For the past 13 years,
The Brown Bookshelf, a website launched in 2007 by children’s authors Varian Johnson and Paula Chase, has promoted Black authors and illustrators with such initiatives as 28 Days Later through which, on each day in February, the site spotlights a different children’s or YA book creator, with a focus on books that otherwise might be overlooked. This summer,
Brown Bookshelf launched the Generations Book Club, which twice a month (except in February) recommends four books by Black authors for readers of all ages. The recommendations include a picture book, middle grade and YA reads, plus a book for adults. A link to Brain Lair Bookstore is pumping up sales of these titles at that Black-owned indie in South Bend, Ind.
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As 2020 draws to a close, many will reflect on 12 months defined by stress, upheaval, and the urgent need to confront some difficult truths about the way the games industry operates, and the myriad ways it can be a better and more inclusive place.
But just as that process of self-examination is necessary, so too is recognition for those already working to solve those problems. In this GI 100 series we will profile 100 individuals and organisations making progress in vital areas like diversity, accessibility, charity, mental health, progressive politics, lifting emerging markets, uniting communities, and more people whose stories can show us how this industry can be that better and more inclusive place.