Less than a week after the U.S. Naval Academy removed 381 books and literary works from its library, a local Annapolis book club staged a reading of one of the removed books at Annapolis City Dock.

At A&E’s Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America event last night, Nicki Minaj took the stage for a reading of Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise, and it was a goosebump-inducing moment.

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A mural at Maya Angelou High School depicting its namesake. Angelou was a crucial early influence for Glory Edim, the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...