Lesley Bracero and Natoia Franklin are educators and published writers with strong ties to Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion, who collaborate as the Melanated Authors reading to schoolchildren and are ...

"She said, 'Mommy why don't they show brown people in movies and books?'" A 7-year-old girl is determined to get multicultural crayons and books featuring diverse characters into California classrooms ...

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