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Welcome to the 2000 archives of the AALBC's Contest Page.  Test your knowledge to see how well you know your authors.  Also check if the current contest has been answered 

December 2000 Contest
Question #12
(Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)
Question: 
Who am I?
Hint: My Initials are J. K.

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson (Thu 1/4/01 11:17 AM)

Prize:  
Volunteer Slavery (Two Cassettes)

Jill Nelson, Read by Karen Allen / Audio / Warner Books, Incorporated / September 1994

November 2000 Contest
Question #11
(Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)
Question: 
Who am I?
Hint: She is a gem of a poet.

Answer: Click here

Winner: Z. (Thu 1/18/01 12:53 PM)

Prize:  
A Lesson Before Dying (2 Cassettes)

Ernest J. Gaines, Read by Jay Long / Audio / Random AudioBooks / September 1997

October 2000 Contest
Question #10
(Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)
Question: 
Who am I?
Hint: I'm really behind this site!

Answer: Click Here

Winner: T. W. Rodriguez, GA (Wed 1/10/01 10:15 PM)

Prize:  
Volunteer Slavery (Two Cassettes)

Jill Nelson, Read by Karen Allen / Audio / Warner Books, Incorporated / September 1994

September 2000 Contest
Question #9
(Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)
Question: 
Who am I?

Answer: Click Here

Winner: Nandi Crawford, Prichard, Alabama (Tue 12/19/00 5:13 PM)

Prize:  
A Lesson Before Dying (2 Cassettes)

Ernest J. Gaines, Read by Jay Long / Audio / Random AudioBooks / September 1997

August 2000 Contest
Question #8
(Posted July 24, 2000 11:36 PM EST)
Question: Visit this page http://aalbc.com/books/naacp.htm and provide us with the winners of the NAACP award winning books for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's titles.  You must also provide the source of your answer
Hint: I'll sweeten the pot.  Whoever digs up this information will also get a copy of Mosaic magazine, Black Issues Book Review AND the September 2000 and October 2000 prizes!

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson (Thu 1/4/01 2:05 PM)

Prize: One copy of the newly released:

Not A day Goes By
by E. Lynn Harris

Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date: July  2000

 

July 2000 Contest
Question #7
(Posted July 24, 2000 11:30 PM EST)
Question: On the right is Mosaic Magazine publisher Ron Kavanaugh.  Who is the brother on the left?

Answer: Click Here

Winner: L. Stewart for New York, NY (Mon 7/31/00 9:42 AM)

Prize: One copy of the newly released:

Not A day Goes By
by E. Lynn Harris

Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date: July  2000

June 2000 Contest
Question #6
(Posted May 29, 2000 2:51 PM EST)
Question: Identify this author

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Carter from Los Angeles, California (Wed 6/7/00 2:04 PM)

Prize:
Nov-Dec 1999 issue of:
OBR: The Black Book Review

A magazine published 5 times a year, which focuses primarily on the review of books by black authors.

May 2000 Contest
Question #5
(Posted May 29, 2000 2:51 PM EST)

Question:
Identify this author

Answer: Click Here

Winner: C. Warner from Sterling, VA (Wed May 31, 2000 6:43 AM)

DialoguePrize:
April - June 2000
Issue of:
Dialogue Magazine

A Quarterly Magazine Discussing African-American Art, Literature, Film and other Cultural Issues

April 2000 Contest
Question #4
(Posted April 6, 2000 10:57 PM EST)
Question: Identify this author

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HINT: (posted May 9th 2000 11:43 PM EST)
This author's book was once selected for the AALBC's, "Coffee Will Make You Black", online reading group the 

Answer: Click Here

Winner: L. Bolton from (Mon 7/31/00 11:44 AM)

Visit BIBR at www.bibookreview.comPrize:
January - February 2000
Issue of:
Black Issues Book Review

New Voices, New Visions

March 2000 Contest
Question #3
(Posted March 12, 2000 10:35AM EST)
Question: Identify this author

??????

Answer: Click Here
Most Common incorrect answer: Jill Nelson

Winner: R. Smith from Albany, GA. (Monday, March 20, 2000 10:37 AM)

Fall/Winter IssuePrize: 

The Fall/Winter 1999 issue of
Mosaic Literary Magazine

February 2000 Contest
Question #2
(Posted February 13, 2000 9:18 PM EST)
Question: Identify This Author:

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Answer:  Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson from Tucker, GA. (Feb 16, 2000 11:57 AM)

Prize: 

The race is not givenThe Race Is Not Given
(Click learn more about this book)

Author:  Frank E. Dobson
Publisher:  SterlingHouse Publishers
Date Published:  February 1999

Bonus January 2000 Contest!
Question #1
(Originally Posted Jan. 6 2000 - 11:28 PM EST, Question Revised - Jan. 19, 2000 - 12:54AM EST)

Prize:  Two (2) Tickets to the opening of the play:
THE SEVENTH SON: A play about the life and death of Tupac Shakur
Click here for more information

Winner: F. Kenner (Fri 1/21/00 1:02 AM) 
Name two (2)
of the POETS in this photo (If you are the photo you can't play!)

Bonus Prize: The book Tough Love: Cultural Criticism and Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur Click here learn about the for bonus prize

Winner: Kimani, Glenn Dale, MD (Fri 1/21/00 11:56 AM) 
Where was the photo taken? (Hint: You'll find the answer somewhere on the AALBC web site)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  #1  &
Bonus Question
Question #1
Poets From left to right
1 - Laini Mataka, 2 - Toni Blackman, 3 - Vanessa Richards, 4 - Sonia Sanchez, 5 - Tracie Morris , 6 - Imani Uzuri

Bonus Question
Photo Taken at: New Jersey Performing Arts Center Sacred Circle Spoken Word 3 Day Festival and Conference Oct.29-31-99 Rehearsal Banquet Hall

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  #2 Author, Astrophysicist, Neil De Grasse De Tyson

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  #3 Author-Professor-Griot-Poetess-Soul Singer, Camille Yarbrough

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  #4 Arthur Flowers, Author of Another Good Loving Blues

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 #5 Author, Poet, Ishmael Reed

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#6 Author, Elizabeth Nunez

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#7 Fab Five Freddie, Hip-Hop pioneer, former host of Yo! MTV Rap 

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#8 Click the links below for more information

Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Blues: For All the Changes
by Nikki Giovanni 
(William Morrow)

Outstanding Literary work, Non fiction
Yesterday, I Cried
by Iyanla Vanzant 
(Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding literary work, Children's
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
by Faith Ringold
(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

 

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#9 Author Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou - photo AALBC.com

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#10 Troy Johnson, AALBC.com Founder and webmaster

Troy

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#11 Sapphire Author of Push

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#12 John Keene author of Annotations

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