Topic: Books
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The ABCs of Book Banning
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews 101-year-old book activist Grace Linn and George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Black_History_Amy_Cohen_HED-791x400.jpg)
“Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape
A veteran Philadelphia social studies teacher wrote a new book about Black Philadelphia history. Here, an excerpt from a chapter featuring Washington, aka Congo, Square
By Amy Jane Cohen![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DSC07082-791x400.jpg)
Arts, Culture and Brotherly Love
Gregory Walker’s Harlem Renaissance-style salons for The Brother’s Network invite Black men to celebrate their art, knowledge and greatness. Join them Friday for a book talk about race in America
By James Peterson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Velshi-Brorby-Boys-Oil-791x400.jpg)
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on North Dakota’s Anti-Library Crusade
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Taylor Brorby, author of Boys and Oil, who found safe haven in books and libraries growing up. Unfortunately today's kids may not have that luxury.
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington_D.C._Dr._Martin_Luther_King_Jr._and_Mathew_Ahmann_in_a_crowd._-_NARA_-_542015_-_Restoration-1-791x400.jpg)
King’s Chester Years
In an excerpt from the bestselling King: A Life, the iconic moral leader attends Chester’s Crozer Theological Seminary, takes part in his first civil rights confrontation (in a Maple Shade, New Jersey bar!) and loses his heart … to a White woman
By Jonathan Eig![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Richard-Vague-791x400.jpeg)
Who is Richard Vague?
The banker, policy advisor, author and all-around renaissance man on how he got to where he is — and why he’s obsessed with personal debt
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Velshi-Perks-of-being-a-wallflower-791x400.jpg)
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Stephen Chobsky, whose classic The Perks of Being a Wallflower has literally stopped suicides
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Velshi-Bell-Jar-791x400.jpg)
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The Bell Jar
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Emily Van Duyne, Sylvia Plath expert and author of the upcoming book Loving Sylvia Plath
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Velshi-LGBTQ-books-791x400.jpg)
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on how LGBTQ+ Books Literally Save Lives
The MSNBC host talks with PFLAG CEO Brian Bond on the role LGBTQ+ books play in the community and the harm book bans are doing
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Velshi-all-the-rivers-791x400.jpg)
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Revisits a Palestinian Jewish Love Story
The MSNBC host talks with All the Rivers author Dorit Rubinyan about love across boundaries and the aspiration to coexist
By Ali Velshi