And like Black YA literature ... All the Says to Come." Angie Thomas: The author and activist's debut novel, 2017's "The Hate U Give," began as her senior project at Belhaven University.

"All wonderful authors.” But as a teen, “I just was not being introduced to their works.” More: 10 must-read Black History Month book recommendations: Cicely Tyson, Angie Thomas and more ...

author Angie Thomas joined the masses protesting police brutality and racial injustice on the streets of her hometown of Jackson, Miss. Amid fervent chants of “Black Lives Matter” and clenched ...

As we enter 2021, there’s no hotter author anywhere than Angie Thomas. She currently rules the New York Times Hardcover Young Adult list with two revolutionary and relatable novels about Black lives ...

“Black History is American History ... The Hate U Give (2017) by Angie Thomas In recent years, it was nearly impossible to miss conversations surrounding Angie Thomas’ undeniably popular ...

As a kid, author Angie Thomas loved books ... is that that feeling of exclusion wouldn't happen to black teens today. Thomas's debut novel, "The Hate U Give," was not only turned into a critically ...

Angie Thomas: It’s been in me for ... you guys failed me because you didn’t give me books. I had to look to hip-hop to show me myself.” One young black boy came up to me and said, “Yo ...

author Angie Thomas wanted to rap as a teenager. But she wasn’t good at it, so she decided to study creative writing when she got to college. As the only Black student in the creative writing ...

FOP lodge president John Blackmon even went as far as to describe the books as “an indoctrination ... However, in an interview with Black Enterprise, Thomas said the basis of the book was ...

But “Banned Books: Defending the Right to Read,” which also featured “The Hate U Give” author Angie Thomas ... was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and offered a critical ...