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Killens Review of Arts & Letters

by Clarence V. Reynolds

Killens Review of Arts & Letters Clarence V. Reynolds Excerpt Fiction Excerpt: “Lynched” by Kim-Marie Walker When mother named me Madame Augusta Nero in 1920, she intended whites aroun...

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Cayenne

by Janice Pernell

Cayenne Janice Pernell Excerpt Nia eyed Michael with a mixture of defiance and loathing. The man who’d captured her heart in the past three months was now her captor, in a very literal but surr...

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Dippin My Spoon

by Nina Foxx

Dippin My Spoon Nina Foxx Excerpt BACK IN AUSTIN, Amber was sure of one thing; she didn’t want anything from Tyler. He could have everything, except her car. She knew she didn’t want ...

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The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother James McBride Excerpt CHAPTER ONE Dead I’m dead. You want to talk about my family and here I been dead to them for fifty y...

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Nobody Else Is Better Than You

by Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, and Katherine Moore

Nobody Else Is Better Than You Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, and Katherine Moore Excerpt Chapter 1: Nobody Else Is Better Than You The serious look in Daddy’s eyes told me his words w...

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Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Excerpt Introduction Before the pen of Jefferson etched the majestic words of the Declaration of Ind...

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The Future Has a Past

by J. California Cooper

The Future Has a Past J. California Cooper Excerpt A Shooting Star Now, you don’t know me. And, I know that you know that nobody knows everything. But a person does have to go by whatever ...

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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa Excerpt Chapter 1 An Ordinary Day “It’s Memorial Day. Y&rsq...

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INTRODUCTION

by Khristi Lauren Adams

INTRODUCTION Khristi Lauren Adams Excerpt INTRODUCTION The turn of the millennium has seen an upsurge in new and young African writers and this has been particularly noticeable in terms of the num...

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Brothers, Lust, and Love: Thoughts on Manhood, Sex, and Romance

by William July II

Brothers, Lust, and Love: Thoughts on Manhood, Sex, and Romance William July II Excerpt SBF Seeking Mr. Right. Must be 6’3", 215, have a mustache, degree in law or medicine from Ivy Leagu...

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Coming Forth by Day

by Kakwasi Somadhi

Coming Forth by Day Kakwasi Somadhi Excerpt Excerpt from Chapter Seven When Loretha showed up with Solly that hot July evening, the village was already crowded. Men and women with Afros as big as ...

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Adultery

by Paulo Coelho

Adultery Paulo Coelho Excerpt Every morning, when I open my eyes to the so-Âcalled “new day,” I feel like closing them again, staying in bed, and not getting up. But I can’t do t...

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Not My Will

by Khara Campbell

Not My Will Khara Campbell Excerpt Prologue “Virtue, your man dogged you and you gonna let him get away with that mess? If I was you, I would be busting some holes in his tires and smashing ou...

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Operation Sisterhood

by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Operation Sisterhood Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich Excerpt 1 So it really was a dark and stormy night, and it figured, thought Bo. Of course it was a dark and stormy night. Of course it was. Ok...

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Will by Will Smith

by Robert Fleming

Will by Will Smith Robert Fleming Excerpt one FEAR I’ve always thought of myself as a coward. Most of my memories of my childhood involve me being afraid in some way-afraid of other kids,...

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On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals

by Nikki Giovanni

On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals Nikki Giovanni Excerpt America was looking for very, very, very cheap labor, because they wanted workers who were e...

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Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation

by Marvin Andrew McMickle

Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation Marvin Andrew McMickle Excerpt The Invisible Black Woman It seems that African American men who worked tirelessly to reverse the st...

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Shedding Light From My Journeys

by DuEwa M. Frazier

Shedding Light From My Journeys DuEwa M. Frazier Excerpt R Ju Iz Spanish Mami, mami, ju look so good, are ju married ? I think in a past life I was Spanish cause the pa...

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Table of Contents <em>Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice</em>

by Nkechi Taifa

Table of Contents Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice Nkechi Taifa Excerpt Table of Contents Black Power, Black Lawyer: Memoir of Nkechi Taifa Prologue—“Judge Not” Red Ba...

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Everything Fades Away

by Zane

Everything Fades Away Zane Excerpt An Excerpt (expletives redacted) Lust is the benefit of self at the expense of others. Love is the benefit of others at the expense of self. The first lick...

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I Can’t Wait on God

by Albert French

I Can’t Wait on God Albert French Excerpt Chapter One Pittsburgh, 1950 Summer night air was always sticky kind of air, had that stinkin mill smoke stuck all in it. Them old freight trains ...

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Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare

by James Baldwin

Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare James Baldwin Excerpt Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare—James Baldwin, 1964 Every writer in the English language, I should imagine, has at some point h...

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A Letter for My Mother

by Nina Foxx

A Letter for My Mother Nina Foxx Excerpt Nina Foxx’s Letter: A Letter to My Once Mother-in-Law Charlenne, The doctors say that it won’t be long now. Your son just called and told m...

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Black Man’s Version to Exhale

by Akie F. Davis

Black Man’s Version to Exhale Akie F. Davis Excerpt Introduction We know all too well of the frustrating encounters that many Black women have had when dealing with Black men. However, little h...

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Love Don’t Come Easy J.T. Smith Excerpt After finishing my job with Lance, I hurried back home and washed up. Looking at the alarm clock on my nightstand, I saw that it was a little after three. I hu...

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Done in the Dark

by Tamara Morgan

Done in the Dark Tamara Morgan Excerpt Though she knew she should take comfort that Mama Ella was going to ‘a better place,’ despite her grandmother’s efforts Karina’s faith i...

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Done in the Dark

by Tamara Morgan

Done in the Dark Tamara Morgan Excerpt Chapter 1 Though she knew she should take comfort that Mama Ella was going to ‘a better place,’ despite her grandmother’s efforts Karina&rsqu...

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The Messenger Reader

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

The Messenger Reader Sondra Kathryn Wilson Excerpt In this short story, Fenton Johnson introduces the reader to Elizabeth (Eliza) Jan, an African-American servant. Liza, a Southerner, finds herself w...

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Obscure Boundaries

by S.F. Powell

Obscure Boundaries S.F. Powell Excerpt …“You know he’ll be out by the time she gets home.” Todd dropped his head for a minute then looked up. “Wanna watch Medea&rsquo...

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Mass Deception

by Hallema

Mass Deception Hallema Excerpt Chill bumps appear out of nowhere when I think about that particular period of my life. The memory still haunts me to this day. I’d just arrived bac...

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Not All Dogs

by C. Kelly Robinson

Not All Dogs C. Kelly Robinson Excerpt Prologue Chapter One: Choirboy Chapter Two: Smooth Operator Chapter Three: Sinister Minister Chapter Four: Bootstrapper Prologue (top) Sheryl Gibs...

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A Life of Turmoil: The short stories of Ana Franken 08150017

by Johanna Sparrow

A Life of Turmoil: The short stories of Ana Franken 08150017 Johanna Sparrow Excerpt Yes, Mother The turmoiled relationship of Ana Franken a Short Story “Sometimes I wish that I had all boys...

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My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl

by Rosa Guy

My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl Rosa Guy Excerpt Chapter One On that island where rivers run deep, where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it the name Jewel of the Antilles, the tops of t...

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Notes of Artistic Freedom Fighter

by Marvin X

Notes of Artistic Freedom Fighter Marvin X Excerpt INTRODUCTION By Dr. Nathan Hare With the return of “white nationalism” to the international stage and the White House and new th...

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Chapters <a href="#1">1</a> & <a href="#12">12</a>: The Fund by Kevin P. Chavous

by Kevin P. Chavous

Chapters 1 & 12: The Fund by Kevin P. Chavous Kevin P. Chavous Excerpt Chapter 1 &Jscr;ackson Lowery was in trouble. The man was coming at him again. Jackson was much taller, but the shorter man w...

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Chapters <a href="#1">1</a> & <a href="#12">12</a>: The Fund by Kevin P. Chavous

by Kevin P. Chavous

Chapters 1 & 12: The Fund by Kevin P. Chavous Kevin P. Chavous Excerpt Chapter 1 &Jscr;ackson Lowery was in trouble. The man was coming at him again. Jackson was much taller, but the shorter man w...

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Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit

by Queen Afua

Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit Queen Afua Excerpt CHAPTER 1 KHAMITIC NUBIAN PHILOSOPHY THEY SAY OUR WAY IS DEAD. THEY SAY OUR WAY IS NO MORE. THAT THE NI...

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Food and the City

by Ina Yalof

Food and the City Ina Yalof Excerpt Alexander SmallsThe Cecil Daylight floods his Harlem apartment, an eclectic space crammed with old and new mementos from a well-traveled, well-lived life. The...

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IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST

by Carter G. Woodson

IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST Carter G. Woodson Excerpt CHAPTER VI IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST Elsewhere the natives on or near the West Coast had not developed such political organizations as those wh...

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The Fisher King: A Novel

by Paule Marshall

The Fisher King: A Novel Paule Marshall Excerpt Chapter 1 "Had the brass-face to come round me playing the Sodom and Gomorrah music!" The old woman they said was his g...

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Alain Locke: An Introduction

by Charles Molesworth

Alain Locke: An Introduction Charles Molesworth Excerpt ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1)      Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study ...

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The Man Who Cried I Am

by John A. Williams

The Man Who Cried I Am John A. Williams Excerpt FOREWORD by Graham Hodges   The publication of John A. Williams’ fourth novel, The Man Who Cried I Am, in October, 1967, caused cr...

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Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems

by Wanda Coleman

Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems Wanda Coleman Excerpt “Wanda Why Aren’t You Dead“ from Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems “American Sonnet“ from Wicked Ench...

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American Wings

by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein

American Wings Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein Excerpt PROLOGUE A Dream Takes Flight Omaha, Nebraska, 1919 It was going to cost three dollars to ride—about $50 in 2023, but the wo...

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Standing Tall

by Jake Sloan

Standing Tall Jake Sloan Excerpt 1 The Culture: Southern Influence at a West Coast Installation, 1930—1961 The year 1961 was the one that a future president of the United States, Barack Husse...

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A Thug’s Redemption

by Yani

A Thug’s Redemption Yani Excerpt Shawn, Jamal and Maurice headed over to Erie Avenue to check out a basketball game in a nearby playground. Shawn was scoping out the competition to see who he would ...

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A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre

by Yani

A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre Yani Excerpt Tiffany disconnected the phone and paced the living room. Jamal had a second phone with only one number in it that went to a man who seemed to ...

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The Perfect Mistress

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The Perfect Mistress ReShonda Tate Billingsley Excerpt Lauren Robinson struggled to contain her excitement. Her daddy was going to be so surprised when he realized what she’d done. As the ...

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Holding Pattern

by Jeffery Renard Allen

Holding Pattern Jeffery Renard Allen Excerpt Black flutter, Mamma flashed about the room, workbound, her shiny knee-length black leather boots working against the wood floor like po...

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The Immortality Of Influence

by Salome Thomas-El

The Immortality Of Influence Salome Thomas-El Excerpt Foreword by Will Smith If you finish this book and are not inspired to immediately go out and effect change in your community, then you w...

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On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Excerpt "Some Technicolor Bazaar" How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe Harlem!&helli...

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Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1

by Drusilla Dunjee Houston

Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1 Drusilla Dunjee Houston Excerpt The minds of men today are stirred with eager questionings about the origin of civilization and about ...

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My Soul to Keep

by Tananarive Due

My Soul to Keep Tananarive Due Excerpt Even now, alone, Dawit knew he was being watched. One of the Searchers had found him, perhaps months before. He’d noticed a cigarette butt half bur...

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Into Africa: A Personal Journey

by Yvonne Blackwood

Into Africa: A Personal Journey Yvonne Blackwood Excerpt “On Sunday afternoon Adamson and I returned to Labadi Beach. I did a double take when we entered the gate. The empty stretch of beach I&...

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Where to Choose: A Novel

by Penny Mickelbury

Where to Choose: A Novel Penny Mickelbury Excerpt Chapter Four Late-morning sun shone directly down on the purple and lilac and pink and white bougainvillea; shone easily through the tops of to...

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West of Rehoboth

by Alexs D. Pate

West of Rehoboth Alexs D. Pate Excerpt The soft summer held them all. They gently sat upon the shimmering flecks of sun hidden in the cut grass. They came together like this every Fourth of July. It ...

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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

by Chris Hedges

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle Chris Hedges Excerpt Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought us to a whole new state of expe...

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The Other Side of the Game

by Anita Doreen Diggs

The Other Side of the Game Anita Doreen Diggs Excerpt CHAPTER 5 EVELYN Phil is taking me to B.B. King’s blues club in Manhattan so I’m trying to find the right pair ...

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Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories

by Andrea Foy

Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories Andrea Foy Excerpt NEW YEAR’S EVE, PART 1 I spent New Year’s Eve 1992 in Minneapolis with friends I met from the Controversy Fan Clu...

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In the Still of the Night: Personal Safety for Women

by Andrea Foy

In the Still of the Night: Personal Safety for Women Andrea Foy Excerpt Une Nuit de Paris\ “How did I get myself into this mess?” I thought. There I was, riding on the Metro out of Par...

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Sister Betty Says I Do

by Pat G’Orge Walker

Sister Betty Says I Do Pat G’Orge Walker Excerpt Chapter 1 One year later… Moments earlier the sun had slowly rose on this sure-to-be blazing hot Saturday morning. For much of her adult ...

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All I Want For Christmas

by Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others

All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others Excerpt An excerpt from Terri Ann Johnson&rs...

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The Root of All Evil

by Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones

The Root of All Evil Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones Excerpt Chapter One November 1942 It was one thing to be cold, but quite another to be freezing. Not long ago, Paul Madsen, had been warm ...

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In West Mills

by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

In West Mills De’Shawn Charles Winslow Excerpt Part One In October of ’41, Azalea Centre’s man told her that he was sick and tired of West Mills and of the love affair she was having w...

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Two “Til Midnight

by Bernard L. Dillard

Two “Til Midnight Bernard L. Dillard Excerpt Lead-In: Faculty members and staff at a university are having a diversity meeting and are discussing issues that concern becoming a more diverse camp...

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Chapter 3 Jonathan Fraiser

by Alicia D. Williams

Chapter 3 Jonathan Fraiser Alicia D. Williams Excerpt one Nobody could tell me that today wasn’t gon’ be my day. Even though I couldn’t determine the correct term of equality in ...

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The Quest of the Silver Fleece

by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Quest of the Silver Fleece W.E.B. Du Bois Excerpt The entire novel is available at Project Gutenberg OneDREAMS Night fell. The red waters of the swamp grew sinister and sullen. The tall pines...

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Archangels of Funk

by Andrea Hairston

Archangels of Funk Andrea Hairston Excerpt CINNAMON HAIR ON FIRE “Who’s afraid of the future?” Cinnamon Jones sucked a deep breath and raced downhill in the dark on fast hy...

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A leap of Faith

by Anita L. Helm

A leap of Faith Anita L. Helm Excerpt PREFACE For some time now, I have wanted to write a story about my life—I’m still living, so this is my capture of my first half. I hope the stories...

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Woleté The Story of an Enslaved Ethiopian Girl

by Aklilu Kidanu Woldegiorgis

Woleté The Story of an Enslaved Ethiopian Girl Aklilu Kidanu Woldegiorgis Excerpt Part 5 The Catastrophe In one unsuspecting bright morning, the lives of a happy girl and her childhood friends ch...

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Table of Contents <em>Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice</em>

by Patrice Lawrence

Table of Contents Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice Patrice Lawrence Excerpt Chapter 1 Al I’m hungry. Really hungry. I want to fill the biggest bowl with cornflakes and ...

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Gone Fishin’

by Walter Mosley

Gone Fishin’ Walter Mosley Excerpt Gone Fishin' CHAPTER ONE Mouse had changed. Before he announced his engagement to EttaMae he was a happy man, full of himself. It's true that he...

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Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

by Sheree Renée Thomas

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora Sheree Renée Thomas Excerpt The Comet by W. E. B. Du Bois (1920) He stood a moment on the steps of the bank, watching th...

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The Selling of Joseph

by Dieudonne Mayi

The Selling of Joseph Dieudonne Mayi Excerpt Dedication To African slaves in the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe, the silent and unknown black slave… Your treatment was so in...

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Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan

by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan Zora Neale Hurston Excerpt Chapter 1 “DE TALKIN’ GAME” The Twenties (and Before) First and foremost a storyteller, with ...

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Juneteenth

by Ralph Ellison

Juneteenth Ralph Ellison Excerpt After Ellison’s death on April 16, 1994, speculation about the existence of the second novel reignited. In an article in the New York Times, William Grimes asse...

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God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited

by William Augustus Jones Jr.

God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited William Augustus Jones Jr. Excerpt Chapter 1: The System “The System” refers implicitly to the American trinity of capitalism, racism,...

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A Voice from the South

by AALBC

A Voice from the South Excerpt In the clash and clatter of our American Conflict, it has been said that the South remains silent. Like the Sphinx, she inspires vociferous disputation, but hersel...

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Journey To Justice

by Johnnie Cochran

Journey To Justice Johnnie Cochran Excerpt WHY I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER I have often been asked why I wanted to be a lawyer. One of the most important things that happened to me during ...

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Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

by Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers

Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers Excerpt WHAT I LEARNED FROM HERSCHEL WALKER Rule #1 Help can—and will—c...

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The End of Race Politics

by Coleman Hughes

The End of Race Politics Coleman Hughes Excerpt Chapter 1Race, Anti-racism, and Neoracism For most of my life, I saw my mother as neither black nor white. Her Puerto Rican father was darker-skinned ...

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The Savion Sequence

by D. Amari Jackson

The Savion Sequence D. Amari Jackson Excerpt PROLOGUE “How could this be?” marveled the wide-eyed Nubian, removing the protective mask covering his nose and mouth so his partner could ...

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The Savion Sequence

by D. Amari Jackson

The Savion Sequence D. Amari Jackson Excerpt PROLOGUE “How could this be?” marveled the wide-eyed Nubian, removing the protective mask covering his nose and mouth so his partner could ...

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