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June 2024 Books by Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read
A new Walter Mosley mystery, the secrets of African holistic healing and a collection of poems about Black womanhood are on our list of best beach reads.
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Florida School District Drops Tamir Rice-Inspired Novel After Police Union Labels It 'Propaganda'
How dare we tell children anything close to the truth about race in America? That’s the takeaway after a Florida school district—the second-largest in the state—suspended Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes’ award-winning young adult novel Ghost Boys from a fifth-grade curriculum after a local police union complained it was anti-police “propaganda.” A partial synopsis of the…