The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

Banned books include the life-affirming children's picture book Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love and The Hate U Give by ...

The books that have been removed from shelves are: —“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas —“Thirteen Reasons ... turned to online resources like banned book lists to determine what ...

Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas ... she can’t... Thomas’s highly anticipated follow up to The Hate U Give returns to Garden Heights, but her new protagonist, 16-year-old Brianna Jackson ...

The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she "wasn't exactly thrilled" with the casting of the film adaptation. Debra Cartwright illustrated the cover for Angie Thomas's young adult ...

When PEN America emailed me, I was excited. The organization, whose mission is to protect the freedom to write, was looking for volunteers to code banned books. The goal was clear: Identify what types ...

The Hate U Give (THUG) is the story of sixteen-year ... It could also get her killed. Angie Thomas is an exciting and powerful new voice in YA fiction. She was born, raised, and still lives ...

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the scholarship is named in honor of Thomas, author of New York Times best-selling novels On the Come Up, The Hate U Give, ...

Kentuckians last year challenged hundreds of library books. These challenges were directed mostly toward books with LGBTQ+ ...

Over the past year, there has been an increase of book bans across the U.S. Find out which books are banned and why, and how Louisiana is involved ...