Comic book writer Mark Waid recalls the "resistance" he faced after introducing the first Black Captain America to Marvel.

Inside the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at North Carolina Central University, you can find Montressa Hunter. "Growing up, I sought refuge in books. That was a place of solace for me," said Hunter ...

Maya Angelou’s books are more than autobiographies—they are living histories that connect past struggles to present realities ...

"Literacy is the root of education," said Kevin Watkins, president of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP. "You have to learn ...

Black History Month gives us another opportunity to invest in our young people, writes Lit Louisiana columnist Fatima Shaik.

Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.