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Dr. Linda J.M. Holloway Gives Away 1,000 Books, Anti-Hair Bullying Campaign
Dr. Linda J.M. Holloway is no stranger to attacking issues head-on. When she discovered 1 out of 3 children were not able to read on their grade level, she knew she needed to do something. Even more so, was the epidemic of young Black children being bullied about their hair. Many of these children were ridiculed so badly that they no longer wanted to go to school.
There were administrators expelling children from school for the way they wore their hair. Thus Dr. Holloway found it extremely disturbing that children were experiencing pain around their hair and became even more distraught when realizing that children’s literacy rate was low.
This inspired Dr. Holloway 3 years ago to launch a 1,000 free book giveaway campaign for children in underrepresented, marginalized, and oppressed communities. She started locally in the state where she resided. To date, she has been successful in distributing over 2,500 free books.
She chose to give away her first book, I Love My Happy Hair, to raise awareness around hair bullying, to have an Anti-Hair Bullying Campaign, and to fight against childhood literacy rates. Dr. Holloway wanted each child she encountered to have a free copy of her book because many of the children did not own an actual physical book.
