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Guest host <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/599484393/ayesha-rascoe">Ayesha Rascoe</a> is joined by NPR senior editor <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/7535832/barrie-hardymon">Barrie Hardymon</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/biTRACIal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Traci Thomas</a>, host of <em>The Stacks</em> podcast, to talk about banned books. They talk about why it's important for kids to discover books freely, even if that means starting a hard conversation with them. They...

Tennessee Republicans Are Trying to Remove Ruby Bridges From School. In 2021. Time is a flat circle. By Dan Van WinkleJul 9th, 2021, 5:03 pm With 2020 often spoken of as the time of a “racial reckoning” in America, it’s no surprise to anyone who knows this country that there would be a strong pushback against such a thing making any real progress. That has manifested in the right-wing attacking anything and everything that comes anywhere close to an honest discussion of the facts of race America, which now includes banning a book by and about Ruby Bridges—one of the first Black child...

Share this - copied Parents reportedly objecting to Ruby Bridges’ memoir being taught in some Tennessee schools spark a Civil Rights history lesson from Joy Reid.July 10, 2021 ReadMore

The event is Feb. 4 from 4-8 p.m. and admission is only $6 per person. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 4:51 PM EST January 25, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — NOTE: The above video is of an artist discussing painting the mural on Indiana Avenue this past summer . More than a dozen artists that worked on the "Black Lives Matter" street mural in downtown Indianapolis will take part in an event at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The event on Feb. 4 will showcase some of the artists' work as part of the museum’s Black History Month celebration. Portia Jackson will ...