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September 25 of September is Black Reading Month: Bell Hooks

Heavenly birthday wishes Bell Hooks! Born September 25, 1952, Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an African American philosopher, educator, author, and social critic; she was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College in Kentucky. Professor hooks wrote about race, feminism, and social class. She died in 2021. Here are a few of her notable works:

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September 13 of September is Black Reading Month: Alain LeRoy Locke

Heavenly birthday wishes Alain LeRoy Locke! Born September 13, 1885, Alain LeRoy Locke was an African American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect—the acknowledged “Dean”—of the Harlem Renaissance. He died in 1954. He authored the following notable books: