Video: This 11-Year-Old Created a Book Club to Encourage More Black Boys to Read
BY Mike Orie
April 4, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGo6Jjxp4M Sidney Keys III is the 11-year-old that created a book club to encourage more Black boys to read and then later founded Books N Bros, LLC in 2016. "Everytime I would go to the library at my school, there aren't many African-American literature books there," said Sidney. Sidney's mom posted a video of him visiting a Black bookstore. The post went viral. Books N Bros focuses on the bond of bros who are interested in reading African-American literature. They meet up monthly to discuss the books they will read. Watch Sidney's amazing story.
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