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Angela P. Dodson
Angela P. Dodson NONE Angela P. Dodson is a contributing editor for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, former senior editor at The New York Times, and ex-executive editor of Black Issues Book Revie...
Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box
Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box Angela P. Dodson 9781455570935 Nonfiction Center Street Hachette Book Group While Hillary Rodham Clinton’s defeat in her...
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men Angela P. Dodson 9781506491110 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media The women have something to say. Are you listening? In this powe...
Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson MULTIPLE Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson 9798889837374 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media America has always been sustai...
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed MULTIPLE Prominent authors Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates Jr., an...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf MULTIPLE Howard Dodson and Sylviane A. Diouf are renowned authors associated with the Schomburg Center for Resea...
Judy Allen Dodson
Judy Allen Dodson NONE Judy Allen Dodson is an award-winning librarian, archivist, and children's author dedicated to teaching Black History through stories of unsung heroes. She serves as a regional...
Michael I. Days
Michael I. Days NONE AALBC Mourns the passing of Michael I. Days, October 18, 2025 Michael I. Days is an esteemed editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, recognized for leading the team to numerous awa...
We Refuse to Be Silent
We Refuse to Be Silent Robert Fleming Book Review Back in 2014, after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, journalist and writer Angela P. Dodson got the idea then for her recently publi...
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America Eryka Parker Book Review We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America by Michael I...
Dave Dodson
Dave Dodson NONE Dave Dodson is a California-based freelance artist. Dave Dodson is a freelance artist based in California.
Howard Dodson
Howard Dodson 0000000116160701 Howard Dodson is a renowned American scholar specializing in African-American history and culture. His notable roles include director of the Schomburg Center (1984-2011...
Sober Mine: Letting Go of Blac Chyna and Living My Faith
Sober Mine: Letting Go of Blac Chyna and Living My Faith Angela White 9780063495593 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Ten years after her E! reality series Rob & Chyna aired, entrepreneur and actress A...
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis Daria Peoples 9780063206786 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins The life of civil rights icon Angela Davis is illuminated in an extraordinary picture b...
Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography
Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography Angela Y. Davis 9781642598988 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expan...
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Davis: An Autobiography Angela Y. Davis 9781642595680 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new int...
Pearl and Angela
Pearl and Angela Bernadette Y. Connor 9780971583863 Fiction Bee-Con Books Bee-Con Books "Pearl and Angela" is a suspense-filled story that profoundly chronicles the emotional damages of hatred and cru...
Mixed: My Life in Black and White
Mixed: My Life in Black and White Angela Nissel 9780345481146 Nonfiction Villard Villard “Tell anyone who asks that you’re half-black and half-white, just like David Hasselhoff from Knight Rider.”–Ang...
A Prayer for Deliverance: An Angela Bivens Thriller
A Prayer for Deliverance: An Angela Bivens Thriller Christopher Chambers 9780609608500 Fiction Crown Penguin Random House Never try to outrun your past …Tough-minded FBI special agent Angela Bivens is...
Angela Dews
Angela Dews NONE Angela M. Dews, a former journalist and public servant, now writes and teaches in New York City. She has authored a series of murder mysteries set in Harlem and a 2018 book on urban ...
Sympathy for the Devil: An Angela Bivens Thriller
Sympathy for the Devil: An Angela Bivens Thriller Christopher Chambers 9780609608494 Fiction Crown Penguin Random House Be careful what you wish for …FBI Special Agent Angela Bivens has just won a har...
Angela Kay Austin
Angela Kay Austin NONE Angela Kay Austin, a creative enthusiast with a background in music, acting, communications, and marketing. She has extensive experience in promotions and events. Now residing ...
Angela Shanté
Angela Shanté NONE Angela was a Finalist for a 2024 National Book Award Angela Shanté is an award-winning children's book author, co-founder of Sunday Dinner Publishing, and DEI advocate in publishing...
Angela Jackson-Brown
Angela Jackson-Brown NONE Angela Jackson-Brown, an award-winning writer, poet, and playwright, teaches Creative Writing and English at Ball State University. She authored the novel “Drinking From A B...
Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead: A Memoir
Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead: A Memoir Angela Nissel 9780063345119 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Television writer, producer, and bestselling author of the acclaimed The Broke Diaries an...
Passing For Black
Passing For Black Linda Villarosa 9780758223876 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Being black, the right kind of black, was difficult. It was like being in a cult—a secret society with rules ...
Angela Joy and Jen Reid
Angela Joy and Jen Reid MULTIPLE Angela Joy and Jen Reid are renowned authors, celebrated for their captivating storytelling. Their work spans various genres, including Mystery, Romance, and Fantasy,...
Angela Benson
Angela Benson NONE Dr. Angela Benson is a prolific author with 14 novels and various other works published by top-tier publishers. She holds a doctorate in instructional technology from the Universit...
LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more
LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more MULTIPLE Discover a collection of works from renowned authors like Kassanna, LaVerne Thompson, Reana Malori, Angela Ka...
Angela Joy
Angela Joy 0000000493306323 Angela Joy, a Minneapolis native, is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Minnesota. With a background in music and TV soundtracks, she now resides in Californi...
A Prayer For Deliverance
A Prayer For Deliverance Thumper Book Review Christopher Chambers has returned FBI agent Angela Bivens, to the frontline in his marvelous sophomore thriller, A Prayer For Deliverance, an intense, ...
Angela Royal Pub Ltd
Angela Royal Pub Ltd Angela Royal Pub Ltd Angela Royal Pub Ltd
Angela Royal Pub Ltd
Angela Royal Pub Ltd Angela Royal Pub Ltd Angela Royal Pub Ltd
Sunday Dinner
Sunday Dinner Angela Shanté and Seth Rogers 9781737314806 Fiction Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinners are for family, food, and fun! Sunday Dinner is a family story tha...
House Repairs
House Repairs Angela Jackson-Brown 9780942544473 Poetry Negative Capability Press Negative Capability Press “I have often said that good poetry makes you think or feel deeply; great poetry makes you d...
The Teflon Queen 6
The Teflon Queen 6 Silk White 9781943686643 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing The Teflon Queen is back! But this time she’s out of the game. Angela settles down with, Nick a nice gentleman...
Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil Angela Stanton, Anthony Whyte, and Alveda King 9781935883630 Nonfiction Augustus Publishing Augustus Publishing Brazen, incisive, and outr...
The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues
The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis 9780872865808 Nonfiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis’ life and w...
The Good House: A Novel
The Good House: A Novel Tananarive Due 9780743449007 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the author of The Reformatory—A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 Award-winning author T...
Angela Brooksbank
Angela Brooksbank NONE "Angela Brooksbank is a renowned illustrator, specializing in children's books.” Angela Brooksbank Children’s Book Illustrator.
Angela Shanté and Seth Rogers
Angela Shanté and Seth Rogers MULTIPLE Angela Shanté and Seth Rogers
Mariah Carey and Michaela angela Davis
Mariah Carey and Michaela angela Davis MULTIPLE Mariah Carey and Michaela angela Davis
Angela Johnson
Angela Johnson 0000000114404557 Angela Johnson, an acclaimed American author, has penned over 40 children's books and poems since 1989. Her numerous awards include the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Awar...
Angela Burt-Murray
Angela Burt-Murray 0000000034126649 Angela Burt-Murray, co-founder of Cocoa Media Group and co-host of talk show Exhale, is a celebrated editor and author. Formerly editor-in-chief at Essence magazin...
Angela S. Medearis
Angela S. Medearis NONE Angela Shelf Medearis combines a general love for children‘s literature with a particular attention to the reading needs of young African Americans. “I write the kinds ...
Angela Flournoy
Angela Flournoy 0000000436914613 Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House, a National Book Award finalist, has been recognized with numerous awards including the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. A Nat...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 “In a racist society, it’s not enough to be non-racist—we must be anti-racist.” Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably ac...
Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson 0000000035958201 Angela Jackson, born in 1951, is an acclaimed poet, novelist, and playwright from Mississippi. Raised in Chicago, she's a Northwestern and University of Chicago alumna...
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance with Hilary Beard
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance with Hilary Beard MULTIPLE Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance are renowned actors with numerous accolades. Both have had significant roles in TV and film, contr...
Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis
Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis MULTIPLE Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis are influential authors and scho...
Angela Dalton
Angela Dalton NONE Angela Dalton, former video game producer turned award-winning author, is known for her children's books, including 'If You Look Up to the Sky'. Living in Oakland, California, she ...
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners MULTIPLE Gina Dent is a professor at UC Santa Cruz and prison abolition advocate. Erica R. Meiners is a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and ...
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever Judy Allen Dodson 9781684465361 Nonfiction Capstone Editions Capstone Press In 1968, Arthur Ashe climbed his way to the top of the tenn...
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina Judy Allen Dodson 9781499811681 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fi...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews Book Expo America 2005
Peggy Dodson, CEO Urban Broadcasting Company
Peggy Dodson, CEO Urban Broadcasting Company Author Interviews Recorded by AALBC.com on March 27, 2010 during the National Black Writers' Conference at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn NY
Becoming American: The African-American Journey
Becoming American: The African-American Journey Howard Dodson 9781402754074 Nonfiction Sterling Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role...
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf 9780792273851 Fiction National Geographic National Geographi...
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed 9780792269823 Nonfiction National Geographic Nation...
Dear Star Baby
Dear Star Baby Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Dear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome is a heartwarming, sensitive, and beautifully written picture book that addresses the delicate subject of grief and loss...
Flipflopi
Flipflopi Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Have you ever wondered where all the trash in the ocean goes? Or, how plastics in the ocean are cleaned up and recycled? Well, this is the book for you. Fli...
Looking for Happy
Looking for Happy Judy Allen Dodson Book Review “Some days, Happy is Hard to Find” as we set out on a quest in this heartfelt and hopeful picture book, Looking For Happy, which follows a ...
The Mermaid Princesses
The Mermaid Princesses Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Meet these three charming princess sisters, Anaya, Shante, and Kianna. They invite us into their underwater world with their bright and bold perso...
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library!
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Let’s take trip to the library with Mrs. Baker and her third-grade class. As we all know the library is a space filled with boo...
Tenderheaded: A Memoir
Tenderheaded: A Memoir Michaela angela Davis 9781668036310 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The compelling memoir that explores race, cultural representation, Black media’s legacy, p...
Men Don’t Like Ugly, Women Don’t Like Broke: What Women Need to Know about Love, Money and Relationships
Men Don’t Like Ugly, Women Don’t Like Broke: What Women Need to Know about Love, Money and Relationships Angela Benson 9781533583512 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Integrated Book and...
Tell Them I Died
Tell Them I Died Sarah Gordon Weathersby 9780615703190 Fiction Sarah Gordon Weathersby Sarah Gordon Weathersby Let’s say you’re a people person. You like helping people, taking them soup when they’re...
Interview with Angela Bassett
Interview with Angela Bassett Kam Williams Interview Born in New York City, but raised by her single-mom, Betty, along with her sister, D’nette, in St. Petersburg, Florida, Angela ...
Friends: A Love Story
Friends: A Love Story Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance with Hilary Beard 9780373830589 Nonfiction Kimani Press Kimani Press Courtney B. Vance met Angela Bassett…. They ran for years as friends in...
Lily Brown’s Paintings
Lily Brown’s Paintings Angela Johnson 9780439782258 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books Author Angela Johnson and illustrator E. B. Lewis combine their award-winning talents to create a dazzling celeb...
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture Angela Y. Davis 9781583226957 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press Angela Davis on Resistance, Law, and the U.S. Prison System ...
Miss Black America: A Novel
Miss Black America: A Novel Veronica Chambers 9780767914673 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House A dazzling fiction debut from the author of Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tend...
The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke
The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke Angela Nissel 9780679783572 Fiction Villard Villard “People always say I’m going to look back on these da...
The Princess of the Press: The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Rainbow Biography)
The Princess of the Press: The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Rainbow Biography) Angela S. Medearis 9780525674931 Nonfiction Dutton Juvenile Penguin Random House Beginning readers seeking an accessibl...
Women, Race, & Class
Women, Race, & Class Angela Y. Davis 9780394713519 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liber...
Angela Nissel
Angela Nissel NONE Angela Nissel is author of the national bestselling comedic memoirs The Broke Diaries and Mixed, and a prolific television producer and writer whose credits include The Other Blac...
Angela N. Carroll
Angela N. Carroll NONE Angela N. Carroll is an artist, writer, curator, and researcher based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work examines the cultural histories of Black creative production and the pre...
Michaela angela Davis
Michaela angela Davis 0000000505022572 Michaela angela Davis (Born March 31, 1964) is a writer, creative director, producer, and image activist focusing on the intersections of gender, race, fashion...
The Good House
The Good House Thumper Book Review Tananarive Due has returned with The Good House, her best book to date. The Good House is a magnificent, irresistible family drama of one family fighting an evil ...
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (2005)
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (2005) Book Spotlights More About Black Issues Book Review: https://aalbc.com/writers/black.htm Here Founding Editor, Susan McHenry and Executive Editor, Angela Dodso...
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007)
Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007) Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007) Black Issues Book Review (BIBR) was founded in 1998 by William E. Cox, Adrienne Ingrum, and Susan McHe...
The Wilderness
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy 9780063318779 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Named a most anticipated book by New York Times, Washingt...
The Unboxing of a Black Girl
The Unboxing of a Black Girl Angela Shanté 9798890039538 Poetry Page Street YA Page Street Publishing Written as a collection of vignettes and poetry, The Unboxing of a Black Girl is a creative nonfic...
Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson
Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson Angela Joy 9781250797032 Nonfiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A rhythmic, striking picture book biography of leg...
MS Davis: A Graphic Biography
MS Davis: A Graphic Biography Sybille Titeux de la Croix 9781683965695 Fiction Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics Books In this follow-up to their New York Times bestselling graphic biography of Muhamm...
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement Angela Joy 9781250220950 Nonfiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A Caldecott-honor winning picture b...
More Than Meat and Raiment: Poems
More Than Meat and Raiment: Poems Angela Jackson 9780810144569 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press Angela Jackson returns with a poetic collage that draws on imagery from the Afric...
In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk
In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk Heidi R. Lewis, Dana Maria Asbury, and Jazlyn Tate Andrews 9783960421115 Nonfiction Witnessed Series Edition Assemblage In Audre’s Footsteps hono...
The Seven Days of Kwanzaa
The Seven Days of Kwanzaa Angela S. Medearis 9780590463607 Nonfiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. A kid-friendly guide to the history and customs of Kwanzaa. This informative and fun guid...
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner Angela Dalton 9780063015746 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins n Here Wee Read’s 2021 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books! Publisher Weekly Starred Review! "Wa...
The Noisy Classroom
The Noisy Classroom Angela Shanté 9781513262925 Fiction West Margin Press West Margin Press Silver Medalist, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards: Books for 6-8 Year OldsWinner, 2020 American Fiction Awards...
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Black Is a Rainbow Color Angela Joy 9781626726314 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a c...
Crossroads
Crossroads LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more B07N1T887K Fiction Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Join 21 bestselling...
Roads, Where There Are No Roads: A Novel
Roads, Where There Are No Roads: A Novel Angela Jackson 9780810134720 Fiction TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press In this highly anticipated sequel to her acclaimed first novel, Where I M...
Angela Flournoy, Author of THE TURNER HOUSE
Angela Flournoy, Author of THE TURNER HOUSE Author Interviews Angela spoke with AALBC.com during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival. Learn more about her critically acclaimed book at: https://aalbc.com/...
The Amen Sisters
The Amen Sisters Angela Benson 9781533547491 Fiction Genesis House Genesis House The Amen Sisters, the third book in Angela Benson’s emotional and uplifting Genesis House series, offers a compassionat...
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Angela Y. Davis 9781608465644 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books In these newly collected essays, intervi...
The Teflon Queen PT 5
The Teflon Queen PT 5 Silk White 9781943686773 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing The Teflon Queen is back and better than ever. Angela and her team is sent across the country to capture a ...
Betrayal Served Cold
Betrayal Served Cold Eva Tremaine 9780983880233 Fiction Eva Tremaine Eva Tremaine Betrayal Served Cold is a story of secrets, lies, and deceit that eventually catches up to everyone. From the outside,...