Welcome to the 2002 archives of AALBC.com’s Contest Page
Welcome to the 2002 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 2002 Contest Question #33 (Posted December 16, 2002 11:50 PM EST ) | |
| Question: This husband and wife duo are blazing new trails in the genres of sci-fi and suspense. Give their names and the titles of at least three novels each of them have published.
Answer: Click Here | Winner: T. Martin, Los Angeles, CA Prize: December's Contest Sponsored by |
| November 2002 Contest Question #32 (Posted November 4, 2002 8:39 PM EST ) | |
| Question: The following 5 author's web pages were the 5 most frequently visited author web pages on AALBC.com for the month of October 2002. Which 2 pages were the top two (in any order)? Walter Dean Myers, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Maya Angelou, Kola Boof, James Baldwin Answer: | Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize: |
| October 2002 Contest Question #31 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Why is the author of the book Through My Eyes significant? Answer: | Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize: |
| September 2002 Contest Question #31 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Name three universities where John Oliver Killens taught. Answer: | Winner: S. Chambers, Durham NC Prize: |
| August 2002 Contest Question #30 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) | |
| Question: What year was AALBC.com officially launched (provide month & year)? Answer: | Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize: |
| July 2002 Contest Question #29 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Which publisher first published Carter G. Woodson's The Mis-Education of the Negro; and what was the year? Answer: | Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize: Format: Paperback, 256pp. |
| June 2002 Contest Question #29 (Posted May 26, 2002 2:49 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Give us the names of all of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz's children. Answer: Click Here | Winner: M. Johnson, Philadelphia, PA. (Mon 5/27/2002 11:48 AM) Prize: |
| May 2002 Contest Question #28 (Posted May 26, 2002 2:47 PM EST ) | |
| Question: What is the latest book by the former Don L. Lee. Why is it important? Answer: Click Here | Winner: Y. Stafford, New York, NY (Mon 5/27/2002 10:00 AM) Prize: Mass Market Paperback, 400pp. |
| April 2002 Contest Question #27 (Posted April 09, 2002 10:36 PM EST ) | |
| Question: What is Jamaica Kincaid's real name and where is she from? Answer: Click Here | Winner: N. Crawford, Pritchard AL Prize: |
| March 2002 Contest Question #26 (Posted March 03, 2002 1:29 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Name two American Book Award winners who are female African-Americans. Supply the names and the titles of their award winning books. Answer: click here | Winner: E. Howard, Oakland, CA (Sun 3/3/2002 9:53 PM) Prize: |
| February 2002 Contest Question #25 (Posted January 24, 2002 4:36 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Name five (5) African-American syndicated cartoonists. Answer: Click Here | Winner: P. Ramey-McCray, Lanham, MD (Wed 1/30/2002 2:04 PM) Prize: Fall 2001 Issue |
| January 2002 Contest Question #24 (Posted January 24, 2002 4:29 PM EST ) | |
| Question: Supply the title and author's name of five (5) books, written by African-American authors, which are due for publication in February 2002 Answer: Click Here | Winner: S. Bashir, Brooklyn, NY (Feb 2002) Prize: by Kola Boof Paperback, 178 pages |
Threesome: Where Seduction, Power and Basketball Collide
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Yes, Yes, Yes: The Unauthorized Biography of Destiny's Child - A Tale of Destiny, Fame and Fortune (The Story About the Original 4 Members) (Collector's Edition)
Two Cities 
Good Peoples 
Between Lovers
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoem
Bill Clinton and Black America
Long Train to the redeeming SIN
| #24 | January 2002 Contest Visit http://www.aalbc.com/reviews/books.htm for a list of books to be published in 2002
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| #25 | February 2002 Contest Robb Armstrong, Ray Billingsley, Stephen Bentley, Barbara Brandon, Charles Boyce
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| #26 | March 2002 Contest The American Book Awards, established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation, recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Two African-American women winner were: 2001 1989
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| #27 | April 2002 Contest Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua.
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| #28 | May 2002 Contest AKA Haki Madhubuti wrote
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| #29 | June 2002 Contest The six daughters of Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X are. 1. Atallah Sahbazz
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| December 2002 Contest
TANANARIVE DUE -- THE BETWEEN; THE LIVING BLOOD; MY SOUL TO KEEP
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