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Jewel Caston-Mendoza
Jewel Caston-Mendoza NONE Jewel Caston-Mendoza, once the overlooked middle child, found her voice through writing. Her journey, from winning a 5th-grade writing contest to publishing her first poetry...
changing, changing: story and collages
changing, changing: story and collages Aracelis Girmay 9780807615539 Fiction George Braziller George Braziller Inc. “Once there was a boy. And once there was a girl.” So begins this story of metamo...
So Amazing! Black Culture Word Search
So Amazing! Black Culture Word Search Denise Rochelle Myhand and Jamah Myhand 9798755973458 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published So Amazing! The So Amazing Black Culture Word Search...
Life Changing Books
Life Changing Books Life Changing Books Life Changing Books LLC Author Tressa Azarel Smallwood, is the CEO of Life Changing Books, which she founded in 2003 with the publication of her book, A Life T...
Life Changing Books
Life Changing Books Life Changing Books LLC Life Changing Books Author Tressa Azarel Smallwood, is the CEO of Life Changing Books, which she founded in 2003 with the publication of her book, A Life T...
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man Kam Williams images/spiderman-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Andrew Garfield Stars in Reboot of Marvel Comics Franchise The Amazing Spider-Man In Theaters: Jul 3, 2012 Wide ...
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...
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM Tonya Bolden 9781419707346 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A celebratory and inspiring look at some of the most important black women...
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music Cheryl Wills 9780063050983 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins For the first time the 25 most influential women gospel singers from Sister Ros...
Changing the Game
Changing the Game Kam Williams changing-the-game.jpg Film Review Ambitious Ghetto Orphan Tested in All Ways in Sobering Coming-of-Age Changing the Game [2012] In Theaters: May 11, 2012 Limited Dram...
Lifting Voices: Voices of the Collective Struggle
Lifting Voices: Voices of the Collective Struggle Peggy M. Fisher 9780966255102 Fiction Pyramid Collections Pyramid Collections The voices of our ancestors echo down through the centuries of our stru...
Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers
Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers Ashley June Reese 9781419763649 Nonfiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams Black Interior Designers, Inc. (BID) presents the...
Book Cover Designer
Book Cover Designer Troy Johnson Article http://www.mariondesigns.com 225 Sunderland Way, Suite # U Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 678.641.8689 mariondesigns@bellsouth.net Marion Des...
Crash
Crash Kam Williams crash.70.jpg Film Review Crash Director & Writer: Paul Haggis Studio: Lions Gate Films Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fic...
I Am Amazing!
I Am Amazing! Alissa Holder and Zulekha Holder-Young 9780593327326 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press From the authors and illustrator of I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! come...
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace Carole Boston Weatherford 9781481472067 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. An incredibly moving picture book biography o...
Abiola Abrams
Abiola Abrams NONE Abiola Abrams is a renowned speaker, life coach, author, columnist, and media personality known for her heart-centered lifestyle advice. She is the creator of the “Passionista Play...
Unapologetic - D.L. Hughley
Unapologetic - D.L. Hughley Kam Williams unapol57.jpg Film Review D.L. Hughley HBO Special Already on DVD Unapologetic Click to order via Amazon Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, ...
Talk to Me
Talk to Me Kam Williams talk_t65.jpg Film Review DVD Features Don Cheadle as Con-Turned-Controversial DC DJ Talk to Me (2007) (HD DVD/Standa...
Kimani Press
Kimani Press Troy Johnson Article This Summer Sizzles With the Launch Of Kimani Romance�! Bestselling Authors Pen Sophisticated and Sexy Novels for the World's Only African-American Roman...
Broadway’s The Color Purple Empowers Many
Broadway’s The Color Purple Empowers Many Jamie Walker Article New York: Ever since its debut on Broadway, Alice Walker’s compelling narrative-turned-musical, ’The Color Purple,&rs...
Color of the Cross
Color of the Cross Kam Williams color_60.jpg Film Review Crucifixion Revisited with Black Jesus as Victim of Bias Crime Color of the Cross Film Review by Kam Williams Was Jesus a black man?...
Bernice L. McFadden
Bernice L. McFadden 0000000079269539 Bernice L. McFadden is an author who also writes under the pseudonym, Geneva Holliday. Here you will find a list of published books, videos, and more. Bernice L....
Dr. Henry Louis Gates - The "Black in Latin America" Interview
Dr. Henry Louis Gates - The "Black in Latin America" Interview Kam Williams Interview Dr. Gates on His New PBS Series Professor Henry Louis Gates dominated the national news for ...
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas Jeanne Walker Harvey 9780063021891 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Celebrate the life-changing power of art in this inspiring and stunningly il...
The Vanishing Black Male
The Vanishing Black Male Kam Williams the_va2.jpg Film Review Documentary Explores Issue of Disappearing African-American Men The Vanishing Black Male Studio: Seven Generations Product...
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence NONE INCITE! is a national activist organization of radical feminists aiming to end violence against women of color through direct action, dialogue, and grassr...
Saving Our Daughters
Saving Our Daughters Kam Williams Book Review ’Where do we begin with this delicate subject of color and racism within a race — I call it intra-racial profil...
Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Opens Akwaaba D.C. Inn for Black Writers
Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Opens Akwaaba D.C. Inn for Black Writers Jamie Walker Article Washington, D.C.: Hundreds of book lovers (in addition to a host of best-selling authors...
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis Kam Williams king-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Oscar-Nominated, 1970 Documentary Chronicling Career of Dr. Martin Luther King Returns to Theaters King: ...
St. Martin's Press - Backlist
St. Martin's Press - Backlist Troy Johnson Article St. Martin's New Releases | Writer's Home | AALBC.com Home St. Martin's Press � 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 � 212-674-5151 ...
Azarel
Azarel NONE Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood, former teacher and now CEO of Life Changing Books, is a successful author and publisher. With over 31 titles including the popular 'Teenage Bluez' series, her w...
This Christmas
This Christmas Kam Williams this_c11.jpg Film Review Skeletons Aplenty in Dysfunctional Family Dramedy This Christmas Rated PG-13 for sexual content and v...
Gifted Voices
Gifted Voices Troy Johnson Article Gifted Voices is a nationally distributed, monthly publication whose sole purpose is to promote the literary talents of emerging and established African Ame...
Daryle Jenkins - The Klanbuster Interview
Daryle Jenkins - The Klanbuster Interview Kam Williams Interview Daryle Jenkins - The Klanbuster Interview with Kam Williams Everybody admires the bravery firemen exhibit by ru...
Althea
Althea Kam Williams Interview Althea Click to order via Amazon by Linda Watkins ISBN: 0971513910 Format: Paperback Pub. Date: March 2003 Publisher: Black Diamond Publishing ...
STATIONS: Changing Your Life - Changing Your Career
STATIONS: Changing Your Life - Changing Your Career Lynda Jones Mubarak 9781478766674 Nonfiction Outskirts Press Outskirts Press Life Has an Assignment for You… Do You Know What It Is? To live a vibra...
ASKING: The Life-Changing Secret to Success in WRITING and in Life
ASKING: The Life-Changing Secret to Success in WRITING and in Life Emanuel Carpenter B00IC8X4N2 Nonfiction Forest Wade Press Forest Wade Press Ever wonder why you don’t get what you want in life? Have...
The Golden Apple (Vol. 1): Changing the Structure of Civilization
The Golden Apple (Vol. 1): Changing the Structure of Civilization Edgar J. Ridley 9781592215898 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press "With The Golden Apple: Changi...
Garvey & Garveyism is Back in Print / 100 Anniversary of UNIA
Garvey & Garveyism is Back in Print / 100 Anniversary of UNIA Troy Johnson Article Garvey and Garveyism, a well known classic that has been out of print for more than 3 decades, is essential for read...
This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Anniversary)
This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Anniversary) Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa 9781438488288 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
In My Father’s House
In My Father’s House Ernest J. Gaines 9780679727910 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House A compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. In a small rural black community in Louisia...
Nicole Falls
Nicole Falls NONE Nicole Falls is a contemporary Black romance writer who has taken entirely too long to complete her first project. She’s also a ceramic mug and lapel pin enthusiast who cannot func...
Carolyn Joyner
Carolyn Joyner NONE Carolyn Joyner is a dedicated poet with a divine mission to inspire through themes of politics, love, and spirituality. Her performances span from Washington, DC to Chicago and En...
Sandra W. Headen
Sandra W. Headen NONE Dr. Sandra W. Headen is a Social and Community Psychologist turned children's historical fiction author. After an accomplished career in public health research and academia, she...
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...
Are We Done Yet?
Are We Done Yet? Kam Williams are_we3.jpg Film Review Slapstick Sequel Actually an Improvement on the Original Formula Are We Done Yet? Rated PG for sexual innuendo and mild epithets. Ru...
Black Snake Moan
Black Snake Moan Kam Williams black_3.jpg Film Review Bible-Thumping Bluesman Tames Wanton Woman in Tawdry Tale of Sin and Redemption Black Snake Moan Rated R for profanity, nudity, gr...
Diary of a Tired Black Man
Diary of a Tired Black Man Kam Williams diary_11.jpg Film Review Brow-Beaten Brother Gets Even in Thought-Provoking Melodrama Diary of a Tired Black Man Unrated Running time: 108 m...
Sicko
Sicko Kam Williams sicko.3.jpg Film Review Michael Moore Takes Aim at America’s Healthcare System in Eye-Opening Expose’ Sicko Rated PG-13 for brief s...
The Blair Bamboozle: A Fiction Writer’s Encounter With Jayson Blair
The Blair Bamboozle: A Fiction Writer’s Encounter With Jayson Blair Brian Egeston Article Burning Down My Masters’ House: My Life at th...
Contest Winner
Contest Winner Troy Johnson Article The AALBC in conjunction with BlackWords sponsored a contest for the "360� Degree A Revolution of Black Poets" event. The question posed was "What is the imp...
Who Got Game? Basketball: Amazing But True Stories!
Who Got Game? Basketball: Amazing But True Stories! Derrick Barnes 9781523505548 Nonfiction Workman Publishing Workman Publishing From superstar author Derrick Barnes, here is a middle-grade celebrati...
Amazing Africa: A to Z
Amazing Africa: A to Z Artika R. Tyner and Monica Yaa Habia 9781735123974 Nonfiction Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice A fun and resourceful book that takes children and...
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country Atinuke 9781536205374 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Discover the exhilarating diversity of the African continent in storyteller Atinuke’s kale...
Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth
Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth Ruby Yayra Goka 9789988882969 Fiction Sub-Saharan Publishers Sub-Saharan Publishers Do you know that the African woman’s cover cloth has many uses? In this delightful book t...
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780307908711 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers’s now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About ...
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing Christopher D. Burns 9780970195296 Nonfiction C. B. Publishing C. B. Publishing One Hour To Wealth was the first book in a serie...
G
G Kam Williams g.htm13.jpg Film Review Great Gatsby in Blackface Gets a Gangsta Makeover G R for sex, expletives and brief violence. Running time: 96 minutes Distributor: Andrew Lauren Productions...
In the Mix
In the Mix Kam Williams in_the41.jpg Film Review Usher Moonlights as Mafia Bodyguard in Cross-Cultural Romance In the Mix Rated PG-13 for sex, expletives and violence. Running time: 97 minutes Di...
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 ...
I Am Legend
I Am Legend Kam Williams iamleg15.jpg Film Review Will Smith as Last Man on Earth in Adaptation of Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Adventure I Am Legend (2007) Clic...
Resurrecting the Champ
Resurrecting the Champ Kam Williams resurr5.jpg Film Review Reporter Befriends Hobo in Unconvincing Bio-Pic Resurrecting the Champ Click to order via Amazon Rated PG-13 for ...
Summer_1998
Summer_1998 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine Summer 1998 [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Buy Any Book ] Download a Electronic Version (PDF file) of Mosaic Literary Magaz...
Still Trippin ’
Still Trippin ’ Kam Williams still_7.jpg Film Review Steve Harvey Adds Blue Humor Back to His Standup Act Still Trippin’ Click to order via Amazon Unrated Running ...
Ms. Frosty Publishing
Ms. Frosty Publishing Troy Johnson Article Dreams Becomes Reality Scott Haskins, President Ms. Frosty Publishing Co. 50 Pacton Place Baltimore, MD 21244 410-944-7...
Soul Survivors: The Official Autobiography of Destiny’s Child
Soul Survivors: The Official Autobiography of Destiny’s Child Beyoncé 9780060094171 Nonfiction HarperEntertainment HarperCollins It must be a part of human nature to love drama. We never would have so...
Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO
Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO Chuck D 9781636143033 Nonfiction Enemy Books Akashic Books Strictly Limited Edition • Only 800 Copies Day O...
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir Martha S. Jones 9781541601000 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of ...
Journeys of Social Justice: Women of Color Presidents in the Academy
Journeys of Social Justice: Women of Color Presidents in the Academy Menah Adeola Eyaside Pratt 9781433131820 Nonfiction Peter Lang Publishing Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. This edited volume documents ...
How Racism and Sexism Killed Traditional Media: Why the Future of Journalism Depends on Women and People of Color
How Racism and Sexism Killed Traditional Media: Why the Future of Journalism Depends on Women and People of Color Joshunda Sanders 9781440830815 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Grou...
Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms: Scholars of Color Reflect
Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms: Scholars of Color Reflect George Yancy 9780415836692 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge Although multicultural education has made significant gains in rec...
On-line Chat Featuring author Mat Johnson
On-line Chat Featuring author Mat Johnson Thumper Interview The Coffee Will Make You Black On-line Reading Group’s Chat Transcript The Coffee Will Make You Black Reading Group&...
Rodney D. Coates
Rodney D. Coates NONE Rodney D. Coates, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology and Gerontology and Director of Black World Studies at Miami University with extensive publications in critical race and eth...
Black Power Inc.
Black Power Inc. Rondall Brasher Book Review I would like to initiate my review of Cora Daniels’ Black Power Inc. by eluding to a quote attributed to Malcolm X, too Black’too strong. T...
Esther Magazine
Esther Magazine Troy Johnson Article Esther Magazine www.esthermagazine.com Good News for the Urban Teenage Girl of Faith Esther Magazine's in-your-face editorial content is not about ...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Troy Johnson Article In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to ...
The Great Debators
The Great Debators Kam Williams kimber13.jpg Film Review The Great Debaters Rated PG-13 for profanity, ethnic slurs, mature themes, brief sexuality, violence and distur...
Transformers
Transformers Kam Williams anthon16.jpg Film Review Morphing Robots Square-Off in CGI-Driven Adventure Transformers Rated PG-13 for profanity, brief sexual humor, a...
What Black Men Think
What Black Men Think Kam Williams what_b40.jpg Film Review Thought-Provoking Documentary Examines "What Black Men Think" What Black Men Think Click to order via Amazon...
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview Kam Williams Interview Dante Brown The “Won’t Back Down” Interview Born in Chicago on October 6, 1999, Dante Brown’s big break came at the tender ...
The Sight of the 360 Event
The Sight of the 360 Event Troy Johnson Article I never did identify all the folks in the photos below (Troy's note: 1/24/2026) , Toni Asante Lightfoot, Kalamu ya Salaam, , , wad...
Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball Michael Dequina http://aalbc.com/reviews/images/love.jpg Film Review Reviewed by Michael Dequina Love & Basketball (2000) Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps Director: G...
Destini the Chocolate Princess
Destini the Chocolate Princess Joan Wright Lewis 9780962983214 Fiction Joval Publishing Joval Publishing Destini the Chocolate Princes is an amazing, life changing story about an innocent child faced ...
Flexin & Sexin Volume 2
Flexin & Sexin Volume 2 Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781934230817 Fiction Life Changing Books Life Changing Books Flexin’ & Sexin’ is back with it’s second installment of urban erotic tales...
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...
Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rachel Renée Russell 9781665988384 Fiction Aladdin Paperbacks Simon & Schuster, Inc. With brand-new, full-color illustrations, ...
Brother to Brother
Brother to Brother Kam Williams brothe73.jpg Film Review Brother to Brother buy DVD Via Amazon Directed & Written by Rodney Evans Distributor: Ventura Distribution Unrated Running time: 90 minu...
Cornel West
Cornel West Kam Williams Interview Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 2, 1953, Princeton Professor Cornel Ronald West is one of America's most gifted and provocative...
Mirroring Lincoln: The Cursed Existence of Paschal Beverly Randolph
Mirroring Lincoln: The Cursed Existence of Paschal Beverly Randolph D. Amari Jackson 9780979637483 Fiction AALBC Aspire African American Literature Book Club Audiobook Edition Availab...
Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah and the Bee Kam Williams akeela46.jpg Film Review At-Risk Adolescent Spells Her Way Straight in Inspirational Melodrama Akeelah and the Bee Rated PG for some profanity. Running ...
Bastards of the Party
Bastards of the Party Kam Williams bastar2.jpg Film Review Documentary Highlights the Grim Side of Ghetto Gangsta Lifestyle Bastards of the Party Film Review by Kam William...
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite Kam Williams images/img19.jpg Film Review Campy Spoof of Blaxploitation Era Comes to Blu-Ray Black Dynamite Click to order from Amazon Rated R for profanity, ma...
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line Kam Williams crossi3.jpg Film Review Thought-Provoking Documentary Features Ethnically-Mixed Stand-Up Comics Crossing the L...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kam Williams the_cu20.jpg Film Review Brad Pitt Stars in Adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic The Curious Ca...
First Sunday
First Sunday Kam Williams first_10.jpg Film Review Crooks Conspire to Rob Church in Demeaning Minstrel Show First Sunday Rated PG-13 for profanity, sexual humor and drug ...
Hollywood Chinese
Hollywood Chinese Kam Williams hollyw27.jpg Film Review Asian Stereotypes in Cinema Explored by Enlightening Expose Hollywood Chinese ...
Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is
Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is Kam Williams keyshi1.jpg Film Review BET’s #1 Rated Reality Series Released on DVD Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is’ (...
Meet the Browns
Meet the Browns Kam Williams rick_f2.jpg Film Review Struggling Single-Mom Seeks Salvation in Tyler Perry’s Latest Morality Play Meet the Browns ...