Everybody Reads 2026

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Hosted by: 
Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill, Patricia Welch
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Black Book Talk
Air date: 
Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:30am to 12:00pm
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Everybody Reads
Everybody Reads is Multnomah County Library's community-wide project that promotes shared reading and discussion around a single book

Everybody Reads 2026 celebrates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s  book, Lovely One.  In addition to distributing 8,000 free copies of Lovely One through libraries and high schools, the library also offers a series of events related to the  program.  All are free to the public.  Today's guests, Librarian Carla Y. Davis and Afro-Indigenous artist, educator, and spoken-word emcee Toni Hill will provide an overview of the program and  specific events.

 

 

 

Topic tags: 
African American, Arts/Culture, Community Building, Education, Law/Court/Crime, Race, Women, Civil Rights/Human Rights
Genre(s): 
Public Affairs

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    11:30
    Artist
    Duke Ellington
    Song
    Day Dream - Jazz Violin Version
    Album
    Jazz Violin Sessions
    Label
    Rhino Atlantic
  • Time
    11:31
    Artist
    Des'ree
    Song
    You Gotta Be
    Album
    110% POP
    Label
    Sony Soho Square
  • Time
    11:59
    Artist
    Donny Hathaway
    Song
    Someday We'll All Be Free
    Album
    Soul Men
    Label
    Atlantic Records

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