Welcome back to the Hill, my fellow reading enthusiasts! While African American history should be taught and celebrated ...

Since their founding in 1990, African American Read-Ins have become a Black History Month tradition at school and community gatherings nationwide.

Celebrate Black History Month with a good book. Our readers recommended 50+ stories to dive into this February and beyond.

Willa Brown’s life was marked by many significant firsts for her and American history. The Black travel history-maker was an ambitious woman with big dreams as a pioneering pilot and, later, in ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to ...

In March, we at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall would like to recognize Women’s History Month and celebrate the ...

The “Pachinko” author recommends four novels that present character studies of bold women making their way in changing times.

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward In the summer of 1987, Diamond Newberry is the only Black person in the small town of Swift River since her father vanished seven years ago. Her mother wants to ...

Nearly 3,500 first-graders from 73 schools across Iowa will join the 19th African American Read-In hosted by University of ...

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs honored several African American leaders from Central Illinois to celebrate Black ...

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...