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Book Nook: 'African American Mothers: Their Children and Their Poverty in America in the First Quarter of the Twenty-First Century' by Barbara Fleming

The statistics will shock you. The reality is sobering.

Barbara Fleming returned to the program to discuss her latest book. She is hoping to bring attention to a terrible situation that has continued to get worse with each passing decade; the cycle of poverty that entraps many single Black mothers in America. She has been writing about these issues for a while and she plans to continue doing so. People need to be aware of this tragic reality and something must be done to change it.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from Studs Terkel to Lee Child to John Glenn. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.