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ASU Libraries curates, shares Black Lives Matter resource guide

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By Haillie Parker, Allie Barton
| Cronkite News Verified
The Arizona State University library system’s goal is to build a Black Lives Matter resource guide – an online collection of books, podcast episodes, academic courses, data on police violence and more. (Photo by Allie Barton/Cronkite News) In “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes as a Black American to his son. It’s among the books included in Arizona State University’s Black Live Matters online resources guide.
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“This Is A Calling To Me”: Why Bringing More Black Voices To Libraries, Bookstores, and Beyond Matters

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By Allie Barton
| The Copper Courier
The need for better representation has been highlighted by the recent wave of social justice movements across the country. One Saturday morning, a mother and father take their daughter to the public library for the first time. The young girl walks around her parents to look at the librarian at the front desk, gazing at another Black person in a public space that’s usually occupied by white people. “Do you work here?” she asks. “I do,” the librarian answers. “That makes me so happy,” the girl says.
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Invisible Chapters: Writing Tucson's Black community into the stories of libraries, bookstores and publishing

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By Haillie Parker, Allie Barton
| Inside Tucson Business Verified
TUCSON – One Saturday morning, a mother and father take their daughter to the public library for the first time. The young girl walks around her parents to look at the librarian at the front desk, gazing at another Black person in a public space that’s usually occupied by white people. “Do you work here?” she asks. “I do,” the librarian answers. “That makes me so happy,” the girl says. Tenecia Phillips, branch manager of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in Tucson, tears up at the memory.
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