[This program originally aired May 5, 2011. We rebroadcast it August 1,
2024 when Kamala Harris became the first Black woman nominated candidate for
President. We are airing again today to honor the memory of our hero, Avel
Gordly, the first Black woman to win a seat i...
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Everybody Reads 2026 celebrates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s
book, Lovely One. In addition to distributing 8,000 free copies
of Lovely One through libraries and high schools, the library also offers a
series of events related to the program. All are free to the pu...
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O.B. Hill, Emma Jackson and Patricia Welch share some favorite titles.
Reflecting their individual interests, suggestions range from classics,
like The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G Woodson, to the recently
published, beautifully illustrated The History of We ...
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In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are
just 45,000. "We Are Each Other's Harvest" brings together essays, poems,
photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories that examine
black people’s connection to the American land f...
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TEMPEST follows Veronique (a.k.a. V) who, after her parents' death in
Hurricane Katrina, moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana
countryside. MawMaw always said that Veronique needed to hide her control and
power over the wind, but one day, she has to use it to save...
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As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove
African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black
Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through
our literature. To this end, we rebroadcast our November 2021 conversation
...
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Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of Portland's first all-romance
bookstore. Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious.
Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, located on 10th
Avenue, right across from Multnomah County's Main Library, ca...
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