Nashville Black Literacy Coalition

10/06/2026

Join us for a Focused Reading Circle featuring "Our Stories Carried Us Here"! 📚

Over lunch, we’ll read selected portions of this powerful graphic novel and engage in meaningful conversation about immigration, identity, family, belonging, and culture. We’ll also share a meal featuring Ethiopian cuisine as we connect through stories, food, and community.

The first 25 attendees to arrive will receive a FREE copy of the book!

📅 Saturday, October 10
🕧 12:30–2:30 PM
📍 Global Education Center | 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville
🍽️ Lunch provided

Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP at the link below.

Hosted in partnership with Tennessee State University Brown-Daniel Library, Nashville Black Literacy Coalition, and Global Education Center.

RSVP with the link in the bio.

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10/04/2026

NBLC and The Nashville Black Comics Collective pulled up to the Nashville Comic Arts Festival and the energy was unmatched 🔥📚

Workshops. Comics. Graphic novels. Zines. Anime. All of it on display from talented local artists in the city.

Huge shoutout and real love to Ryan King for building a space that's truly inclusive space making room for the NBCC. We see you and we appreciate you 🙌🏾

If you came through, thank you. If you missed it, catch us next time 👀

09/29/2026

Definitely, not boring.

The park was a vibe. The books were a vibe. Everyone who showed up brought the vibes.

Thank you, Not Boring Nashville for partnering on this Sunday reset!

09/28/2026

📚🖤 BLACK COMICS ARE IN THE BUILDING! 🖤📚
Join the Nashville Black Literacy Coalition at the 2026 Nashville Comic Arts Festival this Saturday, October 3rd! 🎨💥

📍 Vanderbilt Central Library
🕚 11 AM–6 PM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION!

Come check out 75+ exhibitors from across the country, programming, panel discussions, comics, art, and community.

🧑🏾‍🎨 BLACK COMICS CLUB — YOUTH
1:30–2:20 PM
📍 Author's Room, Room 418A
For K–12 youth interested in comics and anime!
📚 Comics giveaway
🎨 Learn about comics
👋🏾 Meet other young people who love comics and anime

🧑🏾‍🎨 BLACK COMICS COLLECTIVE — ADULTS
4:00–4:50 PM
📍 Author's Room, Room 418A
📚 Comics giveaway
Come meet your people and help us shape what this group becomes. We'll talk about what we want to read, how often we want to meet, and where we go from here.

Nothing is set in stone—that's the point! Come help build it.
👉🏾 REGISTER FOR BLACK COMICS CLUB:
https://forms.gle/CN5EqRjwnxmXAmfN7

Whether you're a longtime comics reader, anime fan, artist, parent, educator, or just curious—come through!
📖🖤 Let's build community around Black comics, Black creativity, and Black readers.

09/25/2026

Join us this weekend!

We are joining Not Boring Nashville for their gentlest recurring hang, this time with books!

Bring your family, roll solo, bring your crew, a blanket, a book, your comics, a coloring page — anything quiet — and settle in next to the playground at Centennial Park.

Come and wind down for a stress-free Sunday, and let's read in community!

Date: September 27th
Time: 4pm-6pm

Before touch grass:
Meeting at Croque Cafe in the same park at 3 PM first, if you want the slower on-ramp.

Register with the link in the bio.

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09/19/2026

09/15/2026

🖤🌿✨ Hispanic Heritage Month is here — and we're centering the voices that have always been at the intersection.

Afro-Latine authors carry a dual legacy — the rhythms of the African diaspora and the richness of Latinidad — and their stories deserve to be at the heart of The Culture's literary conversation.

For too long, the narrative of what it means to be Latine has been told without them. But Blackness and Latinidad are not opposing identities. They are deeply, historically, beautifully intertwined — and the literature reflects that.

When we read Afro-Latine authors, we discover:

🖤 Stories that hold both without apology
🌺 Histories that the mainstream has tried to erase
✍🏾 Voices that expand what Black literature looks, sounds, and feels like
🌊 A diaspora that stretches across oceans, languages, and borders

Afro-Latine authors don't just deserve a moment. They deserve a permanent place on your shelf. September 15th to October 15th is the celebration, but their stories are for every season, every mood, every late night when you need a book that holds your full humanity.

NBLC thanks these authors for their contribution to The Culture.

👇 Drop your favorite Afro-Latine author or book below.

09/12/2026

Join us for a Focused Reading Circle featuring "Our Stories Carried Us Here"! 📚

Over lunch, we’ll read selected portions of this powerful graphic novel and engage in meaningful conversation about immigration, identity, family, belonging, and culture. We’ll also share a meal featuring Ethiopian cuisine as we connect through stories, food, and community.

The first 25 attendees to arrive will receive a FREE copy of the book!

📅 Saturday, October 10
🕧 12:30–2:30 PM
📍 Global Education Center | 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville
🍽️ Lunch provided

Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP at the link below.

Hosted in partnership with Tennessee State University Brown-Daniel Library, Nashville Black Literacy Coalition, and Global Education Center.

RSVP with the link in the bio.

Please share this post.