Angela P. DodsonHomeGift Guide for BookloversDecember is gift-giving season whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. This year, the extended celebrations will overlap. December 24 marks the beginning of Hanukkah, and it is Christmas Eve. December 25 is Christmas Day, and December 26 is the beginning of Kwanzaa.December 2, 2016HomeProtesting “Chief” LogoNovember is Native American Heritage Month, and this year it kicked off on the heels of a public protest. As the World Series of National League Baseball opened October 25, hundreds of Native Americans protested outside the first game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs.November 1, 2016HomeHonoring Black PoetsOctober is National Book Month, celebrated and promoted by the National Book Foundation. The nonprofit organization was established in 1989 to foster appreciation of great writing in America. The foundation sponsors the National Book Awards annually, as well as public and educational programs. This year, the foundation will present its 2016 Literarian Award for Outstanding […]October 4, 2016HomeYes, It’s School TimeMany schools are back in session, but many teachers will be starting their new year in the next couple of weeks. If you are one of them, you might be looking for new ideas about teaching and new information to present to their students. DiverseBooks has a huge selection of books on education at all levels from kindergarten to the Ph.D.September 9, 2016HomeFixing the WorldFor August, DiverseBooks highlights global issues. It offers discount prices on a variety of titles to enhance your knowledge and to provide resources for course work. Here are some other selections from our publishers:August 2, 2016HomeLand Of the FreeThe movie “The Free State of Jones” which opened in theaters June 24, tells the story of Newton Knight, who led an armed rebellion against the Confederacy that began during the Civil War and continued afterward in Jones County, Mississippi.July 19, 2016HomeThe Prince Is GoneAs we celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month this June, another black legend has left the scene. Last year, we noted the passing of “the King of Blues” – B.B. King. This year, it is Prince, the master of many genres, who is gone. Prince Rogers Nelson died April 21, leaving a huge legacy and a vault full of music yet unreleased.June 13, 2016StudentsHonoring Daisy BatesAmong the 2016 National Women’s History Month honorees of the National Women’s History Project is Daisy Bates, a civil rights pioneer. Diversebooks.net is proud to offer two books that feature her. They are:March 5, 2016African-AmericanStudying RebellionAs Black History Month opens this year, people are still talking about how the film “The Birth of a Nation,” created by Nate Parker, actor, screenwriter and director, set a new sales record at the Sundance Film Festival. The $17.5 million distribution deal from Fox Searchlight came after a bidding war among several companies, according to various news reports.February 17, 2016HomeActivism & DiversityIf Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been alive over this past year, he probably would have been dismayed by the state of race relations. He would undoubtedly see the epidemic of shootings of unarmed black men, the killing of nine church members by a white supremacist and the political rhetoric of intolerance as setbacks.December 22, 2015Previous PagePage 2 of 15Next Page