Participants take a break in readings at U-M-Dearborn's fourth annual African American Read-in Chain Feb. 2. From left, sophomore Valon Abercrombie chats with radio personalities "Foolish" and "CoCo" of WJLB-FM's "Serch in the AM" morning show, along with humanities Professor Deborah Smith Pollard. Pollard, who has her own show on WJLB each Sunday, invited Foolish and CoCo to stop by and share their favorite poems with the campus community during the four-hour event, which celebrates the literature of top African American authors. "The African American Read-in Chain is one way members of our campus community—and this year, friends from FM 98 WJLB, the Detroit Slam Poetry Team and Sigma Gamma Rho sorority—annually celebrate Black history and generations of literary excellence with a million other book lovers around the world," says Pollard, director of the African and African American Studies Program. Pollard will continue to share the literature of African American authors when she leads a Read-in Chain from 6:30-8:15 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Robert Scott Correctional Facility for women in Plymouth. (Photo by Tom Laundroche)