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6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007 Troy Johnson Article BookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New...
Henry and Bea
Henry and Bea Jessixa Bagley 9780823442843 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House Henry and Bea are inseparable, but one day Henry suddenly stops talking to his best friend. Bea knows there’s somethi...
Zora, the Story Keeper
Zora, the Story Keeper Ebony Joy Wilkins 9781984816917 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family’s legacy through storytelling....
And Then There Was Me: A Novel
And Then There Was Me: A Novel Sadeqa Johnson 9781250802866 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old s...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson 0000000500111306 Bea Jackson is an accomplished author known for her captivating storytelling. With a writing career spanning over decades, she has penned numerous bestsellers, captivatin...
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party Literary Events
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2 Joe Crawford 9780913564035 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annua...
The Black Photographers Annual 1973
The Black Photographers Annual 1973 Joe Crawford 9780913564011 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annual...
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3 Joe Crawford 9780913564042 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. “…a study of means, and styles, of confrontation — past, pr...
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com to Exhibit at BookExpo Americahttp://events.aalbc.com/aap_bea_2006.htmAALBC.com is pleased to announce that we will be exhibi...
Does the Afterlife Have Skittles?: the 6th Candorville Collection
Does the Afterlife Have Skittles?: the 6th Candorville Collection Darrin Bell 9781973750666 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The 6th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorvi...
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
2009 Book Expo America Recap
2009 Book Expo America Recap Kam Williams Article African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC Check out Related Videos Book Expo America, publi...
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4 Joe Crawford 9780913564073 Nonfiction Another View, Inc. Another View, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annual with Joe Crawford, has mad...
A Surprise for Willow
A Surprise for Willow Bea Jackson 9781665941099 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Lily the fairy tries to help her human friend, Willow, overcome her stage fright in this first chapte...
A Wish for Lily
A Wish for Lily Bea Jackson 9781665984010 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Willow takes her fairy friends to see the ocean in this second chapter book in the Fairies Welcome series f...
Brittany Jackson
Brittany Jackson NONE Brittany “Bea” Jackson, an award-winning illustrator and alumni of the College for Creative Studies, is renowned for her work in children's book illustration, specifically “Hair...
African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005
African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005 Book Spotlights
AA Cultural Expo 2000
AA Cultural Expo 2000 Troy Johnson Article This was the AALBC.com's second year at the National African American Cultural Expo, which is held every year at the Philadelphia Convention Center. 20...
The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered: The Triumph of the Last Pharaoh
The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered: The Triumph of the Last Pharaoh Salim Faraji 9781592218721 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press This title answers the quest...
All You Need to Know About the Music Business 6th Edition
All You Need to Know About the Music Business 6th Edition Donald S. Passman 9780743293181 Nonfiction Hal Leonard Hal Leonard For fifteen years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been ...
Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article 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 C...
African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC
African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC Troy Johnson Article Book Expo America Recap by Kam Williams http://reviews.aalbc.com/book_expo_america_recap.htm Book Expo America, pub...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
Book Expo America
Book Expo America Javitz Center New York New York BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the North American publishing industry. It’s the best place to discover new titl...
Randall Horton
Randall Horton 0000000048702491 Award-winning author Randall Horton, known for his poetry collections and memoir, is a recipient of the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, GLCA New Writers Award, and a Nation...
Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/thehelpposter.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Bl...
Summer Is Here
Summer Is Here Renée Watson 9781547605866 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing New York Times bestselling creators Renée Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a ...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Just-Wright.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessmen...
Blacktrospective 2012 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Film
Blacktrospective 2012 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Film Troy Johnson Article Each year we publish our annual list of the best in Black cinema. This list is unique in that it assesses...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/precious_movieposter.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best ...
William W. Sales Jr.
William W. Sales Jr. NONE William W. Sales, Jr., an Associate Professor at Seton Hall University, is an acknowledged expert on Malcolm X, authoring two books and numerous articles on the subject. A v...
Kam Williams
Kam Williams NONE Lloyd “Kam” Williams was a renowned film and book critic, contributing to AALBC.com and numerous other publications. A member of several critics associations, he was known for his a...
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair Troy Johnson Article Toni Trent Parker, member of Black Americans in Publishing, will produce her fourth annual African American Children's Book Fair on Saturda...
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the_se11.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best (and...
International Royal Music & Art Festival
International Royal Music & Art Festival The Beltway Regulators Barn Fresno Texas The 2021 International Royal Music & Art Festival is set to be an acclaimed cross-genre experience inspired by the his...
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story Charles L. Blockson 9780983668763 Nonfiction Hippo Books Hippo Books He was not one of the signers of the Declaration of In...
Dillon Annual Collection 2018
Dillon Annual Collection 2018 Derrick Ferguson 9781722443573 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A soldier of fortune gifted with an astonishing range of remarkable talents and skills that ma...
Thirty-Second Annual Chitlin Strut
Thirty-Second Annual Chitlin Strut DéLana R. A. Dameron B077G79W8T Poetry Day One Day One A Kindle Single This story was originally published in Day One, a weekly literary journal dedicated to short ...
Krystle Parker
Krystle Parker NONE Krystle Parker, an Adult Gerontologist Nurse with 15 years of experience, is the owner of Absolute Care Services and ILashpark. She is also a community benefactor, hosting annual ...
Anthony Anderson - The “34th Annual UNCF: An Evening of Stars” Interview (January 2013)
Anthony Anderson - The “34th Annual UNCF: An Evening of Stars” Interview (January 2013) Kam Williams Interview A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Anthony Anderson - The “34th Annual UNCF: An Even...
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...
Youth Poetry Contest Guidelines
Youth Poetry Contest Guidelines Troy Johnson Article 20 02 THE ETHERIDGE KNIGHT 8TH ANNUAL YOUTH POETRY CONTEST GUIDELINES Open to Elementary, Middle and High School Students O...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provid...
Trinity River Book Festival
Trinity River Book Festival Trinity Park Pavilion No. 1 Fort Worth Texas Celebrating National Literacy Month
Lori Nelson Lee
Lori Nelson Lee NONE Lori Nelson Lee, author of children's books like 'Hillary’s Big Business Adventure' and 'Danica Dramatica - Queen Me', introduces entrepreneurship to young readers. Her works are...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson xtopcities Nonfiction AALBC.com African American Literature Book Club Out of Print — Look out for a Future Edition The African A...
National Conference of African American Librarians
National Conference of African American Librarians Troy Johnson Article Authors and Publishers: Exhibit at the National Conference of African American Librarians The Black Caucus of the American...
Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times
Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times Robin D. G. Kelley 9780674046245 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, pianis...
Annual Editions: African American History 00/01
Annual Editions: African American History 00/01 Rodney D. Coates 9780072333725 Fiction McGraw-Hill/Dushkin McGraw-Hill Education This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, mag...
Bamboozled
Bamboozled Michael Dequina images/bamboozled.jpg Film Review Bamboozled Release Date: October 6th, 2000 (LA/NY); October 20th, 2000 (wide/moderate) MPAA Rating: R (for strong la...
Jabari Osaze, Author, Historian, and Lecturer
Jabari Osaze, Author, Historian, and Lecturer MULTIPLE Jabari Osaze is an expert in Ancient African history, with over 25 years of focus on Ancient Kemetic spirituality. He conducts annual study tour...
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia?
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia? Troy Johnson Article ...and why are they promoting Zane’s tax liability rather than her literary accomplishments? “The Web is critical not merely to the d...
Vernon Davis: The NFL Playoffs Interview [2012]
Vernon Davis: The NFL Playoffs Interview [2012] Kam Williams Interview Vernon Davis: The NFL Playoffs Interview San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis is a game-changer who embodies the e...
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut:
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: Troy Johnson Article I attended a panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: The Impact of Ghetto Fiction on African American Lite...
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox (Secret Society of Rebel Girls)
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox (Secret Society of Rebel Girls) Marti Dumas 9798889641018 Fiction DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Penguin Random House “Girls running for office, secret leadership l...
Take Back the Block
Take Back the Block Chrystal D. Giles 9780593175200 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee— Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That—an...
Cooking in Community: Family Recipes from Lansdowne Friends School
Cooking in Community: Family Recipes from Lansdowne Friends School Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts 9781718678002 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Lansdowne Friends School is a Pre-K thro...
Markus Redmond
Markus Redmond NONE Markus Redmond is an actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Known for his roles on Doogie Howser, M.D., NYPD Blue, Murder One, Mad About You, Angel, and Fight Club, he wrote ...
James E. Clyburn
James E. Clyburn 0000000037363404 James “Jim” E. Clyburn is the congressman representing South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he previously served ...
Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Fiston Mwanza Mujila 0000000107622783 Fiston Mwanza Mujila, born in Congo in 1981, is a critically acclaimed author and scholar currently residing in Austria. His literature, inspired by Congo's poli...
Sharon Bennett and Beatrice Moore
Sharon Bennett and Beatrice Moore MULTIPLE Sharon Bennett and Beatrice Moore are accomplished authors with backgrounds in healthcare and education respectively. Bennett, a health care professional fr...
Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renée Russell 0000000116442848 “Black writers should not be typecast into having only black characters.”—Shonda Rhimes Rachel Renee Russell, attorney and bestselling author of...
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg 0000000120269646 Calvin Broadus, known as Snoop Dogg, is a renowned rapper from Long Beach, California. After overcoming legal struggles, he launched his career with Dr. Dre, achieving qua...
Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview (July 2013)
Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview (July 2013) Kam Williams Interview Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview Calvin Cordozar Broadus was born on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California where he ...
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers Troy Johnson Article Self-Publishing Workshop Saturday, December 6th 2008 - Harlem, New York Postponed until March 2009 Co-sponsored with ...
African American Religion
African American Religion Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 9780195182897 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in ...
Halima Taha
Halima Taha NONE Halima Taha is a renowned advocate for African and African-American art, known for her educational initiatives and influential writings. Her contributions have spearheaded recognitio...
George C. Fraser
George C. Fraser 0000000035434555 George Fraser, CEO of FraserNet, Inc., overcame adversity to lead a global networking movement for people of African descent. Born into a large family and orphaned a...
Annual Literary & Arts Conference
Annual Literary & Arts Conference African American Museum in Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania Art Sanctuary uses the power of black art to transform individuals, create and build community and f...
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor 0000000114391610 AALBC Truly Mourns the Lost of Quintard Taylor Quintard Taylor, a Professor of American History, specializes in African American history with over three decades of exp...
Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman
Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman MULTIPLE Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer-winning poet, author of four books, including 'Life on Mars', and editor of 'American Journal'. She served as the US Poet Laureat...
Lola Shoneyin
Lola Shoneyin 0000000041835603 Lola Shoneyin is a renowned Nigerian poet and author, best known for her debut novel, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives.” Identified as a promising African writer ...
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780871407535 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. These nearly 150 African American folktales animate o...
Book Expo America 2000
Book Expo America 2000 Troy Johnson Article Book Expo America 2000 (BEA), held in Chicago May 31st to June 4th 2000 was a tremendous event. Anything you wanted to know about books and publishing...
Boss Women
Boss Women Gwen Richardson 9781737449614 Nonfiction Cushcity Communications Cushcity Communications Boss Women features seven African-American women who started their businesses by themselves or as co...
Sumiko Saulson
Sumiko Saulson NONE Sumiko Saulson is a Californian author known for her work in sci-fi, horror, and fantasy genres. She's also the editor of 'Black Magic Women' and creates an annual list highlighti...
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina Literary Events
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
State of the Black Union 2009
State of the Black Union 2009 Kam Williams Article Tavis Assembles Black Luminaries in L.A. for 10th Annual Gathering State of the Black Union by Kam Williams The 10th Annual Sta...
State of the Black Union 2008
State of the Black Union 2008 Kam Williams Article Obama’s Conspicuous Absence Overshadows Annual Gathering State of the Black Union 2008 by Kam Williams Senator Barack Obama...
Skyscraper: A Novel
Skyscraper: A Novel Zane 9780743457033 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Most corporations hand out bonus checks or gift certificates for Christmas, but Wolfe Industries hands out drama. Skys...
Leimert Park Village Book Fair
Leimert Park Village Book Fair Outdoor Promenade of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) Los Angeles California See Press Release The Leimert Park Village Book Fair was founded in 2006 by Cynthia ...
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration Glenda Armand 9781338766899 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. This tender family story — inspired by the author’s own — illum...
Gail Ramsey
Gail Ramsey NONE Gail Ramsey, a graduate from Temple and American Universities, is a renowned author specializing in justice and communication. She won the Art Sanctuary's 18th Annual Celebration of ...
Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America National Museum of African American History and Culture 9781588345684 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books Drea...
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose 9780374389734 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Civil rights icon Claudette C...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Ashley Franklin 9781368077330 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Illustrated by New York Times best-selling artist Bea Jackson, this poignant st...
Rosewater
Rosewater LIV Little 9781638930228 Fiction Get Lifted Books Penguin Random House A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year - An Electric ...