The Coffee Will Make You Black (1998 - 2019) Reading List

AALBC’s Book Club is now The Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Join us for a lively community discussion about our latest selection, Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson.

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January 2001 Selection
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Youngblood
by John Oliver Killens

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Imprint: University of Georgia Press (Apr 06, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 488 pages
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820322018

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February 2001 Selection
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Captain Blackman
by John A. Williams

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Imprint: Coffee House Press (Apr 01, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 9781566890960

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March 2001 Selection
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Dem (Black Arts Movement Series)
by William Melvin Kelley

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Imprint: Coffee House Press (Feb 01, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 9781566891028

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April 2001 Selection
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Anyplace But Here
by Arna Bontemps

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May 2001 Selection
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Train Whistle Guitar: A Novel
by Albert Murray

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Imprint: Vintage Books (Nov 24, 1998)
Fiction, Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780375703362
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June 2001 Selection
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The Spyglass Tree
by Albert Murray

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Imprint: Vintage (Oct 27, 1992)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780679730859

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July 2001 Selection
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Jubilee
by Margaret Walker

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August 2001 Selection
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Drop
by Mat Johnson

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Imprint: Bloomsbury USA (Sep 30, 2000)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781582341040
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September 2001 Selection
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Babe
by Delores Thornton

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Imprint: Marguerite Press (Dec 01, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 146 pages
Publisher: Marguerite Press
ISBN: 9780965658454

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October 2001 Selection
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Pipe Dream: A Novel (Strivers Row)
by Solomon Jones

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Imprint: Villard (Jul 31, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Villard
ISBN: 9780375756603

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November 2001 Selection
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Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story
by Michael Datcher

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December 2001 Selection
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Where I’m Bound: A Novel
by Allen Ballard

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Imprint: Simon & Schuster (Oct 05, 2000)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9780684870311

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