Maya Shavit

2 months ago | boston.com | Maya Shavit |Zipporah Osei

To celebrate Black History Month this year, dive into a fellow reader’s favorite book by a Black author. While Black authors make up a smaller percentage of the publishing industry than their white counterparts, according to analyses by the New York Times and Lee & Low Books, in recent years, they’ve often been at the center of “book bans” across the country.