'I'm grateful that today's Black kids aren't going to have to wait until their 20s to find more representation in books the way so many of us had to,' writes Danialie Fertile (boldlydanialie).
has evolved from a monthly book club of political education and liberatory reads and now distributes their book club picks to incarcerated members through their Prison Program. They also have established The Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles that is stacked with free books and other resources. The Radical Hood Library is one of several book programs created to maintain safe space for Black folks to read, resist, and rest.“Black women are writing graphic novels.
In addition to projects like Akinmowo's free library program, bloggers are highlighting good reads by Black authors. Bookstagrammers like Cindy Allman, better known as @BookofCinz across social media platforms, amplifies the diversity within Black communities across the diaspora. As a Jamaican woman based in Trinidad and Tobago, she promotes books by Black women, Caribbean women or women of Caribbean heritage, and other women of color.
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