1. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," started the first Negro History Week in 1926 to ensure ...

Author Derrick Barnes visited the Project XV Museum in El Paso Thursday night, speaking about his life and reading one of his ...

Time to stock the bookcase! Learn about the book that won the coveted Newbery Medal and other children's and young adult ...

Dr. Bernice A. King delivered the keynote address at Old Dominion University during the 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Observance on Tuesday.

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

The 2025 winner is Carole Boston Weatherford. Her award-winning works include Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won ...

Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award honoring an author or illustrator, ...