidence of Hughes' enduring legacy. It's inspired by a photograph of Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka dancing up a storm at a “fancy-foot, get-down, all-out bash”... Read More.
Celebrating Ida B. Wells-Barnett
T his Juneteenth, we celebrate Ida B. Wells-Barnett, whose lifelong crusade to make lynching a federal crime finally came to fruition on March 29, 2022 – 124 years and 21 presidents later.[1] Wells-Barnett was an educator, investigative journalist, and early civil rights activist during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[2] Lamentably, it’s become exceedingly difficult to tell stories... Read More.
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