Books
September 15, 2020
‘Felix Ever After’ To Be Adapted Into A Television Series Through Amazon Studios
The sensational young adult novel Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender will receive its own television series through Amazon Studios…
September 3, 2020
Audiobook compiles ’60 Minutes’ interviews with Barack Obama
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen “60 Minutes” interviews with former President Barack Obama, beginning when he was…
August 17, 2020
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges writes children’s book
NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a children’s book with a candid telling of the…
July 8, 2020
NYT columnist Charles Blow writing ‘Black Power Manifesto’
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow is working on a book he had not planned…
July 2, 2020
Brit Bennett’s Bestselling Novel ‘The Vanishing Half’ Will Be Adapted As An HBO Series
Recently, HBO won an auction where 17 bidders competed for the rights to adapt Brit Bennett’s praised novel The Vanishing…
June 23, 2020
Top seller ‘Antiracist Baby’ to be released as picture book
NEW YORK (AP) — A picture book edition of Ibram X. Kendi’s “Antiracist Baby,” one of the country’s top-selling books…
June 8, 2020
A How-Did-We Get-Here Reading List in Honor of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor
On May 25, 2020, while handcuffed and lying down with a knee to his neck by a white Minneapolis police…
May 14, 2020
Biography About Journalist Ida B. Wells To Be Released In 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is writing a biography of the pioneering African-American journalist and…
May 5, 2020
Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ wins Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead became the rare author to receive Pulitzers for consecutive books when his novel about…
April 20, 2020
Michelle Obama To Read Classic Children’s Books In Live-Streaming PBS Kids Series
“Mondays With Michelle Obama” is a new live-streaming series where the former First Lady will read a handful of her…