On February 6th, 2006, 60 eighth grade students at Havana Middle School in Mrs. Rebecca Gaines Social Studies classes participated in the Seventeenth National African American Read-In Chain by reading books celebrating African and African American history and culture.
Books were contributed by a grant from the Claude Pepper Foundation at Florida State University through the work of Dr. Rosemary Traoré and with the support of Dr. Verna Norris, the Principal of Havana Middle School. The books form the basis for a classroom library that will encourage the students to read more about African and African American history and culture. The students, Mrs. Gaines, and Dr. Traoré will work together to produce an annotated bibliography of the books provided by the Claude Pepper Foundation.
