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African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Childr...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Reginald F. Lewis Museum Baltimore Maryland Children and families can enjoy a fun-filled day exploring kids’ literature abou...
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair
Toni Trent Parker, member of Black Americans in Publishing, will produce her fourth annual African American Children's Book Fair on Saturday, April 20th from 10am to ...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous bestselling books for children a...
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature by Wade Hudson This Diversity Books Pledge was developed after attending Day of Diversity, sponsored by the As...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our literary legacy. If you find somethi...
Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006
Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006 In 2006 AALBC.com sold 1,453 different titles via the Amazon.com affiliate program. Th...
Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author
Many children’s authors and illustrators come from the world of education but you also worked in the field of journalism for some major publications. What made ...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provide environments that are supportive of, and conduci...
Why Diversity in Children’s Literature is Important
A Keynote Address Delivered by Jewell Parker Rhodes April 30, 2015, during the American Booksellers Association’s ABC Children’s Institute 2015. ...
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version....
Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – May 2014 eNewsletter
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing or download a PDF version. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previou...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) established the Carter G. Woodson Bo...
Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006
Egyptian/Sudanese-American writer Kola Boof is the author of seven books published in eight countries. Her autobiography, Diary of a Lost Girl (Door of Kush, ...
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published over the last half century is updated on an ongoing basis and refl...
Alain Locke: An Introduction
ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1) Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study and teaching. This include...
April 2014 eNewsletter - Good Books, Films, Events, Articles & More
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previous eNewsletters. Sponso...
Homegoing: A Novel
Homegoing: A Novel Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi’s London Book Fair 2015: In Pre-Fair Deals, Debut Sells to Knopf for Rumored 7 Figures A riveting, kaleidoscopic debut novel a...
Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood
Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood Patricia C. Mckissack From Newbery Honor winner...
30+ Must Read Books - Something for Everyone
Our January 2016 eNewsletter was sponsored by author Russell A. Mabane. Learn how you may sponsor an AALBC.com eNewsletter. Bestselling Books for November/De...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes of the past decade have been t...
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More
New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement and the first democratically el...
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter
AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books for the period July 1 through ...
Dr. Condoleezza Rice - The “Ordinary, Extraordinary People” Interview
Dr. Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 14, 1954, the only child to bless the loving union of John and Angelena Rice. In spite of the cons...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA Cultural E...
February 28th 2013 - eNewsletter Highlights
Our monthly eNewsletter contains information about books and films by or about people of African descent. Authors You Should Know (Children's Book Authors) Sharon ...
Etheridge Knight Festival
Etheridge Knight Inc. P.O. Box 18043 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone (317) 396-1529.Fax (317) 925-1481 E-mail EKFestival@aol.com The 11th Annual Etheridge Knig...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194
Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Selling Books For July 1st through August 31st 2012...
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198
Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books lists. Our bimonthly bestselling books for N...
Bestsellers Lists, Authors, New Books & More - June 2015
Read Our eNewsletter Archives Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring ...
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite children’s books to this list. W...
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
PART I Cotton Mather CHAPTER 1 Human Hierarchy THEY WEATHERED BRUTAL WINTERS, suffered diseases, and learned to cope with the resisting Native Americans. But ...
Excellent Books, Authors, Events and More
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An Interview with John A. Williams
John A. Williams (right) and Dennis A. Williams Originally published in FORKROADS, A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature, Winter 1995 For me, at first, he was...
Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books
“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” —Ethiopian proverb AALBC.com’s Bestselling Books - January to February 2015 The #1 selling book on AALBC.com, for Jan...
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!
The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the Black Party Party is an annual celebration...
AALBC.com eNewsletter – October 11th 2012 – Issue #195
Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle By Troy Johnson Authors You Should Know Countée Porter Cullen http...
The Black Bard Of North Carolina: George Moses Horton And His Poetry
The Black Bard Of North Carolina: George Moses Horton And His Poetry George Moses Horton For his humanistic religious verse, his poignant and deeply personal antislavery ...
Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview
Sister Melissa Born in Seattle, Washington on October 2, 1973, but raised in Charlottesville and Chester, Virginia, Melissa V. Harris-Perry is a professor ...
★ Award Winning Titles, Book Reviews and More - April Newsletter
NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work This year the NAACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of their Image Awards. Awards for “Outstanding Literary Wo...
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Dr. Tyson is the first...
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book Crystal Swain-Bates Tired of the lack of diversity in children’s coloring books? In Black Fairy Tales, 24 illustrations ...
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale John Steptoe This is the tale of Mufaro’s two daughters, two beautiful girls who react in different ways to the king’...
An UPTOWN Continuing Literary Tradition (Harlem 1986 - 1996)
’ An UPTOWN Continuing Literary Tradition (Harlem 1986 - 1996) by ’Marie Brown (presented at the Second Symposium/Performance Monday Dece...
Lou Gossett, Jr. - "The Grace Card" Interview
Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. was born in Coney Island, Brooklyn on May 27, 1936 to Helen Rebecca Wray, a nurse, and Lou, Sr. a Pullman porter. Lou's stellar caree...
Table of Contents
Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writers Worksh...
Color My Fro: A Natural Hair Coloring Book for Big Hair Lovers of All Ages
Color My Fro: A Natural Hair Coloring Book for Big Hair Lovers of All Ages Crystal Swain-Bates In "Color My Fro", 31 big-haired fairies, mermaids, warriors, models, cheer...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: March/April 2017 Provenance a novel by Donna Drew Sawyer, which tops o...
Celebrating the Best in Black Literature (May 31, 2016 Newsletter)
Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Books to be Published in June Summer will heat up with some great new titles. Walter Mosley is back with his latest installment...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AALBC.com's web site, back in 1999, was a list of indep...
Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams
Shirley Sherrod is best known as the African-American government official fired in 2010 by the Obama administration for allegedly making racist remarks about...
Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice
Much more than a memoir, Black Power, Black Lawyer traces not only Nkechi Taifa’s personal life, and her decades-long career as a lawyer and advocate for criminal j...
What Next
During these times of turmoil between the United States and Iraq the creative community is using the full extent of its powers to offer solutions. Walter Mosley, Presid...
Rejoice and Shout (2011) - Production Notes
About Rejoice and ShoutThe Information below provided coutesy of Magnolia Pictures [2011] The Music, The Footage and The Message The Power of God The Roots of Gospe...
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)
Image Awards Upstaged by Resignation of NAACP President 38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) by Kam Williams &n...
The Adventures of Sasha & Malia at the White House
"[This] story came to me in a dream one night not long after the inauguration of President Barack Obama… I decided to publish this book because young pe...
Cloves Campbell, Jr. The “NNPA Chairman” Interview
Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., is the Publisher of the Arizona Informant, a family owned and operated newspaper that provides an important voice for the Africa...
Prince Among Slaves - Abdul Rahman Sori’s Story
With the recent popularity of the film 12 Years a Slave and focus on Solomon Northup’s the tragic story story, we tend to forget the millions of other precious souls ...
Chasing The 400
The African American Caste System When you think about the caste system you think of the poor in countries like India where there is a division of society based on diff...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore,” which was originally published here on March 25, 2012. The article highl...
The “Talk to Me” Interview
Talk to Me Photo: Kasi Lemmons with Taraji P. Henson. Born in St. Louis on February 24, 1961, Karen "Kasi" Lemmons is the daughter of a psychotherapist...
Black Panther Founder, Bobby Seale
Seizing the Time with the Black Panther Founder Robert George Seale was born on October 22, 1936 in Dallas, Texas where, from the age of six, he was raised...
Treasure Blue
Treasure Blue Treasure Blue is an Essence Magazine best selling author. A former fire inspector with the New York City Fire Department, he is also winner of the Black ...
Kerry G. Johnson
Kerry G. Johnson Kerry G. Johnson knew he was a gifted artist after winning an art contest as a kindergartner in his hometown of Nashville, TN. “Ever since I...
Gladys Knight - The "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" Interview
The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight is a testament to that sage maxim. Over the last half-century, this seven-time Grammy-winner has enjoye...
Althea
Althea Click to order via Amazon by Linda Watkins ISBN: 0971513910 Format: Paperback Pub. Date: March 2003 Publisher: Black Diamond Publishing ...
Frank Fountain - President of the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - Interview
W. Frank Fountain is the President of the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund, the automobile company's philanthropic organization. On January 1,...
The “Politics: Another Perspective” Interview
Wilmer J. Leon, III is a political scientist whose primary areas of expertise are Black Politics American Government, and Public Policy. Dr. Leon has a B.S. degree in...
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 was the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1969 and was re-elected six time...
I Am Jackie Robinson
I Am Jackie Robinson Brad Meltzer This New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series by Brad Meltzer has an inspiring message: “We can all be heroes.” J...
Be a Father to Your Child
’I will be completely candid here and say that I have carried around a great deal of resentment toward older Black men since my father disowned me...
Bridget Davis - The “Pocono Film Festival” Interview
Bridget Davis - “Pocono Mountain Film Festival” Interview Bridget O. Davis grew up in Harlem, in the Drew Hamilton Projects, with her four sisters. Some of he...
Michelle Rhee The “Radical” Interview with AALBC.com
Michelle Rhee The “Radical” Interview Michelle Rhee was born on Christmas Day, 1969 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A first-generation Korean-American descended f...
Raven Symone: The Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Interview
Born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 10, 1985, Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman got an early start in showbiz when she was signed by the Ford Modeling Ag...
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3)
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3) Zetta Elliott Zetta Elliott wants Black children today to see themselves in stories. Stories of all types and especially on...
The Vanishing Black Male Interview
KW: Do you really think black men are vanishing and becoming extinct? Hisani DuBose (HD): With over one million African American men being incarcerated, ...
The Wild, Wild Dr. West
One of America’s most provocative public intellectuals, Dr. Cornel Ronald West has been a champion for racial justice...
My Brown Baby
Chapter 1 My Escort into Motherhood I WAS A YOUNG REPORTER WHEN I MET HER—full of energy, I had a flat stomach, still 120 pounds soaking wet, still eating pop...
Running to Fall — Chapters 1 & 2
ONE MARCH 2021 Right around time things started reopening, the late March thaw brought a lifeless girl up to the tail end of the Grayson River, in sight of a younge...
Running to Fall — Chapters 1 & 2
ONE MARCH 2021 Right around time things started reopening, the late March thaw brought a lifeless girl up to the tail end of the Grayson River, in sight of a younge...
The Boiling Pot of Injustice
Kelvin D. Bodley has penned an explosive book. He has taken his experiences of discrimination in the workplace; and using Biblical principles exposes the wrongs o...
Blend In or Fade Out: A Memoir
The main theme of identity takes center stage in Colnese M. Herndon’s emotional riveting memoir, Blend In Or Fade Out, as the writer investigates her confusing bloo...
The Love Ethic
Inspired by their work with African American couples at their Chicago organization, the acclaimed Twinlineal Institute, Kamau and Akilah Butler, both highly acc...
Janet Jackson [2010] - The “For Colored Girls” Interview
Global icon, trendsetter, businesswoman, and multi-talented entertainer, Janet Damita Jo Jackson is a woman who needs no introduction. Her resume reveals an i...
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan
Chapter 1 “DE TALKIN’ GAME” The Twenties (and Before) First and foremost a storyteller, with profound appreciation for the power of a well-crafted...
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora Kahran and Regis Bethencourt From the New York Times bestselling authors of GLORY, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt of...
The People Could Fly
"The People Could Fly is one of the most extraordinary, moving tales in black folklore… [It] is a detailed fantasy of suffering, of magic power exerted ...
Kelvin Bodley
Kelvin Bodley Kelvin D. Bodley is a native of Chicago, Illinois and relocated to Orlando, Florida in 1994. In April of 2005, Kelvin accepted a position as Special A...
How Could My Husband Be Gay?
Have you ever ignored any red flags regarding your mate? "How Could My Husband Be Gay?" may cause you to never make that mistake again… [The book] ...
Sean Qualls
Sean Qualls Sean Qualls is an award winning, Brooklyn-based, children’s book illustrator, artist and author. Sean also created the art for Dizzy by Jonah Winter and...
Chiwetel Ejiofor - The “Endgame” Interview
Chewing the Fat with Golden Globe-Nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Ejiofor was born in London on July 10, 1977 to Nigerian immigrants, Arinze, a doct...
The Making of Butterflies
The Making of Butterflies Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, a...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wavy hair and killer smile wa...
The Upper Room
Mary Monroe initially caught my attention and admiration with her second novel God Don’t Like Ugly. I loved God Don’t Like Ugly, as I previously stated in m...
Deborah Day
Deborah Day Deborah Day is the Founder and CEO of Ashay by the Bay. She started the Vallejo, California (near San Francisco) based company in 1997. She began selling bo...
12 Years a Slave
Chiwetel Ejiofor Stars in Adaptation of Solomon Northup’s Memoir In Theaters: Oct 18, 2013 Limited November 1, 2013 Wide Rated R for violence, torture, se...
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas Edwidge Danticat Perfect for readers of all ages, this captivating picture book teaches children about iguanas’ unique behaviors while cel...
Amari and the Night Brothers
Amari and the Night Brothers B. B. Alston ALA Notable Children’s Book ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults New York...
Alice in Wonderland Remixed
Alice in Wonderland Remixed Marlon McKenney Alice in Wonderland Remixed is a modern retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic with diverse subject matter and the conscious f...
Coveted
Coveted Mychea Sex, Secrets, Scandals and Lies…. Coveted has them all. Naima Ari Fairchild has a life that dreams are made of - a handsome, NFL husband of eight years (...