The Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature, a joint partnership
between the College of Education and the College of Communication and
Information Sciences, is pleased to partner with the Commission for Blacks, the
Black Educators of Tomorrow, the Office of Multicultural Student Life, and the
English Department in the College of Arts and Sciences to host the first annual
African-American Read-In to be held on the UTK campus in Hodges Library on
Friday, Feb. 27th from 1-5pm. Please circulate this information and the attached
flyer with colleagues and students.

The African-American Read-In strives to make literacy and the literary works of
African-American authors a central part of Black History month.

During the 1-5pm time frame, UTK students, faculty and staff, college deans and
administrators, and other interested campus parties are invited to go to Hodges
Library auditorium and read an excerpt from a self-selected African-American
authored text. Readings should be between 5-10 minutes in length. T

he Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature will make contemporary,
award-winning children’s books, and books for middle grades/high school
readers written by African-American authors available for browsing in the Center
(3rd floor, Hodges) prior to the event, and during the day of the event. Hodges
librarians are also working to make books from the general collection available.
Any African-American-authored text is okay. Readers are encouraged to find
texts to read prior to the event. A bibliography of recommended books is also
available at the NCTE African-American Read-In website:
http://www.ncte.org/aari.

If you want to participate as a reader, email Dr. Susan Groenke, CCYAL Director,
directly at [log in to unmask] to reserve a 10-minute time slot between 1-5pm.

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