BPL Black History Month: Inglenook Library Spotllights Teen Author Marley Dias

Marley Dias, 15, founded #1000BlackGirlBooks in 2015 to encourage reading of books about black female heroes.  

Readers are Leaders, a youth book club at Inglenook Branch Library, will host a Black History Month program paying tribute to teen author Marley Dias this Wednesday, February 19, at 3:30 p.m.

The book club will read books about young heroes, with the spotlight this month on Marley, 15, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of “Marley Dias Gets It Done and So Can You!”

The spotlight on Marley Dias is among 60 free Black History Month programs taking place at 18 BPL locations during February. The Readers are Leaders Book Club  was launched at Inglenook Library in February 2017.

Marley launched #1000BlackGirlBooks at age 10 in 2015, using the power of social media with a goal of collecting 1,000 books featuring black female protagonists by February 2016. Her story went viral, gaining media attention across the globe. She has far exceeded her goal, collecting more than 11,000 books to date. In 2018, Forbes magazine named the then 13 year old Marley a "change maker" and the youngest member of its "30 Under 30" club.