ATL, it’s time we fight back! Since as far back as Reconstruction, Black writing in the United States has been widely treated as obscene, seditious, and even dangerous.

More than 1,600 books were banned in 138 school districts across 32 states between 2021 and 2022. The vast majority of challenged and banned books feature BIPOC or LGBTQ+ characters, discuss gender, sexuality, and race in America, or are written by Black and POC authors.

Join #NBAF for our Black History Month program, Blacklisted! Banned Book Fair + Conference on Saturday and Sunday, February 24th & 25th!

Taking place from 12 PM – 6 PM at The Loudermilk Conference Center in Downtown Atlanta, Blacklisted! will feature celebrated authors, scholars, and activists, Tayari Jones, Dr. Yaba Blay, Feminista Jones, Nic Stone, Dr. Akinyele Umoja, Gerald L. Coleman, Dr. Renée Alexander Craft, and Kimberly Latrice Jones, among many others!

The NBAF Blacklisted! Banned Book Fair is FREE & OPEN to the public with RSVP!

For the full schedule and to register, click on the link in our bio and visit NBAF’s website for more info. https://nbaf.org/black-history-month/