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Black Pack Party VII - May 30th 2013
Black Pack Party VII - May 30th 2013 Literary Events
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...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017 Troy Johnson Article 11th Annual Black Pack Party We are hosting the 11th Annual Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 31st. It w...
Black Pack Party
Black Pack Party The Frying Pan, Pier 66 at Hudson River Park, 207 12th Ave New York New York Rain or Shine! The venue is outdoors, on the water, but can be completely enclosed if necessary. The ...
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 ...
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration! Troy Johnson Article The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the B...
Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published Robert Lee Brewer 9780593332092 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available fo...
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party Yohuru Williams 9780822343264 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books With their collection In Sear...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Kam Williams startrek-2013-blueray.jpg Film Review Read the comments now. Read our review after you see the film (there some spoilers). Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Co...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale 0000000108724909 Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is a key figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He helped establish the party's ideology and Ten-Point ...
Huey P. Newton
Huey P. Newton 000000010924806X Huey P. Newton, born February 17, 1942, was a key figure in the US civil rights and Black Power movements. A co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he championed self-...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9780520293281 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press In...
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party Gerald Horne 9780717808625 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an Afri...
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America) Leah Wright Rigueur 9780691159010 Nonfiction Princeton Universit...
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History David F. Walker 9781984857705 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Pant...
In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr
In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr Wil Haygood 9781845131067 Nonfiction Aurum Press Ltd Aurum Press Ltd Sammy Davis, Jr was one of the most recognisable showbiz entertainers of the twenti...
Roots
Roots Kam Williams alex.h11.jpg Film Review 30th Anniversary Edition of Emmy-Winning Miniseries Arrives on DVD Roots (Four-Disc -30th Anniversary Edition) (1977) Click to order via AmazonDirec...
Black Lit Weekend
Black Lit Weekend The Barnett - JDV by Hyatt New Orleans Louisiana This multi-day conference brings together Black-owned bookstore owners from across the country for a weekend that honors the legacy o...
Papa’s Free Day Party
Papa’s Free Day Party Marilyn Nelson 9780940975729 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa’s birthday, but Papa doesn’t know exactly when that special day is....
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines Karine Jean-Pierre 9781538777084 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s...
Versify
Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gulliver Books Harcourt Brace and Company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt Children’s Books Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Heinemann Heinemann Educ...
The Black Pack Party 2011 Group Shot
The Black Pack Party 2011 Group Shot Literary Events
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 Pack Party - Harlem, NY 2007
Black Pack Party - Harlem, NY 2007 Literary Events
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland Robyn C. Spencer 9780822362869 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In The Revolution Ha...
AALBC.com eNewsletter – November 30th 2012 – Issue #196
AALBC.com eNewsletter – November 30th 2012 – Issue #196 Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com would like to thank all of you for being loyal readers of our eNewsletter. We are proud to have continuously...
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780307265609 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House In this classic Southern...
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver 0000000041873474 Kathleen Neal Cleaver, born May 13, 1945, is a renowned political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party. She was married to Eldridge Cleaver, the Par...
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party David Hilliard and Lewis Cole 9781556523847 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books David Hi...
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March ...
Koch (2013)
Koch (2013) Kam Williams Interview Bittersweet Biopic Paints Evenhanded Post Mortem on Life and Times of Late NYC Mayor Koch (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Limited Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min. D...
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné NONE Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a renowned Trinidadian poet and artist, with works featured in multiple publications. She won the 2009 Caribbean Writer's Paiewonksy Prize and...
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Theater Documentary Chronicles Captivating Musicals Staged in 24 Hours One N...
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics Juanita Tolliver 9781538770221 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outs...
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird 9780691228983 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press A groundbreaking...
We the Party
We the Party Kam Williams wetheparty.jpg Film Review The African-American answer to American Pie! We the Party [2012] In Theaters: Apr 6, 2012 Limited Comedy Directed By: Mario V...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People Kekla Magoon 9781536214185 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essen...
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale 9780933121300 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Seize The Time: The Story of The Black Panther Part...
This Side of Glory
This Side of Glory Thumper Book Review This Side Of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party by David Hilliard and Lewis Cole On my continuing quest in read...
Better Mus' Come: In Theaters: March 15, 2013
Better Mus' Come: In Theaters: March 15, 2013 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/better-mus-come.jpg Film Review Better Mus’ Come In Theaters: Mar 15, 2013 Limited Written and Directed by Stor...
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9781646140930 Nonfiction Levine Querido Levine Querido Read a PDF of the first Chapter 1, Cruisi...
We Want Freedom
We Want Freedom Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781942173045 Nonfiction Common Notions Common Notions Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his “live from death row”...
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The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered] Charles E. Jones 9780933121973 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Oakland, California, 1966-one of the nation’s most controversial political orga...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion Huey P. Newton 9781609809003 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder ...
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition Khalid Raheem 9781070795720 Nonfiction Independen...
George Padmore
George Padmore 0000000110573433 George A. Padmore, born Malcolm Nurse, was a renowned Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author from Trinidad. He was a key figure in the 5th Pan African Congress and an ...
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom Cynthia Mckinney 9780985335311 Fiction Clarity Press Clarity Press Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressio...
Courtney’s Birthday Party
Courtney’s Birthday Party Loretta Long 9780940975835 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Courtney is very excited. Her seventh birthday is only a few days away, and her mother has planned a spec...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably active in the 1960s, she was a key figure in the Communist Party USA and the Civi...
Manning Johnson
Manning Johnson NONE Manning Rudolph Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959) was an African-American leader in the Communist Party USA who later became an anti-communist government witness ...
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Kimberla Lawson Roby 0000000063897135 Kimberla’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, After 15 Books Kimberla Lawson Roby is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 24 novels,...
Diana Veiga
Diana Veiga NONE Go On Girl! Book Club, Unpublished Writer Award 2013 Winner Diana Veiga, winner of the 2013 Go On Girl! Book Club's Unpublished Writer award, is a dedicated writer and social justice ...
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party Anne Wynter 9781499814460 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Patrick wants for his birthday is a flawless FOOD party. So why does Karter arrive dr...
There Was a Party for Langston
There Was a Party for Langston Jason Reynolds 9781534439443 Nonfiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snap...
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) Kam Williams the-butler.jpg Film Review Forest Whitaker Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance in Emotionally-Searing Civil Rights Saga Lee Daniels’ The Butler...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kam Williams mandela-2013-alternate-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom In Theaters: Nov 29, 2013 Limited PG-13 for sexuality, intense violence...
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Unlikely-Buddies Flick Features Cop and Hit Man on Revenge-Fueled Rampage Bullet to the Head (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Wide ...
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review Kam Williams Interview Musical Documentary Examines the African Roots of the Tango. Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) U...
Ben Jealous
Ben Jealous 0000000417015073 Benjamin Todd Jealous is a notable American civil rights leader and social impact investor. He was the youngest-ever national leader of the NAACP (2008-2013) and ran for ...
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival Reginald Major 9781574780376 Nonfiction Black Classic Press B...
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela 0000000121447715 Nelson Mandela, born July 18, 1918, was South Africa's first black President from 1994-1999, and ANC party President from 1991-1997. After 27 years in prison, he was r...
Prodigal
Prodigal Chauncey Ridley Book Review David Covin’s Prodigal is a well-tuned engine of richly resonant, polysemous form firing on all cylinders: a hip, ripping thriller set in the mean streets o...
Hyena Women and Other Strange Tales of Social Chaos
Hyena Women and Other Strange Tales of Social Chaos L. E. Rainey Article Several years ago I watched a documentary about a pride of lions and a pack of hyenas living in the African savannah. By e...
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...
Jamal Joseph
Jamal Joseph 0000000049459104 Jamal Joseph, once a fiery advocate for the Black Panther Party, transitioned from the streets of Harlem and prison stints to becoming the chair of Columbia University's...
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice Kam Williams Book Review “The social challenges of our time are enormous. About one in seven U.S. residents live in poverty, and t...
The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution Bryan Shih and Yohuru Williams 9781568585550 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group Brilliant, painful, enlightening, tearful, trag...
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...
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk Kam Williams Book Review "I’ve been Shirley’s partner in radio for over ten years now… I am amazed by how she manages to balance her personal and...
Yoga
Yoga Kam Williams Book Review “This book is for you, the everyday person, the person who works, has a family (or not) and wants to stay stress-free, happy, fulfilled and healthy. This book ...
The Face That Changed It All
The Face That Changed It All Kam Williams Book Review “Beverly Johnson made history in 1974… [as] the first African-American woman… whose face appeared on the cover of the world...
Richard Kigel
Richard Kigel NONE Richard Kigel is an experienced literacy professional and veteran teacher with a focus on inspiring students in reading and writing. He is notable for his revealing article on Phil...
Khalid Raheem
Khalid Raheem NONE Khalid Raheem is a community activist and author based in Pittsburgh. He has profound commitment to social justice and human development. His activism began in early 1970 when he j...
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox Marti Dumas 9798889641155 Fiction Rebel Girls Rebel Girls A school election. A mysterious mailbox. And a letter from … Cleopatra? Middle school is so weird. That’s t...
I Hate Muscular Dystrophy: Loving a Child with a Life-Altering Disease
I Hate Muscular Dystrophy: Loving a Child with a Life-Altering Disease Kam Williams Book Review "This is a personal story of a family’s ability to love and support each other through the...
Life of the Party
Life of the Party Harmony Holiday 9781635902013 Nonfiction Semiotext(e) Semiotext(e) An archive and annotation of Black music-performance culture, produced alongside Harmony Holiday’s first solo museu...
Will You Die with Me?: My Life and the Black Panther Party
Will You Die with Me?: My Life and the Black Panther Party Flores Forbes 9780743482684 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Amid the social turmoil of the 1960s and ’70s, Flores F...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9780743474047 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. On Election Day in 1960, a classmate of Stephanie Stokes Oliver...
Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams
Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/20-feet-from-stardom.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2013 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Each year we pub...
Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver 0000000108667924 Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was a writer, political activist, and early leader of the Black Panther Party. His 1968 bestseller, “Soul on Ice,” is a collection of his pris...
Party: A Mystery
Party: A Mystery Jamaica Kincaid 9781617757167 Fiction Black Sheep Akashic Books Included in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2019 Children’s Sneak PreviewsThree girls—Pam, Beth, and Sue—attend a party to c...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
House Party
House Party justin a. reynolds 9780593488188 Fiction Joy Revolution Penguin Random House Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follow a gro...
Welcome to the Party
Welcome to the Party Gabrielle Union 9780062978615 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, New York Times bestselling author...
Block Party
Block Party Gwendolyn Hooks 9781620143414 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited abo...
Skateboard Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two
Skateboard Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two Karen English 9780544582262 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Richard can’t wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a f...
Two Speckled Eggs
Two Speckled Eggs Jennifer K. Mann 9780763661687 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press A birthday party sets the scene in this sweet and relatable story for anyone who’s ever been the odd girl out...
Allie’s World: Block Party
Allie’s World: Block Party Karen Valentin 9781603490177 Fiction Marimba Books Just Us Books, Inc. Allie has waited and waited. Finally the day of the big neighborhood block party has come. At a block ...
Russell Simmons Hosts Book Party for CNN’s Soledad O’Brien
Russell Simmons Hosts Book Party for CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_199" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="photograph Steve Fenn/CNN"][/caption] Over the...
The Slumber Party Payback (Ruby and the Booker Boys #3)
The Slumber Party Payback (Ruby and the Booker Boys #3) Derrick Barnes 9780545017626 Fiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. Brought to you by Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes, eight-year-old...
Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past
Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past Bruce Bartlett 9780230600621 Nonfiction Bedford/St. Martin’s Macmillan Publishers In Wrong on Race, Bruce Bartlett sets the record straight on a hidde...
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Kam Williams block_2.jpg Film Review Conscious-Raising Concert Flick Combines Comedy and Hip-Hop Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Excellent (4 stars) Unrated ...
Toward A New Afrikan Revolution, Volume I: Reflections on the Struggle for Black Freedom and Self-Determination
Toward A New Afrikan Revolution, Volume I: Reflections on the Struggle for Black Freedom and Self-Determination Khalid Raheem 9781090985491 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published W...