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Ladder to the Moon

by Kam Williams

Ladder to the Moon Kam Williams Book Review "My daughter Suhaila was born a full decade after my mother died… Becoming a parent made me think of my own mother with both intense grief an...

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Blue Caprice

by Kam Williams

Blue Caprice Kam Williams blue-caprice.jpg Film Review Beltway Sniper Saga Revisits 2002 Reign of Terror in DC Area Blue Caprice In Theaters: Sep 13, 2013 Limited Rated R for profanity, drug use a...

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Moon

by Thumper

Moon Thumper Book Review Allow me to state up front that I am a huge fan of Jewell Parker Rhodes; have been since I read one of her earlier novels, Magic City. I got extremely excited when I ...

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The Freedom Writers Diary

by Kam Williams

The Freedom Writers Diary Kam Williams Book Review "My daughter Suhaila was born a full decade after my mother died… Becoming a parent made me think of my own mother with both intense g...

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Violet of a Deeper Blue

by Thumper

Violet of a Deeper Blue Thumper Book Review Violet Of A Deeper Blue is the story of Brandon Northcross, a young black MBA graduate from Dartmouth who previously lived in New Hampshire. Brandon had re...

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Just Wanna Testify

by Idrissa Uqdah

Just Wanna Testify Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Vamping The Vamps… Just Wanna Testify by the mega-talented author, Pearl Cleage was met with mixed reviews when it was first released. Many of...

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Path of the Half Moon

by Robert Fleming

Path of the Half Moon Robert Fleming Book Review There has to be a great deal of skill to pull off a literary mashup like this. Imagine a superb paranormal Western novel complete with settlers, cowbo...

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Black Man under the Deep Blue Sea

by Emanuel Carpenter

Black Man under the Deep Blue Sea Emanuel Carpenter Book Review What if Jacques Cousteau was a black American? Would he have had the opportunities to explore the waters, write books about his experi...

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Phenomenally Me

by Chris Hayden

Phenomenally Me Chris Hayden Book Review In a dark room with a blue light In the basement, music just right Nothing going down but the Mellow sounds of Mr. DJ’s turntables Going round" Boyz...

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Blue in Green

by Robert Fleming

Blue in Green Robert Fleming Book Review On August 25, 1959, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis escorts a white girl to a cab, lights a cigarette outside Birdland, and a city policeman harasses the black man...

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Jelly Roll: A Blues

by Rondall Brasher

Jelly Roll: A Blues Rondall Brasher Book Review Please allow me to set off the mood of this review by quoting one of my favorite Blues songs: I’ve been downhearted baby Ever since th...

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42

by Kam Williams

42 Kam Williams 42-dvd-blue-ray.jpg Film Review Jackie Robinson Biopic Recounts Historic Breaking of Baseball’s Color Barrier 42 Now Available on DVD! (July 16, 2013) In Theaters: Apr 12, ...

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Just Too Good to Be True

by Thumper

Just Too Good to Be True Thumper Book Review I never thought the moon would rise or the sun would set on the day that I would be writing a review on any E. Lynn Harris book. I use to be a fan of ...

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Stagolee Shot Billy

by Thumper

Stagolee Shot Billy Thumper Book Review It was because of my mother’s and aunt Janice’s love of 60’s soul music that I first encountered and fell in love with Wilson Pickett singin...

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Victory Is Assured

by Robert Fleming

Victory Is Assured Robert Fleming Book Review Larger than life, controversial scribe Stanley Crouch loved to throw shade, raise hell, and put himself laughingly in the crosshairs. In the golden age o...

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An Affirmation Nite Baby Nite

by Sandra W. Headen

An Affirmation Nite Baby Nite Sandra W. Headen Book Review An Affirmation: Nite Baby Nite is a gift to parents, grandparents, and everyone who loves children and picture books. Even more, it is a tre...

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A Person of Interest

by Thumper

A Person of Interest Thumper Book Review I have begun looking forward to reading novels written by Ernest Hills. I became a fan of his work after reading two of his previous novels; ...

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Prometheus

by Kam Williams

Prometheus Kam Williams Prometheus-idris-elba.jpg Film Review Archaeologists Search for Birthplace of Humanity in Sci-Fi Horror Flick   Prometheus In Theaters: Jun 8, 2012 Wide Ra...

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Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance

by Connie Bradley

Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance Connie Bradley Book Review Definitions of Miss Anne: A coded term for any white woman. A derisive name for a white woman. An emanc...

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Michael Jackson

by Kam Williams

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...

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The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership

by Robert Fleming

The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership Robert Fleming Book Review With this defiant publication, The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership, Dr. Christopher C. Bell, Jr....

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White Coat Fever

by Thumper

White Coat Fever Thumper Book Review Roland S. Jefferson, author of the classic The School on 103rd Street, is back on the scene with his latest novel, White Coat Fever. The title of the novel is...

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What’s Really Holding You Back?

by Kam Williams

What’s Really Holding You Back? Kam Williams Book Review "I strive to help individuals explore their unique path in life- the path that makes the most of their natural gifts and talents, fulf...

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Broken Utterances

by Kam Williams

Broken Utterances Kam Williams Book Review ’This book endeavors to piece together the broken utterances of 20 women into a seamless painting of understanding which is representative of ...

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God’s Politics

by Kam Williams

God’s Politics Kam Williams Book Review "The 2004 election was one where, no matter who won, almost half the population was going to feel absolutely crushed. We are now deeply divided. So h...

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Buddy Guy: When I Left Home — My Story

by Robert Fleming

Buddy Guy: When I Left Home — My Story Robert Fleming Book Review When I Left Home, the memoir of legendary blue guitarist Buddy Guy, with support from noted writer David Ritz, traces the musician ...

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A House Is Not a Home

by Thumper

A House Is Not a Home Thumper Book Review The song says it’s hard to say goodbye’humph, not when the guests have overstayed their welcome it Ain't. At that time, saying goodbye is th...

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Holly

by Thumper

Holly Thumper Book Review French is brilliant. French’s follow up to the equally magnificent Billy. One of the few books that I have to disagree with it’s publishers’ summary of t...

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Rising

by Thumper

Rising Thumper Book Review Rising, Darnella Ford’s fictional debut is explosive. It is the story of a young girl who lives through a number of tragic occurrences. Rising hits the ground runni...

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Sap Rising

by Thumper

Sap Rising Thumper Book Review There’s music in the trees. Whether the trees are standing still under the blue cloudless sky, or in its embarrassed nakedness under gray heavens with biting wint...

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Sapphire’s Grave

by Thumper

Sapphire’s Grave Thumper Book Review While many of us have long since grown tired of the slave narratives, slave stories, or stories that are rooted in our past, my fascination with these stories ...

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The King of No: A Financial Firefighter

by Robert Fleming

The King of No: A Financial Firefighter Robert Fleming Book Review Following 38 years in the investment business, Loyall Wilson assembles some of his financial know-how in this slender book, accumula...

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I Always Knew: A Memoir

by Robert Fleming

I Always Knew: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review This country rarely acknowledges the celebrated triple threats of the arts in our community. Consider Barbara Chase-Riboud, the noted African-Americ...

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The Honey Well

by Thumper

The Honey Well Thumper Book Review I had never made a wish like this before. Believe me; I don't harbor any gender bending, transsexual fantasies. But, after reading Gloria Mallette’s lat...

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Bourbon Street

by Thumper

Bourbon Street Thumper Book Review It has been a long while since I read a book as complex and gorgeous as Bourbon Street written by Leonce Gaiter. A novel which explores the spectrum of inner na...

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Soul Men

by Kam Williams

Soul Men Kam Williams soul_m4.jpg Film Review Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac Co-Star in Rollicking Road Comedy Soul Men Click to order via Amazon Rated R for nudit...

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Still Trippin ’

by Kam Williams

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 ...

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Take Me to the River

by Kam Williams

Take Me to the River Kam Williams take-me-to-the-river-300.jpg Film Review Take Me to the River (2014) In Theaters: Sep 12, 2014 Limited Rated: PG Running Time: 95 Minutes Musical & Performi...

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The Good Shepherd

by Kam Williams

The Good Shepherd Kam Williams the_go7.jpg Film Review De Niro Directs Espionage Thriller about the Dark Side of the CIA   The Good Shepherd Excellent (4 stars) Rated R for sex, expletives, et...

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Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

by Kam Williams

Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Kam Williams anita_20.jpg Film Review   DVD Revisits Career of Recently-Deceased Jazz Great - Blue eyed soul at its very best!   ...

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The Summer of my Fifteenth Year

by Robert Fleming

The Summer of my Fifteenth Year Robert Fleming Book Review There are so many gems to be discovered in independent publishing. Every now and then, you come across the book that makes your mind sit up ...

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Inner-City Interludes

by Jayne Cubbage

Inner-City Interludes Jayne Cubbage Book Review Inner-City Interludes by Hoezee probably won’t go down in history as a literary classic.  Perhaps as an ode to the ’hood’ and...

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i see through eyes

by Kalamu ya Salaam

i see through eyes Kalamu ya Salaam Book Review Eric Payne is not ready to publish a book a poetry’but, on the other hand, the 21st century is a new time. If a person believes they are a poet a...

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Adam by Adam

by Thumper

Adam by Adam Thumper Book Review ’Never let anyone keep you contained and never let anyone keep your voice silent.’ -Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. to a young Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. If I were...

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Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

by Thumper

Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Thumper Book Review ’Never let anyone keep you contained and never let anyone keep your voice silent.’ -Adam Clayton Powell, ...

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Crisis of the Black Intellectual

by Kam Williams

Crisis of the Black Intellectual Kam Williams Book Review ’Today there are many Black intellectuals who do not think of Black people as a people and have no wish to do so. They think of the...

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Decoded

by Kam Williams

Decoded Kam Williams Book Review "My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the str...

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America I AM Pass It Down Cookbook: Over 130 Soul-Filled Recipes

by Kam Williams

America I AM Pass It Down Cookbook: Over 130 Soul-Filled Recipes Kam Williams Book Review "The Pass It Down Cookbook is filled with recipes that reflect the generations-long need to document and sh...

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Love In A Carry-On Bag

by Idrissa Uqdah

Love In A Carry-On Bag Idrissa Uqdah Book Review As Wild As The Wind Modern technology has made a long-distance love affair more of a reality. The characters in this novel took the concept and made...

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The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women

by Kam Williams

The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women Kam Williams Book Review “I know what they say about me—that I am too quiet and low-key, unassuming, even clueless. Not the one...

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Playing with Destiny

by Thumper

Playing with Destiny Thumper Book Review As incredible as it may seem, I’m a tad bit in shock. I recently finished reading and actually LOVING a novel published by BET under its Sepia imprint;...

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Say It Loud! Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African-American Identity

by Kam Williams

Say It Loud! Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African-American Identity Kam Williams Book Review "This is the second anthology of great speeches by African-Americans meant for the eye and ea...

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The Felix Women Series

by Idrissa Uqdah

The Felix Women Series Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Acceptance Not Required: Felix Women IV Click to order via Amazon Print Length: 58 pages (October 10, 2014) This author, Angelia Vernon M...

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The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House

by Kam Williams

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...

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Dakota Grand: A Novel

by Brian Egeston

Dakota Grand: A Novel Brian Egeston Book Review There are codes within creeds and creeds within cliques. Perhaps this is the most subliminal, if not unintentional, message in Kenji Jasper’s lat...

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Why I Sued the Bible Publishers

by Robert Fleming

Why I Sued the Bible Publishers Robert Fleming Book Review If there was ever a book title that yelled its intentions, this is it. The book’s author, Bradley Fowler, one of the faithful of Presb...

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Palmares

by Robert Fleming

Palmares Robert Fleming Book Review No less than the esteemed late novelist Toni Morrison, the chief editorial gatekeeper of Random House, was stunned by the narrative power of Gayl Jones’ firs...

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Vice President Kamala Harris: Her Path To The White House

by Robert Fleming

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...

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The Birdcatcher

by Robert Fleming

The Birdcatcher Robert Fleming Book Review What the iconic African-American writer James Baldwin once told the young writers about the traditional stature of the prominent writers who put pen to pape...

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Dr. No

by Robert Fleming

Dr. No Robert Fleming Book Review “…a hilarious, fantastic satire of our times and culture.” —Robert Fleming Bestselling author Percival Everett is a literary alchemist wi...

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In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom

by Robert Fleming

In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom Robert Fleming Book Review If you were politically conscious decades ago, you would have read the prison chronicles...

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Grace After Midnight: A Memoir

by Troy Johnson

Grace After Midnight: A Memoir Troy Johnson Book Review This Review Appears in the Fall 2007 Issue of Harlem World Magazine  Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, of...

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The Known World

by Thumper

The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...

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The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader

by Kam Williams

The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader Kam Williams Book Review “Ida B. Wells was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. After beginning a teaching career to ...

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Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith

by Kam Williams

Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith Kam Williams Book Review "When a 19 year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing...

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

by Paige Turner

A Day Late and a Dollar Short Paige Turner Book Review The publishing world and the legions of Terry McMillan fans can now officially exhale. McMillan’s long awaited "serious" nov...

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The Porn Star Guide to Great Sex

by Kam Williams

The Porn Star Guide to Great Sex Kam Williams Book Review "When I first started in porn I knew how to give it to a woman, but what I didn’t know was how the woman wanted me to give it to her....

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The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can’t Find Good Black Men

by Kam Williams

The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can’t Find Good Black Men Kam Williams Book Review "What do black women want? The truth? They are looking for Denzel Washington. They have been so thoroughly b...

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The Single Moms Club

by Kam Williams

The Single Moms Club Kam Williams The-Single-Moms-Club-poster.jpg Film Review The Single Moms Club In Theaters: Mar 14, 2014 Wide Rated PG-13 for sexuality and mature themes Running time: 11...

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