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Indy Now Book Club Features October 26, 2022: CBLC's 5th Anniversary

The Indianapolis Public Library is thrilled to help host a 'book club' on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian. Tune in at 10am every other Wednesday to catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians. On October 26th, 2022, current Center for Black Literature and Culture manager Amira Malcom shared 6 books in celebration of the CBLC's 5th anniversary! Each of those books is listed below (along with a paraphrase of the recommendation). #IndyNowBookClub #IndyPLAdults

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  • The CBLC aims to be a place where people can get context and access to a lot of different areas of African American culture. This is a space for everybody! So You Want to Talk About Race is a great way to start from a space of knowledge.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Seal Press, 2018. — 305.800973 OLU
  • Stamped From the Beginning

    the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

    Kendi, Ibram X.,
    Stamped From the Beginning gives a little bit of background and context of some of the things going on in the city and in the country.
    Book, 2016New York : Nation Books, [2016] — 305.800973 KEN
  • You Are Your Best Thing

    Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience -- An Anthology

    I have this personally in my own collection. It is a set of essays about how community is built through connections. That is something that the CBLC is really about as we continue to work with our programs and continue to share our space.
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — 152.44 YOU
  • Dents in the Ceiling

    Tools Women & Allies Need to Breakthrough

    Henry, Angel G.,
    Looking toward the future, we are having some Indy authors come to the CBLC on the 29th to be able to talk about their books and Angel Henry is one of those authors. She wrote Dents in the Ceiling, which is about tools women and allies need to break…
    Book, 2021Jacksonville, FL : New Reads Publications, [2021] — 650.1082 HEN
  • Making All Black Lives Matter

    Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-first Century

    Ransby, Barbara,
    Barbara Ransby's Making All Black Lives Matter also embodies the future of the CBLC, as we strive to make sure all Black lives matter.
    Book, 2018Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] — 323.1196073 RAN
  • We're also looking forward to the Christmas season with Maya Angelou's Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas. This is a continuation of her autobiography. It also reflects the wide array of materials that can be found in the CBLC.
    Book, 2009New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009. — 818.5409 Angelou ANG