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Orlando Book Festival 2023
The Orlando Book Festival is a day-long celebration of books at the Orlando Public Library. Join us for panels, writing workshops, book signings, and more from bestselling authors from all over the country. Enjoy opening and closing keynotes from New York Times bestselling authors Daniel José Older and Delilah S. Dawson.
2018 African-American Read-In | We invite you to the Orlando Public Library on Sunday afternoon from 2 -4 p.m. to celebrate Black History Month. Local luminaries will read from... | By Orange County Library System (FL) | [Renita Hunt]: Let me tell you just a little bit of what an African American Read-In is. In November of 1989, the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English approved of a movement to sponsor a nationwide African- American Read-In. Today we will shine a spotlight on African-American authors by promoting diversity in literature and encouraging young people to read. [LaFontaine Oliver]: Tell me how the Africans fought to be free here, Tell me my history, but write it down so I can carry it with me. [Marcia Goodwin]: Hey black child, do you know you are strong? Do you know you can do what you want to do? If you try to do what you can do. [Bianca Belair]: If my hair were tree, I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it. I'd treat like gold and then mine it. Each day before school, I unwind it. [Montez Ford]: Boys, your talent will help you win games, dad says, but your intelligence that will help you win at life. [Shawn Welcome]: Black history is too vast to poetically capture in a scene before whatever it's worth the book was Green. Turn the page to 1936 to the 60s swanky nightclubs barber shops, hotels, black friendly restaurants, beauty salons and on and on listings of the safe spots annually updated by an underground network of black postal workers in the city. Funny how a racial caste system can be a catalyst for creativity. [Jazmin Bailey]: The U.S. Constitution, Article 33 says "I am three fifths human being. But that's because I am two fifths God. [Ginger Gadsden]: Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model size but when I start to tell them they think I'm telling lies. [April Holmes]: Won't you celebrate with me? What I have shaped into a kind of life. I had no model. Born in Babylon both nonwhite and woman. What did I see to be? Except myself. [Johnny Magic]: Dear Daddy, I'm sorry I did not do what you told me to do. If I do better can I still be your little boy? Dear son, you will always be my little boy for all your little boy days and when you're no longer a little boy I'll still be your daddy. [Orisirisi African Folklore]: Everyone please do everything I do and repeat after me. Everyone say "Peace. Love. Respect for everyone." The only time you look down on someone is when you are leaning over to pick them up.
