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Lisa Irby
Lisa Irby NONE Lisa Irby, an Internet Info-preneur from St. Louis, teaches website creation and online marketing through her website, blog, and YouTube channel. She also manages Napturally Curly, a w...
7 Free Tools Guaranteed to Make Your Website Better!
7 Free Tools Guaranteed to Make Your Website Better! Troy Johnson Article Managing a large website can be a difficult, requiring a wide variety of skills. As the sole developer of AALBC.c...
The Turn Your Passion Into Profit Websites That Sell Manual: A Design Guide & Checklist for Creating an Effortless Income Website
The Turn Your Passion Into Profit Websites That Sell Manual: A Design Guide & Checklist for Creating an Effortless Income Website Walt Goodridge 9781451545739 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishi...
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web Troy Johnson Article (Note: On Sunday May 20, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a segment on the power of Google, validating much of what I’ve written below) Goo...
2015 Year End Thank You!
2015 Year End Thank You! Troy Johnson Article Coming in the New Year The biggest news for the new year is our website upgrade. We are redesigning AALBC.com from scratch, and we have the benefit of 1...
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I)
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I) Troy Johnson Article If it is not already obvious from my previous post, I'm a big fan of WordPress. A few months ago, using software f...
Bradley Fowler
Bradley Fowler NONE Bradley Fowler, owner of Construction Emarketing, specializes in online marketing services such as email marketing, website development, and cybersecurity. He also founded THEGREN...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999719 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An urgent examination of free speech in America—addressing “cancel culture,” “accep...
Create Great eBook Covers
Create Great eBook Covers Troy Johnson Article Creating Great eBook Covers with MyEbookCover.com Create Packages, 3D Book Covers and Compelling Banners Related Links
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine Troy Johnson Article If you are reading this article, which has nothing to do with the primary focus of ...
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work Edwidge Danticat 9780691140186 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press The Toni Morrison Lecture Series "Create dangerously...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Named one of Newsweek’s 25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape th...
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom Cortez R. Rainey 9781492769200 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Although more and more Americans are practicing meditati...
How to Find Scholarships and Free Financial Aid for Private High Schools
How to Find Scholarships and Free Financial Aid for Private High Schools Shay Spivey 9780991576081 Nonfiction NCM Publishing NCM Publishing Millions of parents desire a quality private school educatio...
No Wheat for Me, I’m Gluten-Free!
No Wheat for Me, I’m Gluten-Free! Crystal Swain-Bates 9781939509161 Fiction Goldest Karat Publishing Goldest Karat Publishing More than 2 million people in the United States have celiac disease, a dig...
Free eBooks - Great Reads Available for Download Now
Free eBooks - Great Reads Available for Download Now Troy Johnson Article There are so many free, high quality, eBooks available for immediate download, it is really quite astonishing. One can down...
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is a massive, feature rich, website. Many visitors don't appreciate the site's size and scope, so I created this v...
The PassionProfit Websites That Sell Manual: 197 proven ideas, strategies and design tips for creating an income-generating website for your passion-centered business (Volume 3)
The PassionProfit Websites That Sell Manual: 197 proven ideas, strategies and design tips for creating an income-generating website for your passion-centered business (Volume 3) Walt Goodridge 9781501...
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters Troy Johnson Article Here Ron Kavanaugh, founder of Mosaicbooks.com and I, founder of AALBC.com, speak with Darryl J. Jenkins (my cousin) ...
Two Years Ago - Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion
Two Years Ago - Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion Troy Johnson Article Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passionby Tanangachi Mfuni, Amsterdam News Sta...
The Pacman Plan
The Pacman Plan Sam A Kempt 9780974445908 Nonfiction DeViv Publishing DeViv Publishing The Pacman Plan is the story of a struggle for reparations for African Americans. This is the first fiction work ...
Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: The Proven Path to Break Free from Debt, Build Real Wealth, and Live Free on Any Income
Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: The Proven Path to Break Free from Debt, Build Real Wealth, and Live Free on Any Income Anthony O’Neal 9781400251193 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian ...
Against Wind and Tide: The African American Struggle Against the Colonization Movement
Against Wind and Tide: The African American Struggle Against the Colonization Movement Ousmane K. Power-Greene 9781479823178 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Against Wind...
Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 Ira Berlin 9781107405790 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambrid...
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....
Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood Fatima Shaik 9780917860805 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press One hundred years of elaborate handwritten ...
Emancipation Proclamation, Forever Free
Emancipation Proclamation, Forever Free Kevin McGruder and Velma Maia Thomas 9781609978761 Nonfiction UMI Urban Ministries, Inc. Through historic documents and pictures, the full color coffee table bo...
Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware from the Colonial Period to 1810
Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware from the Colonial Period to 1810 Paul Heinegg 9780806350424 Nonfiction Clearfield Clearfield As he did for free blacks in North Carolina and Virginia, P...
Free Minds Writers
Free Minds Writers NONE "Free Minds Writers” is a collective of creative authors known for their thought-provoking works. Their writings inspire readers to explore new ideas and stimulate free thinki...
Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness
Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness Ashanté M. Reese 9781324076469 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A vibrant new vision of food justice that cel...
Create Her Magic Workbook
Create Her Magic Workbook Stephanie Harrington 9781088281581 Nonfiction Create Her Create Her “Create Her Magic: Embrace Your Inner Glow!” is an empowering book for young women, guiding them to uncove...
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part II)
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part II) Troy Johnson Article (Continued from Part I) The following Plugins are the ones I've kept so far: WP-FB-AutoConnect (Version 1.5...
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...
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin NONE Nancy Churnin is a celebrated children's book author, known for inspiring kids to be heroes through her stories. She's a Eureka Silver Award winner and has been recognized with the...
Free Verse Media
Free Verse Media Free Verse Media Free Verse Media
Abednego’s Free
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Rise & Read Free Press
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Abednego’s Free
Abednego’s Free Abednego’s Free Abednego’s Free
Free Verse Media
Free Verse Media Free Verse Media Free Verse Media
Rise & Read Free Press
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Unbound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865
Unbound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Melvin Patrick Ely 9781913875619 Nonfiction GILES GILES A vital new volume exploring the history of Virginia’s free Black population prior to emancipation. ...
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Akilah S. Richards 9781629638331 Nonfiction PM Press PM Press No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardize...
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...
Free Jazz: Creative Originality, Controlled Surprise
Free Jazz: Creative Originality, Controlled Surprise Robert Fleming and K Kelly McElroy 9781681210346 Nonfiction Uptown Media Joint Ventures Uptown Media Joint Ventures As the Cold War and the McCarth...
Freedom: Volume 3, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labour: The Lower South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
Freedom: Volume 3, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labour: The Lower South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 Ira Berlin 9781107405783 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambri...
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin 9781426309373 Nonfiction National Geographic Children’s Books National Geographic ...
10 Ways Anyone Can Graduate From College Debt-Free: A Guide To Post-College Freedom
10 Ways Anyone Can Graduate From College Debt-Free: A Guide To Post-College Freedom Kevin Y. Brown 9780984767113 Nonfiction Legacy Thinking Labs Legacy Thinking Labs Founder of MyDebtFreeCollege.com, ...
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) David Cay Johnston 9781591842484 Nonfiction Penguin Adult Hc/Tr Penguin Random House The ...
Kevin Y. Brown
Kevin Y. Brown NONE Kevin Y. Brown, a former MTV host and fashion industry marketer, is a motivational speaker and CEO of empowerment company, Legacy Thinking Labs. Overcoming adversity as a former f...
Surviving Chaos, How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar by Harold Phifer Book Reviewed
Surviving Chaos, How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar by Harold Phifer Book Reviewed Denolyn Carroll Article ADD TO CART Publication Date: Feb 18, 2021List Price: $17.95 Format: Paperback, 2...
The Pampered Prince: Moms, Create A GREAT Relationship With Your Son
The Pampered Prince: Moms, Create A GREAT Relationship With Your Son C. Lynn Williams 9780985425852 Nonfiction St. Paul Press St. Paul Press Many young boys have different experiences with their mothe...
Edwidge Danticat The “Create Dangerously” Interview
Edwidge Danticat The “Create Dangerously” Interview Kam Williams Interview Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the...
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work Kam Williams Book Review "There are many possible interpretations of what it means to create dangerously, and Albert Camus… suggests that it...
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit) Brenda M. Greene Interview Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Boo...
My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children
My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children Denene Millner 9781534476509 Nonfiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From noted parenting expert and New Y...
How to Setup a Domain Name and Website Quickly and Inexpensively
How to Setup a Domain Name and Website Quickly and Inexpensively Publishing & Craft
About AALBC.com The Premier Website for Black Books
About AALBC.com The Premier Website for Black Books Publishing & Craft
Authors Let AALBC.com Be Your Official Website
Authors Let AALBC.com Be Your Official Website Publishing & Craft
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax!
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax! Troy Johnson Article As a book seller, my primary goal is to connect readers with books that they will enjoy and learn from. Having a reader thank me for introduci...
The Results of a Decade on Social Media
The Results of a Decade on Social Media Troy Johnson Article One of the most profound changes I’ve witnessed on the web, in the past decade, is the rise of social media. Here I share my insight and ...
Add Book Festivals & Fairs to Your Website
Add Book Festivals & Fairs to Your Website Literary Events
Installing Wordpress on a Self Hosted Website
Installing Wordpress on a Self Hosted Website Publishing & Craft
Setting a Up a Website for Less Than $28 a Year
Setting a Up a Website for Less Than $28 a Year Publishing & Craft
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web Troy Johnson Article This article is intended for writers and other content providers, who are active on social media and have a goal of generating reve...
The 20 Most Well-Read Cities for African-Americans
The 20 Most Well-Read Cities for African-Americans Troy Johnson Article Where in the U.S. can you find the most well-read African Americans? Look no further. We reviewed our website's traffic and...
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans Troy Johnson Article On April 4, 2003, EarthLink announced a partnership with MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment) to present The ...
Don't Bring Home a White Boy
Don't Bring Home a White Boy Troy Johnson Article A couple of days ago I posted a video (below) of Karen Hunter and Karyn Langhorne Folan, who are the publisher and author, respectively, of the b...
Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion
Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion Troy Johnson Article Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passionby TANANGACHI MFUNIAmsterdam News StaffSeptember 28 - O...
Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology Zane 9780743482387 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. As a bestselling author and successful publisher of Strebor Books, Zane’s name is synonymou...
Abdul Alkalimat
Abdul Alkalimat 0000000036006392 Abdul Alkalimat, a PhD holder from the University of Chicago, has notable experience serving on the executive committee of ALSC. More about his work can be found on h...
Kaven Brown
Kaven Brown NONE Kaven Brown, a multifaceted entrepreneur known for his work as an author, photographer, and producer, has been influential in the publishing and music video industry. Brown's work ra...
Diana Murray
Diana Murray NONE Diana Murray, award-winning poet and former art director at Theory, transitioned from graphic design to writing. Known for her impressive sock collection, she now resides in a subur...
Shane White
Shane White 0000000453091911 “…my main research interests are in African American history and in the history of New York City.” Shane White, a distinguished Professor of History at ...
Esther Iverem
Esther Iverem NONE Esther Iverem is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, curator, and social justice advocate. She's a radio host, founder of the Black website SeeingBlack.com, and author of four boo...
Joi-Marie McKenzie
Joi-Marie McKenzie NONE Joi-Marie McKenzie is an ABC News lifestyle writer, author of “The Engagement Game,” and creator of the award-winning website, The Fab Empire. Also a sought-after panelist, Mc...
Danielle Henderson
Danielle Henderson 0000000380386988 Danielle Henderson is a TV writer known for works like Maniac and Dare Me, and a former editor for Rookie. She co-hosts the film podcast I Saw What You Did, and au...
Lynda Johnson
Lynda Johnson NONE Lynda Johnson, co-founder of Go On Girl! Book Club, supported authors from the African diaspora and helped fund scholarships. She also founded Kidstylesource.com, a leading website...
Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown NONE Lerita Coleman Brown, Ph.D., is a retired Psychology Professor from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director, author, and speaker. She studied at UC Santa Cruz and Harvard Un...
Erika Council
Erika Council NONE Erika Council is a renowned baker, food writer, and owner of Bomb Biscuits. She contributes to various cookbooks and runs the Southern Soufflé website. Her work has appeared in nu...
Maegan Parker Brooks
Maegan Parker Brooks NONE Maegan Parker Brooks teaches in the Civic Communication and Media Department and the American Ethnic Studies Program at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Brooks also direc...
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com)
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com) Troy Johnson Article Video Distribution Service videobookpromo.com You've done the hard part; spending time and money creating your book tra...
Deborrah Cooper
Deborrah Cooper NONE Deborrah Cooper, pen name “Ms. HeartBeat”, is an established authority on dating and relationships since 1993. She founded AskHeartBeat!, a pioneer website focused on Black and i...
Beth Jones
Beth Jones NONE Beth Jones is a prolific author of 20 books, including the renowned '7 Basics' and 'Getting a Grip on the Basics' series, translated into multiple languages worldwide. She writes a fr...
Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives—And How We Break Free
Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives—And How We Break Free Tricia Rose 9781541602717 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books The definitive book on how systemic racism in America really...
Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation
Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation Doreen Rappaport 9780763631475 Nonfiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press True stories and traditional songs shed light on a lesser known era in...
Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—And the Fight to Retake Control
Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—And the Fight to Retake Control Lisa E. Davis 9781982175993 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. An exploratio...
101 Scholarship Applications - 2026 Edition: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education
101 Scholarship Applications - 2026 Edition: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education Gwen Richardson 9798244679229 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published We have all ...
How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons
How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons Shaka Senghor 9798893310511 Nonfiction Authors Equity Authors Equity USA Today Bestseller. “I love this book—because it teaches you how...
One Big Open Sky
One Big Open Sky Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823460625 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they ...
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape Varian Johnson 9781779501257 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Escaping Apokolips is hard enough when you don’t know your real name, struggle with PTSD, and have a giant cru...
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System Cyntoia Brown-Long 9781982141103 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In her own words, Cyntoia Brown shares the riveting ...