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Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History
Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History Kam Williams Book Review “In her poem, ‘And Still I Rise,’ Dr. Maya Angelou wrote, ‘You can write me down in h...
Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism: How the Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class to Eli
Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism: How the Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class to Eli Kam Williams Book Review “Today, there is little doubt that the U.S. middle class is shrinking&hellip...
The Origin of Others
The Origin of Others Tony Lindsay Book Review Toni Morrison’s, The Origin of Others causes the reader to think about identity: what group does one belong to, who are those like self, and who ar...
Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps
Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps Kam Williams Book Review “When I was a boy traveling in Latin America, I saw colonial societies that were essentially m...
Transitioning to Real Life
Transitioning to Real Life Jamie Walker Book Review It isn't easy transitioning from college to the real world, but in Transitioning to Real Life: A Common Sense Guide for the African American ...
Vice President Kamala Harris: Her Path To The White House
Vice President Kamala Harris: Her Path To The White House Robert Fleming Book Review America has a love-hate relationship with pioneers, the people who break impossible barriers to forge a successful...
Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey
Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey Troy Johnson Book Review Hip-Hop Culture’s first OFFICIAL luxury, large format coffee table book will inspire, entertain and educate all generations of readers wit...
Celebritize Yourself: The Three-Step Method to Increase Your Visibility and Explode Your Business
Celebritize Yourself: The Three-Step Method to Increase Your Visibility and Explode Your Business Kam Williams Book Review "To become a celebrity is no easy feat, but in today’s world, it is ...
Searching for Agabus: Embracing Authenticity and Finding Your Way to You
Searching for Agabus: Embracing Authenticity and Finding Your Way to You Robert Fleming Book Review What is “an authentic self?” Michael Walrond, a well-known keynote speaker and the past...
Unfinished Business: Black Women
Unfinished Business: Black Women Kam Williams Book Review “This book explores the Black Church as a black religious site that can offer not only hope and cultural flourishing for poor black w...
A Fool Indeed
A Fool Indeed Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review To say that Charles Fuller has a lot going on is putting it mildly. The one-time ladies’ man is newly married to a woman whom he has dedicated him...
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Kam Williams good_deeds_movie%20Poster.jpg Film Review CEO Torn between Employee and Fiancée in Tyler Perry Morality Play Good Deeds [2012] In Theaters: Fe...
Black Like Us
Black Like Us Thumper Book Review Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction, the latest anthology of gay/lesbian AA literature, is, in a word, splendid. Showcas...
Insignificant Others: Erotic Novellas
Insignificant Others: Erotic Novellas Anita Doreen Diggs Book Review Award winning authors, Pynk and Carol Taylor have written two original tales for Insignificant Others. Fans will love both sto...
The Origin of Others
The Origin of Others Tony Lindsay Book Review The title of Toni Morrison’s new book, The Source of Self-Regard, propels one to ponder, and the extended thought is due to the dual functions of t...
Real Men Cook
Real Men Cook Kam Williams Book Review "Increasingly, African-American men in particular are often portrayed as criminals, drug addicts, absentee fathers, and jailbirds. Seldom are they...
Leaving
Leaving Thumper Book Review Leaving, the debut novel by Richard Dry, is an epic tale that spans three generations of a black family, from the 1950s to circa 2000. Leaving is an epic not only in siz...
Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey
Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey Kam Williams Book Review “Music and religion were the twin forces that shaped John Coltrane’s early years. Both of his grandfathers were Me...
25 Things That Really Matter In Life
25 Things That Really Matter In Life Kam Williams Book Review ’25 Things That Really Matter in Life is designed to get you started living a better life within the next fifteen minute...
The Disilgold Way
The Disilgold Way Kam Williams Book Review "After starting a business proposal that took over 10 years, as long as it took to finally self publish my first book, I knew that I needed to ...
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Kam Williams Book Review “A great speech is both timely and timeless. First and foremost, it must touch and move its immediate ...
Why Do I Have to Think Like a Man?
Why Do I Have to Think Like a Man? Kam Williams Book Review "This book is dedicated to all women who are ready to ask themselves, ‘What could I have done differently to get what I wanted out ...
Family Affair
Family Affair Kam Williams Book Review ’Who am I? It’s a fundamental question for everyone, of course, but for African-Americans, it has particular resonance. Since our...
Fishing for Love on the Net
Fishing for Love on the Net Kam Williams Book Review ’Many people have tried online dating with no success. The steps necessary to secure love online still remains a mystery. Many more ...
My Sisters’ Voices
My Sisters’ Voices Linda Watkins Book Review "And special thanks go to all those individuals who follow me in stores, call me derogatory and offensive names, and keep me from doing and achieving...
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation Robert Fleming Book Review As John A. Williams, that black titan of letters, often says ’there can never be enough political novels written by our community,’ the num...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Carol Taylor Book Review The Culinary Art Portfolio is neither a cookbook nor a how-to-book. It’s a portfolio, with ready- to-frame prints of th...
The Justus Girls
The Justus Girls Thumper Book Review I should let go of my preconceived notions that I am beginning to grow tired of the girl-coming-of-age story or the sista-girlfriend relationship tales. It seems ...
The Bedroom: An Everlasting Love Story
The Bedroom: An Everlasting Love Story Robert Fleming Book Review This slight paperback, inspired by the film, The Bedroom, packs several truths of marriage and commitment into its revealing pages....
You're a Worthwhile Person
You're a Worthwhile Person Jayne Cubbage Book Review you're a Worthwhile Person in More Ways Than a Million by Simeon Johnson is an enjoyable, frank and honest read that lauds the everyday p...
Silent Conspiracy
Silent Conspiracy Thumper Book Review Damn, that was good! I have to stand up and applaud! I’ve just finished what I consider one of the best mysteries that I’ve read all year. With the ...
The Skull Cage Key
The Skull Cage Key Thumper Book Review The Skull Cage Key, the science fiction debut thriller by Michel Marriott; takes place in 2041 Harlem, centering on the murders of rich, white people....
All You Need to Know about the Music Business
All You Need to Know about the Music Business Kam Williams Book Review ’In the music business, the key to success lies in knowing how to protect yourself. To do that, you need...
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Linda Watkins Book Review Everyone knows that poetry is opinionated, subjective and sometimes downright confusing. I was delighted to find that the problem of comprehensi...
High Waters
High Waters Thumper Book Review High Waters, a novel by Suzon Tropez, is a novel that I am unsure as to what the storyline or the point of the novel is. I think it is a novel about an older black ...
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” Amanda Robinson Book Review American history is saturated with the flagrant oppression of African people and their descendants. We have recently been pr...
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...
Jelani’s Key
Jelani’s Key Mel Hopkins Book Review Pain into Promise An immeasurable loss leads to a journey of cultural enlightenment, friendship, and self-discovery for 11-year-old protagonists Jelani and Bak...
My Divine Natural Hair
My Divine Natural Hair Eryka Parker Book Review “The One who created us crowned us first. Shining atop our heads is a divine diadem with all the lightness of air, radiance of honor, and the wei...
Youth Change Agent
Youth Change Agent Shaundale Rénā Book Review In a time when phrases like “inner child” and “mental wellness” have become common in discussions of personal growth, Keith Stric...
The Rebel’s Clinic
The Rebel’s Clinic Robert Fleming Book Review For decades now, the writings of noted psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz Fanon, who died in 1961, have been essential reading for anyone who wanted to ...
Something Torn and New
Something Torn and New Kam Williams Book Review ’Linguicide is the linguistic equivalent of genocide. Genocide involves conscious acts of physical massacre; linguicide, conscious ac...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Kam Williams harry_16.jpg Film Review Harry Finds Himself Ostracized During His Fifth Year at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Order of the ...
The African-American Criminal Justice Guide
The African-American Criminal Justice Guide Kam Williams Book Review “As a defense attorney, I spend a lot of time counseling young African-American men and women about making better lives fo...
It All Begins with ‘I’: The “New Rules” of Thinking and the Simple Secrets t
It All Begins with ‘I’: The “New Rules” of Thinking and the Simple Secrets t Kam Williams Book Review “What is your deepest desire? Probably the same thing most others really want: a happy an...
Gift of Truth
Gift of Truth Michelle Paynter Book Review There are literary craftsmen who spend a lifetime writing in one particular genre, and there are others who possess a creative and literary zeal, which ...
Motion Sickness
Motion Sickness RAWSISTAZ Book Review Terry O’Neal shares her collection of poetry in her first book entitled Motion Sickness. It is a compilation of poems that range in topics including ...
Heart and Soul: Poems of Thoughts & Emotions
Heart and Soul: Poems of Thoughts & Emotions V.S. Chochezi Book Review Masterful New Poetry Collection for Sipping or Gulping My observation has been that many wine drinkers tend to have a wide ar...
The Juju Girl
The Juju Girl Robert Fleming Book Review Awarded by the 2022 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Self Published ebook in fiction by an African American author, Nikki Marsh’s The Ju...
2016: Obama’s America
2016: Obama’s America Dinesh Sharma 2016-obamas-america.jpg Film Review 2016: Obama’s America (2012) In Theaters: Jul 13, 2012 Limited PG, 1 hr. 29 min. Documentary, Special Interest D...
Loving
Loving Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/loving.jpg Film Review Excellent (4 of 4 stars) Rated PG-13 for mature themes and ethnic slurs Running time: 123 minutes Studio: Big...
Paradise Interrupted (Carole Ann Gibson Mysteries)
Paradise Interrupted (Carole Ann Gibson Mysteries) Thumper Book Review I want to state my bias up front. I look forward to this time of the year when a new “Carole Ann Gibson” installment...
White Gold
White Gold Carol Taylor Book Review This sweeping historical novel follows aspiring railroad engineer, William Roberson, from his Jamaican homeland in 1897 at 16, to Panama, to help build the Pan...
The Conversation
The Conversation Kam Williams Book Review ’One of the things I’ve heard a lot from young brothers and sisters during my recent travels is ’I want a woman like Mich...
Deliver Me From Evil
Deliver Me From Evil Idrissa Uqdah Book Review The new drama-filled novel by author Mary Monroe starts off a bit slow but by the time you get to know the main character, Christine Thurman, you ...
Casanegra
Casanegra Linda Watkins Book Review From the moment Casanegra crossed my palms, I was curious. Not only for the content of the story within, but for the story of the trio of authors that penn...
Known to Evil
Known to Evil Thumper Book Review Walter Mosley is back with the second installment of his new, magnificent Lenoid McGill Mystery series, Known to Evil. Believe it or not, I got my hands on Known...
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together Kam Williams Book Review “Jamillah and David Lamb are the dynamic couple behind the successful Off-Broadway play...
ASCLEPIUS
ASCLEPIUS Robert Fleming Book Review Someone is killing all of the doctors opposed to the monopoly of the big drug companies. Those committed to the world of alternative medicine become aware of the ...
Charcoal Joe
Charcoal Joe Tony Lindsay Book Review What was refreshingly abundant in Walter Mosley’s Charcoal Joe was Black male characters. From strong Black men to Black men seeking guidance, the reader w...
Different and the Same
Different and the Same AALBC Staff Writer Book Review In an age where there is a proliferation of emotional and physical Black trauma, that is videotaped and viewed widely online, we should strive to...
Jesus and the Abolitionists
Jesus and the Abolitionists Shaundale Rénā Book Review At first glance, I was drawn to Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People because of its eye-catching cover. I...
Orange Mint and Honey
Orange Mint and Honey Idrissa Uqdah Book Review A Daughter’s Song. Much has been written about mother/daughter relationships in African American literature. It seems to be a very ...
The Lady
The Lady Linda Dominique Grosvenor Book Review T.D. Jakes has a way of knowing what women want, and need. With the well received "Woman Thou Art Loosed," and the follow up "Daddy Love ...
Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey
Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey Thumper Book Review Man, I must have been knocked out for a long ass time. I had to take a leave of absence for three years because I had to go bac...
The Loving Story
The Loving Story Kam Williams the-loving-story.jpg Film Review Civil Rights Documentary Recounts Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Interracial Marriage The Loving Story (2012) In Theaters: Dec 10...
Noah
Noah Kam Williams noah.jpg Film Review Crowe Portrays Biblical Patriarch in Novel Adaptation of Popular Parable Noah In Theaters: Mar 28, 2014 Wide Rated PG-13 for violence, suggestive content...
Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty Kam Williams evan_a1.jpg Film Review God Asks Modern-Day Noah to Build Ark in Faith-Based Family Comedy Evan Almighty Rated PG for crude humor and scenes of ...
Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid
Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid Troy Johnson Book Review Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid is the first book in a series of chapter books t...
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America Kam Williams Book Review “How is it that a Jewish prophet from the Roman era ran so explosively into the American obsession...
The Survival Bible
The Survival Bible Kam Williams Book Review ’On April 13th, 1999, I was released from federal prison after serving 7 years for being ignorant. Yeah, I was a dope dealer’...
An Uncaged Eagle -- True Freedom
An Uncaged Eagle -- True Freedom Kam Williams Book Review "This autobiography tells the story of my life while highlighting some of the tremendous people who helped me overcome adversities I fa...
Don’t Let "IT" Get You!
Don’t Let "IT" Get You! Kam Williams Book Review ’Success means nothing, if we are not healthy enough to enjoy it. I urge you to make your health a priority’ This book&rsquo...
A Call To Conscience
A Call To Conscience Thumper Book Review A Call To Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr is an excellent book that should serve as a wonderful introduction to the writing...
The Undefeated
The Undefeated Vanessa Vanzie Book Review ℐf you have been searching for a book that will fill a child with the greatest sense of self-worth just for being who they are, then look no further. Ta...
Sincerely Speaking Spiritually
Sincerely Speaking Spiritually Robert Fleming Book Review Like many successful self-help books, Sincerely Speaking Spiritually, celebrates verses of faith and inspiration in the Holy Word. Its author...
If My Hair Had a Voice
If My Hair Had a Voice Lisa Y? Wilson Book Review When another comb loses the battle with Kimya’s natural coils, feeling shame she apologizes and asks, “Can’t we just straighten it?...
Brown Boys Rule
Brown Boys Rule Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review While listening to a recent meditation session on the app Happier—one of my favorites—I was reminded of the importance of embracing wo...
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business Shaundale Rénā Book Review I was surprised by Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Suc...
War Dance
War Dance Kam Williams war_da30.jpg Film Review DVD Examines Drive to Dance in the Midst of Ugandan Civil War War Dance Click to order via Amazon Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Sugg...
Brave at Heart
Brave at Heart Kirkus Book Review “A professor emeritus reimagines Western notions of race, crime, and justice in this volume of essays. Not only has America failed to adequately say ‘...
Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of an American Master
Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of an American Master Robert Fleming Book Review This is an astounding tribute to one of the most innovative American artists, Russell Atkins, by a small, indepe...
Freedom's Journal: The First African-American Newspaper
Freedom's Journal: The First African-American Newspaper Kam Williams Book Review “While the Constitution declares that all men are born free and equal, the wise corporation of the city of...
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Kam Williams Book Review ’I have admired and adored Michael Jackson from the first time I heard his name and listened to his music. I have never been more fasc...
One Blood
One Blood Alvin Romer Book Review No matter the genre, a good story should grab and not turn you loose until you’ve consumed all the elements of great narrative and expository writing. ...
The Lace Wig Bible: How to Style
The Lace Wig Bible: How to Style Kam Williams Book Review “You cannot be a top hair stylist today without working with some types of wigs or hair extensions… I have been blessed to hav...
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom Kam Williams Book Review “Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember throug...
Half My Size: How I Ate To Lose 150lbs
Half My Size: How I Ate To Lose 150lbs Troy Johnson Book Review Ten years ago, Caroline Jhingory lost 150 pounds. She has maintained it to this day without gastric bypass surgery, fad diets or comm...
Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me
Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me Jesse Washington Book Review Let’s get this out of the way up front: R. Kelly’s autobiography does not discuss what really happened with the sex tape th...
The Reckoning
The Reckoning Thumper Book Review Randall Robinson, the author of The Debt, has written a new insightful book, The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe To Each Other. In this volume, Robinson examines the cl...
To the Mountaintop: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement
To the Mountaintop: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement Kam Williams Book Review “On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded onto the cold, hard grounds of the nation’s cap...
Learning to Stay: The 12 Keys
Learning to Stay: The 12 Keys Kam Williams Book Review "Learning to Stay is a book of self-discovery, change, growth and transitions. It’s intended to restore your mind and relationships to...
Water Street
Water Street Thumper Book Review Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the short story collection, Water Street, written by Crystal E Wilkinson. I loved it. The short stories are slices of the l...
Devil‘s Wake
Devil‘s Wake Emanuel Carpenter Book Review Something is turning the world into zombies. Perhaps it’s a virus or maybe even the latest flu vaccine. Whatever the cause, prevention is simple. Do...
Held
Held Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Jehovah Rapha, The Lord Who Heals Author Leslie Haskin has written a follow-up to her best seller, Between Heaven and Ground Zero, an account of her experiences...
Come on People
Come on People Kam Williams Book Review "For the last three and a half years, I have been holding community call-outs in cities around the country… This book will cover selec...
The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House
The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House Kam Williams Book Review "On February 10, 2007, Barack Hussein Obama stood before thousands waiting in the cold in front of the Old Stat...
Letters to a Young Brother
Letters to a Young Brother Kam Williams Book Review "Young men today have been bombarded with images of wealth and success that tell them that buying the hottest car or the most bling...
Life Is a Game
Life Is a Game Kam Williams Book Review ’The choices we make determine our destiny and whether success or disaster is achieved. We either elevate to greatness or descend to obs...
Mission Accomplished
Mission Accomplished Kam Williams Book Review "Mission Accomplished is about point of view. The cartoons invert the U.S. media reality’ by focusing on disputes and debates in human te...