National African American Read-In
Podcast

The Ocean County Library will join thousands across the nation in celebrating the 21st anniversary of the National African American Read-In. Listen to Ocean County Library staff and community members read from selected works by African American authors.

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Listen to Used by Rita Dove	Read by Cathi Finnen
Listen to Rich by Alice Walker	Read by John Glace
Listen to There It Is by Jayne Cortez	Read by Bernard Williams
Listen to Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth	Read by Carol Zsiga
Listen to My First Memory (of Librarians) by Nikki Giovanni	Read by an OCL Librarian
Listen to Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou	Read by Nan Marino
Listen to Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes	Read by Nancy Voitko
Listen to Won't You Celebrate With Me by Lucille Clifton	Read by Grace Johnson
Listen to Amethyst Rocks by Saul Williams	Read by VIBES the Anointed Poet
Listen to an excerpt from Beloved by Toni Morrison	Read By Megan Ruisch
Listen to Poem for South African Women by June Jordan	Read by Laura Rickards
Listen to Sunshine Girl a poem from Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas	Read by Brian Marshall
Listen to Human Family by Maya Angelou	Read by Barbara Worthy
Listen to Your World by Georgia Douglas Johnson	Read by Grace Johnson
Listen to Nightshade from Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas	Read by Josh Voitko
Listen to an excerpt from Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol	Read by Richard Biolsi
Listen to Here Where Coltrane Is by Michael S. Harper	Read by Linda Kay
Listen to All the Toys by Alice Walker	Read by Teen Writers Circle member
Listen to We Alone by Alice Walker	Read by Leigh Ann Borrelli
Listen to The What If's by Jill Scott	Read by Teen Writers Circle member
Listen to Lesson by Forrest Hamer	Read by Lenny Rivera
Listen to Lois Smith Age 12 Student by Walter Dean Myers	Read by Teen Writers Circle member
Listen to I Will Not Deny by Alice Walker	Read by Sally Harrison
Listen to Heritage by Countee Cullen	Read by Teen Writers Circle member
Listen to Common Dust by Georgia Douglas Johnson	Read by Meagan Toohey