After growing frustrated with her class's emphasis on stories about "white boys and their dogs," Marley Dias, an intrepid 11-year-old from New Jersey, created her own syllabus called #1000BlackGirlBooks. Her mission: collect 1,000 books that feature black female protagonists and donate the haul to a school in Jamaica. She's collected 4,000 books and counting. The end.

Watch Marley's interview on CBS This Morning and check out some of the books she's collected below.









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