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Marvel’s Black Panther

The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Bo...

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Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories

by Nana Nkweti

Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories Nana Nkweti A “boisterous and high-spirited debut” (Kirkus starred review)“that enthralls the reader through their every twist and...

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Frederick Joseph

Frederick Joseph Frederick Joseph is an award-winning marketing professional, media representation advocate, and writer who was recently selected for the Forbes 30 Under ...

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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...

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Kerry James Marshall: Rythm Mastr. This Is How It Begins

by Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall: Rythm Mastr. This Is How It Begins Kerry James Marshall The Iconic Comic Created by Contemporary African American Artist Kerry James Marshall Ker...

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Pryor Lives!: How Richard Pryor Became Richard Pryor Or Kiss My Rich, Happy Black…Ass! A Memoir

by Cecil Brown

Pryor Lives!: How Richard Pryor Became Richard Pryor Or Kiss My Rich, Happy Black…Ass! A Memoir Cecil Brown Pryor Lives! How Richard Pryor Became Richard Pryor By Cecil...

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Shawn Martinbrough

Shawn Martinbrough Shawn Martinbrough is the author of How to Draw Noir Comics and an Eisner Award-nominated artist whose comic book projects include Batman: Detective Co...

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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...

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Ellie Engle Saves Herself

by Leah Johnson

Ellie Engle Saves Herself Leah Johnson Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she’s alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to wor...

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Undercover Latina

by Aya de León

Undercover Latina Aya de León A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a fast-paced middle-grade debut from a seas...

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Tram 83

by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Tram 83 Fiston Mwanza Mujila WINNER OF THE ETISALAT PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2016 In an African city in secession lan...

Interview

Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World

The international publishing world is taking notice off Zetta Brown’s red hot L-L Publications with its line of unorthodox commercial books. Based in S...

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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...

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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....

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7 Award Winning Books You Will Definitely Enjoy

[caption id="attachment_2853" align="alignright" width="140"] Ernest J. Gaines[/caption] The following seven books are all winners of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Li...

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Black Books Galore! AALBC.com's November 2016 eNewsletter

Picador USA – Our eNewsletter Sponsor for November Read one of the year’s most highly lauded – and highly provocative – books, now the first American winner of...

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St. Martin's Press - Backlist

St. Martin's New Releases | Writer's Home | AALBC.com Home   St. Martin's Press � 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 � 212-674-5151   I Know ...

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Dean Conan

Dean Conan Dean Conan (a pseudonym for the writer Harold Phifer) grew up in Atlanta with a single mom and an absent father. It was his relationship with his mother that s...

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Miranda Parker

Miranda Parker Davidae Yolanda Stewart (pen name Miranda Parker) wrote comic romance suspense novels. She wrote fun, feisty, redemptive bad girl gone good novels, and ...

Film Review

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...

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Balls of Fury

Balls of Fury Film Review by Kam WilliamsRated PG-13 for profanity, crude behavior and sex-related humor. Running time: 90 minutes Studio: Rogue Picture...

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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Cruise and Company Go Undercover for Dangerous Assignment in Russia Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action sequences....

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Next Day Air

Laughs Aplenty in Hilarious Homage to Blaxploitation Genre Next Day Air Rated R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality. R...

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Chronicle [2012] - film review

Sci-Fi Thriller Features Teens Flexing Superpowers Chronicle In Theaters: Feb 3, 2012 Wide PG-13, 1 hr. 23 min. Drama, Horror, Art House & Internatio...

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Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

by C.L.R. James

Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History C.L.R. James A stirring graphic novel of the Haitian Revolution The end of slavery started...

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All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa

by Richard Conyngham

All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa Richard Conyngham * A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of 2022 * A USBBY 2023 Outstanding International Book * A 2022 For...

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Laguardia

by Nnedi Okorafor

Laguardia Nnedi Okorafor Eisner and Hugo Award Winner! Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author and the writer of Marvel’s Shuri, this deluxe tra...

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Agrippa

by Sumiko Saulson

Agrippa Sumiko Saulson (c) 2012 Sumiko Saulson “Agrippa” is a dystopic near-future tale that takes place in an unnamed industrialized nation very much like the United...

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Aya Life in Yop City

by Marguerite Abouet

Aya Life in Yop City Marguerite Abouet "Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. It’s essential reading." -Joann Sfar, c...

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Aya The Secrets Come Out: Volume Three

by Marguerite Abouet

Aya The Secrets Come Out: Volume Three Marguerite Abouet Aya has captured the hearts of North American readers of all ages for the rare portrait it paints of a vibrant, h...

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Lessons Before Dying Vol. 1 : Relationships

by Leonard Jenkins II

Lessons Before Dying Vol. 1 : Relationships Leonard Jenkins II In this novel, Lessons Before Dying, the lives of five very powerful and influential black men unfold in...

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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 ...

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Shirlene Obuobi

Shirlene Obuobi Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian-American physician, cartoonist, and author. She completed her undergraduate education at Washington University in St. Lo...

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Remembering Glenn Thompson

Born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, Glenn Thompson [September 24, 1940 – September 7, 2001] left the U. S. as a young man and traveled extensively througho...

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Pelé: The King of Soccer

by Eddy Simon

Pelé: The King of Soccer Eddy Simon Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to his schoolmates as Pelé, grew up in poverty in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. He was to...

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