The flagship store of Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City has launched a new programme to promote “Black History Month” by changing the covers of 12 classic books to portray the characters as being of non-European heritage.
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The 12 books were all written by white authors with the exception of two written by Alexandre Dumas, who is often cited as being black, as his grandmother was a slave of Afro-Caribbean ancestry.
The new covers of each book will employ five culturally diverse depictions of the key characters, however none of the diversified covers will feature white character.
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