Black'd Out Books Library

The Buxton Initiative is so proud to present the program, The Blackout Book Library. Through The Blackout Book program, I want to provide a space where only Black voices are being heard and being felt. I want to provide text that are speaking about the Black experience. Text where ain’t is a word. Text where they say Finna is a part of the dialect. This program will function very similarly to a Free Library, but there is a more intimate exchange. The patron will bring a book written by a Black author and will suggest a topic or interest they would like to read. Based on that, we will then select a book for them.

 

Through the allocation of grant money, it would allow me to acquire the first 100 books of this program. I will have weekly programming based on the donations to the library that will be hosted at the Ames Public Library as well. This program will foster confidence in young Black readers. We will able to bring the beauty of Black literature to a community in which it is lacking, breeding a better understanding of Black culture and the community at large.

 

Our Voices and Stories Matter, and Deserve to be heard!