📍 Check out Black lit events hosted by libraries this July. Whether you’re looking for a children’s storytime, a book club, or a full-on library lit fest—The Lit Map has it covered.

Know a library doing something amazing with Black books? We’re updating the list weekly and want to feature it!

Come back often—The Lit Map is always growing with new events, fresh programs, and library partners doing it for the culture.

1. Auburn Avenue Research Library (Atlanta)

2. DeKalb County Public Library (Various branches)

3. Atlanta–Fulton Public Library – MLK Jr. Branch

1. San Antonio Public Library

2. Houston Public Library

3. Austin Public Library

1. African-American Research Library & Cultural Center (Fort Lauderdale)

2. Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library (Tampa)

3. Jacksonville Public Library

1. Schomburg Center (Harlem, NYPL)

2. Free Black Women’s Library (Brooklyn)

3. Great River Regional Library

1. Evanston Public Library

2. Chicago Public Library

3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library

1. Black Feminist Bookmobile (Raleigh–Durham)

2. Durham Public Library

3. Greensboro Boomerang Bookshop

1. Norman Mayer Library (New Orleans)

2. New Orleans Main Library

3. T.B. Butler Bookmobile

1. AAMLO – African American Museum & Library at Oakland

2. San Francisco Public Library – African American Center

3. Sacramento Public Library

1. Richmond Public Library

2. Blyden Public Library (Norfolk)

3. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg)

1. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System

2. Baltimore County Public Library

3. Annapolis Public Library

1. Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

2. Orange Mound Branch Library

3. Whitehaven Branch Library