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African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005
African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005 Book Spotlights
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...
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...
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...
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...
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America Troy Johnson Article 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party We are hosting the 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 11th. It is ...
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...
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews
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...
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party Literary Events
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...
Blacktrospective 2005
Blacktrospective 2005 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/movies69.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2005 A Look Back at the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema by Kam Williams 2004 m...
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...
August Wilson
August Wilson 0000000368634467 August Wilson (1945-2005), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright, is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays each set in a unique ...
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...
Tyehimba Jess
Tyehimba Jess 0000000044353175 Congrats to Tyehimba Jess: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Tyehimba Jess, a Detroit native, is an award-winning poet and professor. His first book, Leadbelly, won ...
An Investigation and Study of the White People of America and Western Europe
An Investigation and Study of the White People of America and Western Europe Tony Rose 9781937269487 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group FROM THE INTRODUCTION - AN INVESTI...
America I Am Legends: Rare Moments And Inspiring Words
America I Am Legends: Rare Moments And Inspiring Words Smiley Books 9781401924058 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House “Would America have been America without her Negro people?” — W. E. B. Du ...
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...
America, My Love, America, My Heart
America, My Love, America, My Heart Daria Peoples 9780062993298 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins America, do you love me? Acclaimed author-artist Daria Peoples-Riley invites readers to answe...
African Empires in Ancient America
African Empires in Ancient America Clyde Winters 9780615796581 Nonfiction Uthman dan Fodio Institute Uthman dan Fodio Institute African Empires in Ancient America tells the story of the numerous Afric...
Shifting Allegiances: A Nigerian’s story of Nigeria, America and Culture Shock
Shifting Allegiances: A Nigerian’s story of Nigeria, America and Culture Shock Amaka Lily 9781500133795 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Shortlisted for the 2015 QBR Wheatley Book Aw...
Tiya Miles
Tiya Miles 0000000114701869 Tiya Alicia Miles is a historian and professor at the University of Michigan. Specializing in African American and Native American histories, she's the author of award-win...
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...
James Haskins
James Haskins 0000000109303938 James Haskins (1941-2005) was a celebrated author of over 100 books for adults and children, focusing on African American achievements, African history, and culture. Hi...
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...
Harold Cruse
Harold Cruse 0000000385541959 Harold Wright Cruse (1916-2005) was a notable American academic and social critic. He taught African American studies at the University of Michigan. His most famous work...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Ed. Vol. 1
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Ed. Vol. 1 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Valerie A. Smith 9780393923698 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. An excitin...
African American Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic
African American Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Kwando M. Kinshasa 9780313337970 Nonfiction Greenwood Press Greenwood Publishing Group Where were the first African American church...
Solving The Race Issue In America
Solving The Race Issue In America H. J. Harris 9781890199074 Nonfiction New Paradigm Publishing New Paradigm Publishing The Top 7 Areas to Be Examined in Solving the Race Issue in America Paradigm Pub...
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...
PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America
PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America Claud Anderson 9780966170221 Nonfiction Powernomics Corporation of America Powernomics Corporation of America PowerNomics: The National Plan...
Bill Murray
Bill Murray 0000000117750359 Bill Murray, a renowned comic artist and illustrator, started at Johnson Publishing Company before founding BAM Productions in 1985. He works with Real Times Media and ha...
Brenda Marie Osbey
Brenda Marie Osbey 000000002513556X Brenda Marie Osbey, born in 1957, is a distinguished poet from New Orleans who served as Louisiana's Poet Laureate from 2005-2007. She specializes in Afro-Francoph...
Black STEM USA: America’s Next Civil Rights Movement
Black STEM USA: America’s Next Civil Rights Movement Sharon Ewell Foster 9780996870702 Nonfiction C. M. Williams & Associates Press C. M. Williams & Associates Press America is losing ground in the gl...
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander 0000000114909360 Elizabeth Alexander, a renowned poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, has authored multiple books, including 'American Sublime', a Pulitzer finalist. A scholar...
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 ...
American Gun (2005) - Film Review
American Gun (2005) - Film Review Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/movies36.jpg Film Review Forest Whitaker Tops Ensemble Cast in ’Crash’-Style Melodrama American Gun Excellent (4 star...
Bill Clinton and Black America
Bill Clinton and Black America Walter Benefield Book Review Bill Clinton came to the presidency of the United States inheriting a less than admirable race relations history from his predecessors. Wha...
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Kadir Nelson 9780061730795 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written an...
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...
African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (4th Edition)
African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (4th Edition) Joan Potter 9780758292414 Nonfiction Down & Out Books Down & Out Book Updated With The Latest Facts...
Another Chance Maybe The Last,Relations Between African Americans And Africans
Another Chance Maybe The Last,Relations Between African Americans And Africans Keleti Sanon 9780615305073 Fiction Mandingo Publishing Mandingo Publishing What will you find when you read through the p...
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...
Black America Cried
Black America Cried Glenda R. Taylor 9780982554043 Poetry Amh Publishers Amh Publishers “November 4, 2008, when Senator Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America, Black Americ...
K. Sello Duiker
K. Sello Duiker NONE South African novelist, Kabelo “Sello” Duiker, known for award-winning novels Thirteen Cents & The Quiet Violence of Dreams, also worked in advertising and screenwriting. Raised...
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...
African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations
African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations Tony Rose 9798990717404 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group T...
America The Black Point Of View
America The Black Point Of View Tony Rose 9781937269500 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group America The Black Point Of View - An Investigation And Study Of The White People Of America An...
The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005
The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005 Cheryl Clarke 9780786716753 Poetry Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Lauded by luminaries such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne...
Véronique Tadjo
Véronique Tadjo 0000000081825936 Véronique Tadjo, an Ivorian poet, novelist, academic, and artist, holds a doctorate in Black American Literature and Civilization. She served as the head of the Fren...
Terrence L. Johnson
Terrence L. Johnson NONE Terrence L. Johnson is the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies, Professor of African and African American Studies (FAS), Director of Religion and...
Ancient Scripts in South America: The Sumerians in South America
Ancient Scripts in South America: The Sumerians in South America Clyde Winters 9781519257543 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Ancient Scripts in South America is about the history of wr...
Soledad O’Brien - The “Who Is Black in America?” (Black in America 5) Interview
Soledad O’Brien - The “Who Is Black in America?” (Black in America 5) Interview Kam Williams Interview Soledad O’Brien The “Who Is Black in America?” Interview Soledad O’Brien is the anchor fo...
Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America)
Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America) Albert Murray 9781598535617 Fiction Library ...
Kadija Sesay
Kadija Sesay NONE Kadija George is a renowned literary activist, poet, and publisher of Sierra Leonean descent. She's known for her debut poetry collection, Irki, and has edited numerous anthologies....
Politics: Another Perspective
Politics: Another Perspective Wilmer J. Leon 9781504972413 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Over the past 8 years there have been significant shifts in the American political landscape. The ele...
Olympia Vernon
Olympia Vernon 0000000034189981 Olympia Vernon, born 1973 in Louisiana, is a critically-acclaimed novelist known for her unique voice. With three books under her belt, including a Pulitzer Prize nomi...
Taiye Selasi
Taiye Selasi 0000000384492964 Taiye Selasi, born in 1979, is an accomplished writer and photographer. Raised in Massachusetts by Nigerian and Ghanaian physicians, she earned degrees from Yale and Oxf...
Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview
Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview Kam Williams Interview Sister Melissa Born in Seattle, Washington on October 2, 1973, but raised in Charlottesville and Chester, Virgini...
Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land
Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land Randall Robinson 9780525947585 Nonfiction Dutton Adult Penguin Random House Bestselling author Randall Robinson, one of our nation’s...
Blacksmith Books
Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC Blacksmith Books, LLC, was a small independent publisher established in 2005 that specialized in high-quality fiction and nonfiction for the di...
Blacksmith Books
Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC, was a small independent publisher established in 2005 that specialized in high-quality fiction and nonfiction for the di...
Gil Robertson
Gil Robertson NONE Gil L. Robertson IV is a renowned authority on African-American pop culture. A journalist, author, lecturer, and media consultant, he provides platforms for social change through h...
Poverty & Race In America: The Emerging Agendas
Poverty & Race In America: The Emerging Agendas Chester Hartman 9780739114193 Nonfiction Lexington Books Lexington Books Collected in this volume are the best articles and symposia from Poverty & Race...
A Reason To Unite: Hurricane Katrina and the Millions More Movement
A Reason To Unite: Hurricane Katrina and the Millions More Movement Louis Farrakhan 9798985921847 Nonfiction Final Call Foundation Final Call Foundation A compilation of articles of edited excerpts of...
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (2005)
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (2005) Book Spotlights
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems Kwame Dawes 9781556594236 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press Kwame Dawes: Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962 and moved with his family to Jamaica...
Don’t Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea’s Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life
Don’t Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea’s Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life Tyler Perry 9781594489211 Nonfiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House View our feature on Tyle...
N.A. Cash
N.A. Cash NONE N.A. Cash, a Bahamian author and Miss Earth Bahamas 2005, is a psychologist who combines her vivid imagination with her professional insights to create suspenseful, supernatural fictio...
Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson 0000000078127942 Craig Phillip Robinson, born October 25, 1971, is a renowned actor, comedian, and singer, most recognized for his nine-year role as Darryl Philbin on The Office (2005-...
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys 0000000110657805 Alicia Keys, born Alicia Augello Cook in 1981, is a renowned artist. Discover more in our 2005 interview with her. Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook born on Januar...
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander 0000000118793131 Michelle Alexander, born October 7, 1967, is a renowned civil rights advocate and litigator. She held a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2005 and has a joint appointmen...
Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Jonathan Anthony Burkett NONE Jonathan Anthony Burkett, born in 1987, is an inspirational writer who persevered through life's trials and a life-changing surgery in 2005. Despite lack of formal educa...
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith 000000012276857X Zadie Smith, born Sadie Smith in 1975, is a renowned British author of Jamaican-English heritage. Her debut novel, “White Teeth,” won numerous awards, and subsequent nove...
Karen English
Karen English NONE Karen English, renowned for her children's books, is a multiple award-winning author recognized for addressing racial injustice. Raised in 1960s Los Angeles, she began writing at a...
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice 000000011071227X Dr. Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and a Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Bu...
Buchi Emecheta
Buchi Emecheta 0000000109363682 “I work toward the liberation of women, but I’m not a feminist I’m just a woman.” Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta, born in 1944, is renowned f...
Leah Mullen
Leah Mullen NONE Leah Mullen, a Brooklyn-based author with a BA in Print Journalism from Pennsylvania State University, published her first novel, “Again and Again” in 2005. She has contributed essay...
Sefi Atta
Sefi Atta 0000000078515961 Sefi Atta, a Nigerian-born author, educated in Nigeria, England, and the U.S., is a former accountant turned award-winning writer. Her works have appeared in multiple journ...
Naseed Gifted
Naseed Gifted NONE Naseed Gifted, an engineer, educator, and writer from Newark is the Creative Director of PBS Media. Gifted uses his passion for comics to innovate projects that engage all audience...
Richard Jackson
Richard Jackson 0000000081206385 Richard Jackson, acclaimed author of children's books like “Have A Look, Says Book” and “All Ears, All Eyes,” and long-time editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers...
Amaud Jamaul Johnson
Amaud Jamaul Johnson NONE Amaud Jamaul Johnson, born in Compton, is an award-winning poet and English professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Educated at Howard and Cornell, he's won the 20...
Marley Dias
Marley Dias NONE “Diversity is more than just having one book where a black character is a slave.” Marley Dias, born in 2005, is a young author and literary activist known for launching th...
Patricia A. Bridewell
Patricia A. Bridewell NONE Patricia A. Bridewell is an award-winning author, nurse practitioner, and educator who began her writing career in 2005. She has published four novels and contributed to se...
Katori Hall
Katori Hall 0000000071268953 Katori Hall, a renowned playwright from Memphis, is best known for her Olivier Award-winning play, The Mountaintop. Other works include Hurt Village, Hoodoo Love, and The...
Theodore W. Allen
Theodore W. Allen 000000003475678X Theodore W. Allen (1919-2005) was an activist and intellectual who pioneered work on white privilege. He co-authored 'White Blindspot', authored 'Can White Workers ...
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony 0000000036943407 Carmelo Anthony, ten-time NBA All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, overcame adversity to excel in basketball and business. Known for his philanthropy, Antho...
Boris I. Bittker
Boris I. Bittker 0000000116400103 Boris Irving Bittker (1916-2005) was a renowned US legal academic and Yale Law School professor. Known for his extensive contributions to tax law, he authored numero...
Hugh Pearson
Hugh Pearson 0000000357070096 Hugh Pearson (1957-2005) was a respected journalist for The Wall Street Journal and other publications. An alumnus of Brown University, he resided in New York City. Pear...
Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues Brian Egeston lackaw3.jpg Film Review How Matriarchs Have Made Us A Film Review of Lackawanna Blues. Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) Directed by George C. Wolfe Written by Ruben Santi...
America I AM: A Journal
America I AM: A Journal Kam Williams Book Review "’Would America have been America without her Negro people?’ The question posed by W.E.B. Du Bois serves as the underlying theme for ...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Dr. Henry “Skip” Louis Gates Jr., a distinguished Harvard professor, is widely recognized for his contribution to African and African American research. As editor in c...
African American Lives
African American Lives Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 9780195160246 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press African American Lives offers up-to-date, authorit...
Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure
Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure National Museum of African American History and Culture 9781907804465 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books Double Exposure is a major new s...
America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir
America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir Boyah J. Farah 9780063073357 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth coun...
Beyond O.J.: Race, Sex, and Class Lessons for America
Beyond O.J.: Race, Sex, and Class Lessons for America Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9781551640501 Nonfiction Black Rose Books Black Rose Books Many blacks were angered about O.J. and Nicole. They believed tha...