High School Student Gives Brand New Books to Celebrate ‘Black Is Beautiful’.

Student Ambassador Rashar “Ray” Steward is the co-founder of the Black Is Beautiful Book Project. At just 14 years old, Ray is committed to helping to ensure that Black children in under-served communities in Texas, as well as around the nation, are able to get lost in stories they can envision themselves in.

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“The Black is Beautiful project was created to inspire support and uplift the Black students in our community,” Rashar explained in a local news interview. As a lifelong avid reader, Ray is now taking major steps to share his love of reading with kids that look like him.

Since its inception, the Black Is Beautiful Book Project has provided 1,179 brand new books to teachers in Amarillo, TX and 5223 books to teachers in other areas of Texas, as well as Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, and Dominica.

Through this project, Ray and his mother, Deetress Peoples, want to spread the message that “Hey, it’s okay to be Black, and you’re beautiful”.