from freedom riders to freedom readers

10 million more

BLACK VOTERS

BUS TOUR – OCT 8TH – 21ST

BOOKS UNBANNED TOUR STOPS

The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is partnering with the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) on a bus tour to mobilize “10 Million More Black Voters” in time for the 2022 midterms. AAPF is fighting back against book bans with a new campaign across the country: From Freedom Riders to Freedom Readers: The Books Unbanned Tour. We are bringing banned books directly to the people in over two dozen cities from Minnesota to Florida! Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw (Executive Director of AAPF), local authors, and community leaders will be talking about local book bans, reading from banned books, and giving away copies of some of the titles we have seen targeted across the nation, especially those by Black and LGBTQ authors. Book banning is an important front in the current assault on our children, education system, and democracy, and this bus tour will send a powerful message that the fight for truth and for books is intertwined with the fight for voting rights and voter mobilization. 

To Learn more about AAPF visit www.aapf.org. To learn more about AAPF’s #TruthBeTold Campaign see our latest toolkit, How the Attack on Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racism is a Threat to Our Democracy and visit www.aapf.org/truthbetold 

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At each stop, Executive Director Kimberlé Crenshaw, local authors, and community leaders will be talking about local book bans, reading from banned books, and giving away copies of some of the titles we have seen targeted across the nation, especially those by Black and LGBTQ authors. Book banning is an important front in the current assault on our children, education system, and democracy, and this bus tour will send a powerful message that the fight for truth and for books is intertwined with the fight for voting rights and voter mobilization.