In the wake of the murder of Philando Castile by a St. Anthony, Minn., police officer in 2016, Demetrius W. Frazier was among many searching for answers to this tragedy. Mr. Frazier, along with Lance Adams, turned to literature as a tool to forge connections with other African-American men centering on discussions around books addressing the issues that led to Mr. Castile’s death.
Mr. Frazier and Mr. Adams would make their idea a reality in 2018 with the founding of Black Men Read,…
