Welcome to the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. I started this campaign because I wanted to read more books where Black girls are the main characters. With your help we have collected over 13,000 books; many of them have the same title, but we do have lots of unique ones as well. This database includes 1000 of those books and more is coming. We try to update the database every 3 to 6 months.
A #1000BlackGirls database was created in direct response to the multiple requests made by educators, parents and students. Like Marley Dias, so many of you have asked for books with Black girls as the main characters. And because of you, we have received thousands of books. GrassROOTS Community Foundation has put together a database of all the books we have received. You can browse titles by reading levels.
Help support #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign!
Donate copies of books where Black girls are the main character(s) or protagonists.
You can send one or more books.
Donate Books:
GrassROOTS Community Foundation
59 Main Street Suite 323
West Orange, NJ 07052
Website: grassrootscommunityfoundation.org
Email: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org
All donations are logged into the database and books are sent to communities and schools across the globe.
Feel free to include your social media handle when you send books.
You are welcome to make a financial donation to the campaign. Funds are used to ship books.
Donations are the heart of the campaign. Because we value reciprocity, we donate the books we receive to schools and community members who need them. Children deserve to have windows and mirrors to the world. Please complete the form below.
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