Alice Walker

As the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker helped to bring the Black experience to readers across the globe. A true trailblazer, her work continues to entertain and...

Injustice: Roger Taney

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney’s unjust majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford shockingly declared Black individuals weren’t citizens, solidifying slavery’s grip and pushing the nation closer to Civil...

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Author of groundbreaking novels like “Esperanza Rising” and “Echo,” Pam Muñoz Ryan has made literature more representative by expertly mining her own rich Mexican American...