Celebrating Black History Month with Great Reads!

  • book cover - tStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
  • book cover - Those Who Saw the Sun
  • book cover - Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll
  • book cover - The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
  • book cover - Dark Testament: Blackout Poems
  • book cover - Burn Down, Rise Up
  • book cover - My Red, White, and Blue
  • book cover - The burning : Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
  • book cover - Black Girl You Are Atlas
  • book cover - James: A Novel
  • book cover - The Unboxing of a Black Girl
  • book cover - There Was a Party for Langston
  • book cover - The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
  • book cover- Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes
  • book cover - A Year of Black Joy: 52 Black Voices Share Their Life Passions
  • book cover - Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present
  • book cover - Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
  • book cover - The Motherless Land
  • book cover - The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
  • book cover - Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard
  • book cover - Little Black Lives Matter
  • book cover - Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
  • book cover - Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X: The Fatal Friendship
  • book cover - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
  • book cover - A Life of Song: The Story of Ella Jenkins

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Meet the 2026-2028 Altadena Poets Laureate: Shahé Mankerian & Rhonda Mitchell
Meet the 2026-2028 Altadena Poets Laureate: Shahé Mankerian & Rhonda Mitchell

We welcome our new Altadena Poets Laureate for 2026-2028: Shahé Mankerian & Rhonda Mitchell. As Editor-in-Chief, Shahé will be responsible for the Altadena Poetry Review, and Rhonda will be Poet Laureate for Community Events, heading up workshops & readings.

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