"Literacy is the root of education," said Kevin Watkins, president of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP. "You have to learn ...

Despite decades of debate on reading methods, many US students, especially Black children, struggle to read at grade level.

• The La Jolla Community Center and the Monarch Cottage senior community present “Aging and Staying in Control of your ...

Malik Books brings stories to life on March 1, 2025, as it hosts its 2nd annual Black Children’s Book Week in Culver City.

This Black History Month there’s a project to collect thousands of books for children in Nashville. The goal is to expose children to more characters of color.

Black History Month gives us another opportunity to invest in our young people, writes Lit Louisiana columnist Fatima Shaik.

Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...

While the new administration takes aim at DEI initiatives, there’s one place where diversity is alive and well: Children’s literature. At a time when book bans are raging and the federal government is ...