The African American Pavilion
Main Stage Presentations
@ Book Expo America 2010

Is America Post Racial?
http://searchitfindit.bookexpoamerica.com/?action=viewevent&eventid=936

Time/Stage: Wednesday, May 26, at 1:00PM - Midtown stage.

Host: Randall Pinkston - Correspondent, CBS NEWS

Authors:

• Tom Burrell, Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
• Harold Ford, Jr., More Davids than Goliaths: A Political Education
• Michele Norris, The Grace of Silence: A Memoir
• Professor Charles Ogletree, The Presumption of Guilt; The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America
• Stephanie Robinson, Is America Really Post Racial?: An Exploration of the 'New Racial Politics'

Black Bestsellers in an e-Book Age

This panel would address how industry professionals use electronic marketing opportunities to sell books, and their effect on readers, sales, advertising, and promotion of African American books.

Time/Stage: Thursday, May 27, at 1:00-2:00PM - Midtown stage.

Moderator - Troy Johnson - President, AALBC.com

Panelists:

• Lori Tharps - Author, Substitute Me (Ataria Books)
• Vanesse J. Lloyd-Sgambati - Marketing/Publicity The Literary Media Consulting
• Lesleigh Irish-Underwood - Director of Marketing and On-Line Media - Kensington Publishing Corp
• Jack Salley - Vice President, Vook
• Charisse Carney-Nunes - Publisher Brand Nu Words

Related Links

Check out the 2010 Black Pack Party!
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Annual Party hosted during Book Expo America