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Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips Jim Lawrence 9781950912063 Fiction ABLAZE ABLAZE The Friday Foster comic strip is the story of a former nightclub “camera bunny” turned photographer’s assistant ...
T. Friday
T. Friday NONE T. Friday, a Detroit native and mother of five, found her passion for reading at an early age. After a life-altering event in 2016, she pursued her dream of writing. Now an author of o...
Fish Fry Friday: A Picture Book
Fish Fry Friday: A Picture Book Winsome Bingham 9781419766930 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams In this mouthwatering companion to Soul Food Sunday, a child joins his grandmother in catching and...
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray Excerpt Chapter 1 “Just got paid…it’s Friday night.” I tapped the button on my steering wheel, silencing the bo...
Black Friday: Short Stories from Africa
Black Friday: Short Stories from Africa Cheryl S. Ntumy 9781835623022 Fiction Flame Tree Collections Flame Tree Publishing A stunning collection in a stunning book, Cheryl S. Ntumy’s fantasy and near-...
A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition
A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition Pamela Courtney 9780374390907 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers A Season for Fishin’ is a joyous debut picture...
Waiting for Friday Night
Waiting for Friday Night Synithia Williams 9781335430540 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins “A pitch-perfect small-town romance focused on forgiveness, second chances, and new beginnings.” —Pub...
Friday Black
Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 9781328911247 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny…The wildly talented Adjei-Brenyah has...
Friday Night at Honeybee’s
Friday Night at Honeybee’s Andrea Smith 9780385336987 Fiction Delta Delta Everyone who’s anyone in the Harlem music scene has heard of Honeybee McColor and the famous Friday night gathers that fill he...
Trouble at the Hair Salon
Trouble at the Hair Salon Tanya Wright 9781464253119 Fiction Sourcebooks Young Readers Sourcebooks Hip, hip, hooray! It’s Fri-yay! With her parents out of town, Hairiette gets to spend the whole we...
Katrina: A Whole Lotta Water - NY, NY
Katrina: A Whole Lotta Water - NY, NY Katrina: A Whole Lotta Water - NY, NY http://www.wabisabiproductions.com Five performances have been added for November 10 through November 12, 2006:...
Schedule
Schedule Schedule THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. A REPORT OF THIS EVENT IS INCLUDED Schedule of Events: All Panels...
The Masjid Kamal Loves
The Masjid Kamal Loves Ashley Franklin 9781534499836 Fiction Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the author of Not Quite Snow White comes a story about ...
Friday I’m in Love
Friday I’m in Love Camryn Garrett 9780593435106 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House It’s too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A lo...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins The Ultimate Hustle
Carl Weber’s Kingpins The Ultimate Hustle T. Friday 9781645563754 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. This pastor’s daughter has some choices to make. Does she return to the flock, or full...
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City Kent Babb 9780062950598 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins A heartbreaking and inspiring true story—Friday Night Lights meets Ghettoside...
Chocolate Friday and Vanilla Chocolate: The Chocolate Romance Series!
Chocolate Friday and Vanilla Chocolate: The Chocolate Romance Series! Edwina Martin-Arnold 9798663017077 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published The Chocolate Romance Series!THE NECESS...
Walt Goodridge
Walt Goodridge NONE The “Passion Prophet” Walt F.J. Goodridge is a versatile individual with a passion for teaching. He has worked as an artist, engineer, DJ, author, and speaker among oth...
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 0000000476477577 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, hailing from Spring Valley, NY, is a SUNY Albany graduate with an MFA from Syracuse University. His work, celebrated in numerous pu...
Mike Epps - The "Next Day Air" Interview
Mike Epps - The "Next Day Air" Interview Kam Williams Interview Indiana native Mike Epps is one of the funniest entertainers around. Dividing his time between stand-up and...
Bantam Doubleday Dell
Bantam Doubleday Dell Loading Writer's Home | Up | AALBC.com Home http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell Coming of Age in Mississippi Click to order via Amazon or Barn...
13th Annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards (2014)
13th Annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards (2014) The Hurston/Wright Foundation Announces the Winners of the 2014 Legacy Award For More Information Contact: Marita Golden Interim Executive Directo...
Panel Discussion: The Writing Life Weaving Fact into Fiction
Panel Discussion: The Writing Life Weaving Fact into Fiction Writers are often asked where they get ideas for a novel. While there are many responses, most authors will say they got their idea from pe...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
7 Proven Ways To Market Your Book Using the World Wide Web
7 Proven Ways To Market Your Book Using the World Wide Web 7 Proven Ways To Market Your Book Using the World Wide Web The Real Deal on On-line Book Promotion 7 Proven Ways To Market Your Book ...
2008 African American Literary Awards Show
2008 African American Literary Awards Show 2008 African American Literary Awards Show The 4th Annual African American Literary Awards Show 2008 Group shot from the 2008 Awards Show _...
2009 African American Literary Awards Show
2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show Visit http://www.literaryawardshow.co...
A Report From The Field
A Report From The Field A Report From The Field 360? A Revolution of Black Poets -- A Report From The Field "360? was a two day gathering of poets in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11 & 12...
The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule
The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule The Ninth National Black Writers Con...
Abraham's Children - Film Screening AALBC.com Brownstone Series
Abraham's Children - Film Screening AALBC.com Brownstone Series Abraham's Children - Film Screening AALBC.com Brownstone Series Another AALBC.com Brownstone Series Event Screening of the film Abrah...
Etheridge Knight Poetry Fest 2001
Etheridge Knight Poetry Fest 2001 Etheridge Knight Poetry Fest 2001 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH THRU SUNDAY, APRIL ...
K'wan's Book Launch Party
K'wan's Book Launch Party K'wan's Book Launch Party K?Wan's 8PM-MIDNIGHT PARRRT-Y Friday, September 28th 2007 This is the signings of all signings. Held at the Hip Hop Cultural Center upsta...
Poet's Read for Amadou Diallo
Poet's Read for Amadou Diallo Poet's Read for Amadou Diallo THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. A REPORT OF THIS EVENT IS ALSO INCLUDED HERE ...
Report on Event
Report on Event Report on Event Litany for Survival A Report by Sheree Renee Thomas Amadou Diallo, 22, was killed by police at his home in the Bronx borough of New York on Feb. 4, 199...
Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events Schedule of Events The New Jersey Performing Arts Center SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SACRED CIRCLE/SPOKEN WORD A Three-Day Festival and Conference October 29-31, 1999 Friday, Octob...
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS ...
The NBWC: An Evolving Process
The NBWC: An Evolving Process The NBWC: An Evolving Process The Ninth National Black Writers Conference An Evolving Process A reflective piece by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Execut...
Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest.
Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest. Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest. Tulisoma: South Dallas Book Fair & Arts Festival http://www.tulisoma.com Friday, Saturday & ...
2007 Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium
2007 Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium Over twenty of the nation’s top African-American authors will be discussing the importance of literacy and reading with the community. This year&rsquo...
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing was held February 16 to 18, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing ...
Gabe & Ree’s Ramen Adventure
Gabe & Ree’s Ramen Adventure Shandon D. Allen 9798278520450 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Noodles, Chopsticks, and a Big Splash of Courage! Join Gabe and Ree on a deliciou...
New New Me
New New Me Helen Oyeyemi 9780593718773 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the award-winning, bestselling “literary pied piper” (The New York Times) who brought us Boy, Snow, Bird comes ...
Frenemies with Benefits
Frenemies with Benefits Synithia Williams 9781335430557 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins “A pitch-perfect small-town romance focused on forgiveness, second chances, and new beginnings.” —Publ...
Stacey Speaks Up
Stacey Speaks Up Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery 9780063271876 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling and NAACP Image Award–winning Stacey’s Storie...
Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness
Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness Jamila Souffrant 9781335007797 Nonfiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press A Next Big Idea Club Decem...
Chain Gang All Stars
Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 9780593317334 Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Frida...
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316460217 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning “master of craft and narrative...
Chester Keene Cracks the Code
Chester Keene Cracks the Code Kekla Magoon 9781524715991 Fiction Wendy Lamb Books Wendy Lamb Books Cracking the code isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta Sco...
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another Ainissa Ramirez 9780262542265 Nonfiction MIT Press The MIT Press In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spo...
Astronaut Annie
Astronaut Annie Karyn Parsons 9780884485742 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Career Day is approaching, and Annie can’t wait to show her family what she’s planning to be when ...
The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross Jon Meacham 9780593236666 Nonfiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning a...
Sharon Lucas 1st Day Recap 2019 BARR
Sharon Lucas 1st Day Recap 2019 BARR Author Interviews The 2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock (BARR) was held at the Harborside Hotel, in Oxon Hill, MD. Friday October 4th and 5th. This year’s confer...
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More! Troy Johnson Article Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press ...
Astronaut Annie
Astronaut Annie Suzanne Slade 9780884485230 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Career Day is approaching, and Annie can’t wait to show her family what she’s planning to be when ...
The 12 Daves of Christmas: A Novel
The 12 Daves of Christmas: A Novel K. L. Brady 9780983920274 Fiction LadyLit Press LadyLit Press Sometimes the life you never imagined is the one you’re destined to live.Gabby Garrett’s life never goe...
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas Michael Hurd 9781477310342 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press At a time when "Friday night lights" s...
Troy Johnson: Literary Activist of the Year 2017
Troy Johnson: Literary Activist of the Year 2017 Troy Johnson Article On June 10, 2017, I had the fortune of being honored with the Literary Activist of the Year Award, which was presented to me ...
Sex Therapy
Sex Therapy Shaun Sinclair 9781536934113 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC In the erotic novel Sex Therapy, we meet Amir Moore a sexy, smooth, charming man who just made the move from Charl...
Sick Day
Sick Day Morgan Parker 9780991764846 Fiction QuoteStork Media QuoteStork Media Hope and Cameron made a five-year promise before college. Years pass and they never see each other again. But then one mo...
Everything Fades Away
Everything Fades Away Zane B00A9Z910Q Fiction Simon & Schuster Audio Simon & Schuster, Inc. Amanda is bored with life. She spends hours a day on Facebook, her parents act like they are too ancient to ...
Love In A Carry-On Bag
Love In A Carry-On Bag Sadeqa Johnson 9780984728909 Fiction 12th Street Press 12th Street Press Can a long distance love affair really survive?Erica Shaw spends her week babysitting the country s best...
Buttermilk Bottom
Buttermilk Bottom H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781456884383 Fiction Xlibris Author Solutions The people… Every neighborhood produces a busybody, a comedian, a gossip, a blabbermouth, a storytelle...
Foxy: My Life In Three Acts
Foxy: My Life In Three Acts Pam Grier 9780446548502 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin’ Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Bro...
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars Lebron James and Buzz Bissinger 9781594202322 Fiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House From the ultimate team—basketball superstar LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize–winn...
32 Ways To Be A Champion In Business
32 Ways To Be A Champion In Business Earvin Magic Johnson 9780609608289 Nonfiction Crown Business Penguin Random House As a young man, Earvin “Magic” Johnson admired his father and other small-town en...
A Tribute to AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary
A Tribute to AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Troy Johnson Article Presented ToTROY JOHNSONIn Appreciation For YourDedication, Professionalism,Guidance, And IntegrityIn the Publishing IndustryThanks You ...
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson - Harlem Godfather
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson - Harlem Godfather Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/reviews/harlem_godfather.htm Philadelphia, PA - Mayme Hatcher Johnson, a native of North Ca...
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do: A Novel
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do: A Novel Valerie Wilson Wesley 9780060515928 Fiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins At forty, artist-turned-librarian Eva Hutchinson isn’t looking for a change...
Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC
Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC Jamie Walker Article New York: Poet Sonia Sanchez celebrated the release of her new CD called The Full Moon of Sonia (V.I.A. Recording Art...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2 Kalamu ya Salaam Article Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 2 of 3 “E...
Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning
Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning Leah Mullen Interview A year ago this summer Hollywood witnessed the emergence of the "Original Kings of Comedy. "In the publishing wor...
Satchmo’s Blues
Satchmo’s Blues Alan Schroeder 9780440414728 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books On hot summer nights in New Orleans, a boy named Louis Armstrong would peek under the big swinging doors of Economy...
From Calvary to Victory: Lenten Reflections for Individuals and Groups
From Calvary to Victory: Lenten Reflections for Individuals and Groups Susan K. Williams Smith 9780829813593 Nonfiction United Church Press The Pilgrim Press From Calvary to Victory focuses on the per...
At The Bar
At The Bar David Margolick 9780671887872 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Every Friday for seven years, David Margolick has examined the American fascination with the culture of law and lawye...
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair Herald Court Breezeway and adjacent streets Punta Gorda Florida Literary events take place Monday through Friday, culminating in the big one—Saturday’s street...
H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson
H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson NONE H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson is an imaginative and masterful storyteller who enjoys the creative process so much that she spends eight to ten hours a day perfecting h...
Pam Grier
Pam Grier 000000010893536X Pamela Suzette Grier, born in 1949, is known as “cinema's first female action star.” Famous for her roles in 1970s action and blaxploitation films, she has been nominated f...
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson NONE Jeff Johnson is a decorated journalist and communication specialist, now President of JIJ Communications. Co-founder and CEO of Elite Voices Speakers, he's a regular on TheRoot.com ...
Erica Kennedy
Erica Kennedy 0000000361335106 Erica Kennedy Johnson (1970-2012) was an accomplished publicist, special news correspondent, and bestselling author. She worked with top designers like Tommy Hilfiger a...
Camryn Garrett
Camryn Garrett 0000000495483219 Camryn Garrett, a New York-based author, started her writing career at 13 and has since been featured on MTV, HuffPost, and Rookie magazine. Selected as one of Teen Vo...
Cheryl S. Ntumy
Cheryl S. Ntumy NONE Cheryl S. Ntumy is a Ghanaian writer of speculative fiction, young adult fiction, and romance. Her work has appeared in FIYAH Literary Magazine; Apex Magazine; World Literature ...
Punta Soul
Punta Soul Kam Williams punta_28.jpg Film Review PARANDA MEDIA 80 Vaughn Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Contact: Margery Laing 914-393-3037 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Februa...
Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community
Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community Kam Williams Book Review “SBF. Single Black Female. Walk through any major city in the U.S. on a Friday or Sa...
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) Kam Williams Article Image Awards Upstaged by Resignation of NAACP President 38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) by Kam Williams &nb...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
Ice Cube
Ice Cube Kam Williams Interview Ice Cube O’Shea Jackson, aka Ice Cube, was born in L.A. on June 15, 1969. The West Coast gangsta’ rapper found fame as a member of the group N.W.A. who...
Ice Cube - The “Are We There Yet?” Interview
Ice Cube - The “Are We There Yet?” Interview Kam Williams Interview Chilling with Ice O'Shea Jackson was born on June 15, 1969, and adopted the cool alias "Ice Cube" before founding N.W.A. i...
Jurnee Smollett-Bell March 2013 Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams
Jurnee Smollett-Bell March 2013 Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Born in New York City on October 1, 1986, Jurnee Smollett-Bell is an award-winning actress and acti...
Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview
Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Panorama City, California to Tyra Doyle and Leon Good on August 18, 1981, Meagan Monique Good was raised ...
Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com
Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com Kam Williams Interview Emerging Actor Discusses His Breakout Role as the Late Oscar Grant Born in Santa Ana on February 9, 1987...
Mike Epps - The Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Interview
Mike Epps - The Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Interview Kam Williams Interview Mike Epps was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 18, 1970, but raised in Crenshaw along with ...
Nia Long “The Single Moms Club” Interview - 2014
Nia Long “The Single Moms Club” Interview - 2014 Kam Williams Interview Nia Long “The Single Moms Club” Interview Stunningly-attractive leading lady Nia Long returned to the big screen last ...
Regina King - The "This Christmas" Interview
Regina King - The "This Christmas" Interview Kam Williams Interview Regina's Command Performance Born in L.A. on January 15, 1971, Regina King started her showbiz career on the stage w...
Terry Crews - “The Expendables” Interview
Terry Crews - “The Expendables” Interview Kam Williams Interview Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Terry Crews has not only one of the most recognizable faces around, but maybe one of the mo...
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing Troy Johnson Article PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon! The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing February 16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia For...
A Report From The Field
A Report From The Field Troy Johnson Article 360� A Revolution of Black Poets -- A Report From The Field "360� was a two day gathering of poets in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11 & 12, ...
Etheridge Knight Poetry Fest 2001
Etheridge Knight Poetry Fest 2001 Troy Johnson Article THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH THRU SUNDAY, APRIL 22ND, 200...
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing Loading PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon! The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing February 16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia For Informatio...
A Report From The Field
A Report From The Field Loading 360� A Revolution of Black Poets -- A Report From The Field "360� was a two day gathering of poets in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11 &...
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers Loading Self-Publishing Workshop Saturday, December 6th 2008 - Harlem, New York Postponed until March 2009 Co-sponsored with The Writing Book Camp It's getting t...