Barbershop Books

In 2023, we partnered with Barbershop Books, a national organization that expands reading opportunities for historically excluded populations through child-centered, culturally relevant, and community-based programming and content. Today, more than 82% of Black male 4th grade students in the U.S. are not proficient in reading. Low reading achievement among Black boys today will produce Black men who are ill-prepared to compete in the workforce of tomorrow. (Barbershop Books)