The Africana Studies Program in collaboration with the Black in Appalachia Research Lab at WVU and the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research hosts a community read-out Wednesday (Sept. 21) as part of Banned Books Week.
Censorship continues to be a problem for African American literature. Just this past February, there was a petition to ban Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” in Berkeley County, West Virginia schools.
The community read-out will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research, 590 Spruce St.
Participants who want to read out loud from provided books during the event have until tomorrow (Sept. 20) to send an email to sheena.harris@mail.wvu.edu or enkeshi.elamin@mail.wvu.edu.