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February is Black History Month Let's celebrate and learn about the experience of African Americans in the U.S. Carla Heyden 1st woman and African American Librarian of Congress Read about her journey here 20 Great Books on Black History
Nic Stone is a New York Times bestselling young adult author of the book Dear Martin, which explores themes of racial justice and race relations in America. A companion book, Dear Justyce, was just released in September of this year. Check out this link to a virtual event held with Nic Stone in which she has a discussion with a Milwaukee educator about her work and race relations in America. This virtual event was sponsored by UWM ACCESS and presented by Boswell Books: https://youtu.be/Xpcm6S8whZg To find out more info, check out Nic Stone's Website .
This month we'd like to highlight Stacey Lee, who is an award-winning, fourth-generation Chinese-American young adult author. Her works are historical and contemporary fiction. At Hamilton, we have a variety of her different works available through the Destiny catalog, Hoopla and Overdrive/Sora. Check out her website here . In this TedX Talk , she stresses the need for diverse children's books and highlights the importance of giving a voice to the voiceless.
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