>>featured book: “Why Are All the Black
Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And
Other Conversations About Race, by Beverly Daniel
Tatum (New York: Basic Books, 2003)
The second annual Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads took place in early 2004.
The goal of the Read was to promote reading and civic dialogue through the shared experience of reading and discussing a common book. For 2004, the program encouraged readers of all ages to explore our progress in race relations in the 50 years since the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in public schools.
A screening committee of
about a dozen colleagues from Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor met
over the spring and summer, and reviewed more than 100
titles. The committee recommended three books, and
the selection committee then chose
Tatum’s book from that short list.
Librarians
at the district libraries also recommended a broad
selection of titles in the young
adult and children’s book categories, so that families
could read and talk together.
Please see the Ann
Arbor District Library’s webpage for further
information.
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READ DETROIT! COMES TO THE MOTOR CITY
Read Detroit! also selected “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race,” by Beverly Daniel Tatum as its citywide read for 2004. The Read Detroit! program ran from March 16 through April 24.
Please visit the Wayne State University website for background information about the Read Detroit! program.
Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads Committees
Blue Ribbon Committee
Mary Sue Coleman, President,
University of Michigan
Cheryl C. Farmer, Mayor, Ypsilanti
John Hieftje, Mayor, Ann Arbor
Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, President, Eastern Michigan University
Jill Morey, Director, Ypsilanti District Library
Sharon Newton-Glenn, Director, Ypsilanti-Willow Run Branch,
NAACP
Josie Barnes Parker, Director Ann Arbor District Library
David Sharp, Publisher, Ann Arbor News
Alma Wheeler Smith, Former State Senator
Harry Williams, President, Ann Arbor Branch, NAACP
John Matlock, Associate Vice-Provost and Director of the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (chair)
Kaitlin Barrer, Ann Arbor high school student
Letitia Byrd, 1997 Ann Arbor Citizen of the Year
W. Frances Deckard, Ypsilanti-Willow Run Branch, NAACP
Alice Fishman, Book Discussion Group Coordinator, Ann Arbor District Library
Lori Kunkel-Coryell, Librarian, Ypsilanti District Library
Meredith Raney, Ypsilanti high school student
Rossi Ray-Taylor, Executive Director, Minority Student
Achievement Network
Kaye Wade - Huron High School teacher
Charles Behling, Co-Director, Program on
Intergroup Relations, and Adjunct Professor, Psychology,
University of Michigan
Kathy Evans Daly, Assistant Director, Ypsilanti District
Library
Donna DeButts, Community Relations Coordinator, Ypsilanti
District Library
Julia Dickinson, Coordinator, Ann Arbor Book Festival
Robin Grice, Librarian, Information Resources Center, Afroamerican & African
Studies, University of Michigan
Elizabeth James, Program Coordinator, Center for Afroamerican & African
Studies, University of Michigan
Arlene Keizer, Associate Professor, English and Afroamerican & African
Studies, University of Michigan
David Pimentel, Director of Libraries and Learning Centers,
University Housing, University of Michigan
Karl Pohrt, Owner, Shaman Drum Bookshop
Charles Ransom, Multicultural Studies Librarian, University
Library, University of Michigan
Karen Schulte, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Professional Goals & Development
Wendy Woods, Associate Director, Michigan Community Scholars
Program, University of Michigan
Evans Young, Assistant Dean, College of Literature, Science, & the
Arts
Outreach Committee
Donna DeButts, Community Relations Coordinator, Ypsilanti District Library
W. Frances Deckard, Ypsilanti-Willow Run Branch, NAACP
Julia Dickinson, Coordinator, Ann Arbor Book Festival
Tim Grimes, Community Relations Manager, Ann Arbor District Library
Lola Jones, African American Cultural and Historical Museum and Another Ann Arbor
Ira Lax, Outreach Assistant, Ann Arbor District Library
Judy McGovern, Managing Editor, Features, Ann Arbor News
Nicola Rooney, Owner, Nicola's Books, A Little Professor Store
Peggy Stevens, Assistant Program Manager, Community Television Network
Evans Young, Assistant Dean, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
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