The Harlem Book Fair Midwest, a well-attended event, was held today at the Reardon Civic Center in Kansas City, Kan.
The Kansas City, Kan., NAACP and El Centro were the two major sponsoring organizations that brought the book fair to Kansas City, Kan., to promote literacy and cross-cultural dialogue. Also sponsoring the event was UMKC.
Special guest speakers at the event included Sonny Gibson, “8165 Kansas City Early Negro History,” Steve Penn, “The Pete O’Neal Story,” Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush, author and great-granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and Xanath Caraza, author, poet and artist.
Also, authors sharing their work included Willa Robinson, Willa Books, Devin James, “Inside Ferguson: The Voice of the Voiceless,” Tiffany Taylor, “2 Halves Make One Whole,” Chavos Buycks, Christine Taylor-Butler, Abdul Kasim, Robert Stevenson and Carolyn Johnson of Tate Publishing.
For more information about the Harlem Book Fair Midwest, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/harlem-book-fair-coming-to-kck-on-saturday/.