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Meredith McKinney Collects and Distributes Books
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Meredith McKinney collects and distributes books with African American protagonists.
Meredith McKinney, founder of Black Book Project, receives and distributes books with African American protagonists and donates them to children who might have not had the opportunity to see the likes of themselves represented in literature. The children express their excitement to take the books home.
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Meredith McKinney Collects and Distributes Books
Clip: Episode 5 | 2m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Meredith McKinney, founder of Black Book Project, receives and distributes books with African American protagonists and donates them to children who might have not had the opportunity to see the likes of themselves represented in literature. The children express their excitement to take the books home.
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Cam and Dre Williams sit down to write a song inspired by Meredith McKinney. (3m 18s)
Cam and Meredith McKinney Connect
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Meredith McKinney and Cam discuss equal representation in children's literature. (3m)
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