ABOUT US
"A Fraternal Literary Organization"
The BAR – Brothers Also Read is a fraternal literary organization whose purpose is to support the intellectual growth and development of our members, mentor young men into adulthood, and transform the conversations in our communities into action that produces positive social change.
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Community Impact
Taking Collective Action To Create Positive Social Change In Our Communities Begining With Critical Thinking, Intellectual Development And Engaging Discussion Among Men.
Strategic Partnerships
The BAR is interested in establishing partnerships with organizations who share our commitment to the furtherance of education and literacy in our community. We have already established an informal partnership with Chandler Park Academy which was founded by the late Dr. Anthony Shipley, a former member of The BAR.
Scholarship Opportunities
CURRENT READING SELECTION
CURRENT BOOK:
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
Race, as we have come to understand it, is a fiction; but, racism, as we have come to live it, is a fact. The point here is not to impose a new racial hierarchy, but to remove an existing one. After centuries of waiting for white majorities to overturn white supremacy, it seems to me that it has fallen to Black people to do it themselves.
Acclaimed columnist and author Charles Blow never wanted to write a “race book.” But as violence against Black people—both physical and psychological—seemed only to increase in recent years, culminating in the historic pandemic and protests of the summer of 2020, he felt compelled to write a new story for Black Americans. He envisioned a succinct, counterintuitive, and impassioned corrective to the myths that have for too long governed our thinking about race and geography in America. Drawing on both political observations and personal experience as a Black son of the South, Charles set out to offer a call to action by which Black people can finally achieve equality, on their own terms.