In September 1965, an article titled ‘The All-White World of Children’s Books’ appeared in the influential American magazine The Saturday Review of Literature. Its author, the editor and educator Nancy Larrick, noted that African-American children were learning about the world ‘in books which either omit them entirely or scarcely mention them’. In one award-winning volume from 1945, black children were portrayed with bunion-covered feet and popping eyes, living in dilapidated shacks with gun-wielding adults. Meanwhile, white children were ‘nothing less than cherubic, with dainty little bare f ..read more

Official Launch Event at Metropolitan Library on Saturday, March 11th at 10am Atlanta, GA—March 9, 2017--Fathers Incorporated, the leading national non-profit for the promotion of Responsible Fatherhood, launches Real Dads Read (www.realdadsread.org) initiative in Atlanta, GA. Real Dads Read is a project aimed at elementary and middle school aged children (K-8) and their fathers/male caregivers to encourage a love of reading, improve literacy skills and educational outcomes, and to strengthen bonds between fathers/caregivers and their children. “While the overall project is designed to encour ..read more

Atlanta, GA—November 17, 2016--Fathers Incorporated, the leading national non-profit for the promotion of Responsible Fatherhood, launches phase one of its Real Dads Read (www.realdadsread.org) initiative in Atlanta, GA. Real Dads Read is a project aimed at elementary and middle school aged children (K-8) and their fathers/male caregivers to encourage a love of reading, improve literacy skills and educational outcomes, and to strengthen bonds between fathers/caregivers and their children. “While the overall project is designed to encourage all fathers to read to their children, there is a par ..read more