Emmet Till — a 14-year-old African-American boy down from Chicago to visit his relatives in Mississipi before school restarted — was abducted, tortured, and beaten almost beyond recognition in ...

Latinos voted more for Donald Trump in the 2024 election than they did in 2020. Here are books to help understand why the ...

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The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went ...

In “A Perfect Frenzy,” Andrew Lawler reveals the hypocrisies of the patriots on the battleground of colonial Virginia.

Okorafor’s spellbinding new novel follows Zelu, a once-struggling writer grappling with power, privilege, agency and art ...

A missing 7-year-old boy survived five days alone in an African game park, alongside elephants and lions, in what Zimbabwean politicians are calling "a true miracle." Tinotenda Pudu spent nearly a ...

John Lewis's story will come to life on stage in an invigorating way when the Westhampton Beach PAC presents “Hero: The Boy ...

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Before the 1830s, when blackface minstrelsy begins formally, African Americans, people whom we today ... of Uncle Tom did not come from the book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

There might not be anything else like RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys. Adapting the 2019 novel ... a much more cynical outlook on freedom for African-Americans or any potential of escaping the school ...