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Books for every child; support for every parent; literacy for every community. Book Harvest is internationally recognized for its work to transform children's literacy. Since 2011, Book Harvest has pr...

Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.

Advocates warned the FCC’s vote to review the program could blow massive holes in their budgets and force service reductions or even closures if new funding sources aren’t found.

In a time of book bannings, global division, and bouts of cultural erasure, Unerased | Black Women Speak is offering a counterapproach with the launch of the inaugural Power Read 25 campaign.  Announc...

The Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently celebrated its grand reopening in June.

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Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.

Scott could often be seen walking the streets of Durham giving free books to young people to read about Black history and Black culture.

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Power to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice

The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...

Opened April 2026, the Phoenix Library in Gaza City is rebuilding a culture of reading with books salvaged from more than two years of destruction.

African American athletes gathered to support Muhammed Ali’s refusal to serve in Vietnam.

Article. By David W. Blight. 2011. The people's history of Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina during Reconstruction.

Scholarly communication has the potential to drive equitable access, democratize knowledge, and enable more inclusive participation in global knowledge systems. We invite the LIS community to engage i...

Africa Day 2026 spotlights power, debt and digital control as Africans redefine sovereignty.

Some things are supposed to be challenging. Who knew?!

Visual arts serve as the analog counterweight to my text-based strategy work. To clear studio space and fund a major physical move, I am opening up ten custom slots for milestone celebrations. Whether...

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Post contributed by John B. Gartrell, director John Hope Franklin Research Center  The John Hope Franklin Research Center is pleased to share that the archive of philosopher, scholar, and author Sylvi...

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