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Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895
Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895 Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813018904 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida "Labor...
They Wouldn’t Dare
They Wouldn’t Dare Deanna Grey 9798987895566 Fiction Deanna Grey Deanna Grey Three simple words changed everything between us: I dare you. David Evans is a thorn in my side. A smart-mouthed, egotis...
Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation
Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813033815 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida Winner of:• The Black Caucus of the Amer...
Dare To Imagine Books
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Dare to Lead
Dare to Lead Brene Brown 9780399592522 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brav...
Dare to Be King Project
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Dare to Be King Project
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Dare Coulter
Dare Coulter NONE Dare Coulter is an acclaimed North Carolina-based artist known for positive portrayals of black individuals and families. Her global vision includes installing sculptures representi...
The Exiles of Florida
The Exiles of Florida Joshua R. Giddings 9780933121478 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Joshua Giddings (1795-1864), an anti-slavery leader and a champion of free speech, was admitte...
Introducing An American Story
Introducing An American Story Kwame Alexander Article An American Story Written by Kwame Alexander, Art by Dare Coulter Kwame Alexander, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning ...
Creating an Old South: Middle Florida’s Plantation Frontier before the Civil War
Creating an Old South: Middle Florida’s Plantation Frontier before the Civil War Edward E. Baptist 9780807853535 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press Set on...
Michelle Donice
Michelle Donice NONE Michelle Donice, an Indianapolis native, is an accomplished academic and author dividing her time between inspiring youth and writing fiction in central Florida. She credits her ...
Larry Eugene Rivers
Larry Eugene Rivers NONE Dr. Larry E. Rivers is a distinguished educator with degrees from Fort Valley State College, Villanova University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of London. H...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader
I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader Gerald Horne 9781682193631 Nonfiction OR Books OR Books I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader is a timely and essential collection of the many works of Professor Gerald H...
Dare To Struggle! Dare To Win! (1981-2010): A Personal Memoir: Khalid Raheem: Memoirs of Struggle and Resistance
Dare To Struggle! Dare To Win! (1981-2010): A Personal Memoir: Khalid Raheem: Memoirs of Struggle and Resistance Khalid Raheem 9781070147413 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published ...
Twintuition: Double Dare
Twintuition: Double Dare Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry 9780062372932 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From TV stars Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley comes Double Dare, the third book in the...
The Other Side Of Dare (Blessed Trinity)
The Other Side Of Dare (Blessed Trinity) Vanessa Davis Griggs 9780758273598 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. When a battle of wills threatens to tear a family apart, a child shall lead them—...
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference Fort Lauderdale Florida The South Florida Book Festival and Literary Conference is one of the nation’s fastest growing and premier book fes...
University Press of Florida
University Press of Florida University Press of Florida University of Florida
Florida Historical Society Press
Florida Historical Society Press Florida Historical Society Press Florida Historical Society Press
Florida Historical Society Press
Florida Historical Society Press Florida Historical Society Press Florida Historical Society Press
University Press of Florida
University Press of Florida University of Florida University Press of Florida
Hallema
Hallema NONE Hallema, a Miami-born writer and lawyer, holds degrees from Florida State University and Stetson University College of Law. Known for her spoken word poetry in South Florida, she's also ...
Preston L. Allen
Preston L. Allen NONE Preston L. Allen, a Boston and Miami native, is an award-winning author known for his engaging short stories. A recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in...
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade NONE Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, is a renowned advocate for voting rights. A former homeless retur...
Edwina Louise Dorch
Edwina Louise Dorch NONE Edwina Louise Dorch is a Ph.D. psychologist and minimalist artist based in Florida, specializing in painting female figures and seascapes. She uses art as a therapy tool to m...
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing People Who Stood Up and Stood Out
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing People Who Stood Up and Stood Out Ben Brooks 9780762468553 Nonfiction Running Press Kids Hachette Book Group Ben Brooks is the author o...
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice Abi Daré 9781524746094 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! "A courageous story...
Wild Rain: Women Who Dare
Wild Rain: Women Who Dare Beverly Jenkins 9780063075153 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her captivating Women Who Dare series with a female ranc...
Wild Rain (mass market paperback): Women Who Dare
Wild Rain (mass market paperback): Women Who Dare Beverly Jenkins 9780062861719 Fiction Avon Books (P) HarperCollins USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her captivating Women Who D...
Abiola Abrams Interview with <em>BackList</em>
Abiola Abrams Interview with BackList Felicia Pride Interview In her interview with BackList, she drops knowledge on classical literature, screenwriting, and why she’s definitely an O.G. ...
Dare
Dare Abiola Abrams 9781416541660 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Meet Maya Hope. Double-dipped in cocoa with brick-house curves, she’s a lover of jazz, a political poet, and a sociologist...
We Dare Say Love: Supporting Achievement in the Educational Life of Black Boys
We Dare Say Love: Supporting Achievement in the Educational Life of Black Boys Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Jarvis R. Givens, and Christopher P. Chatmon 9780807761076 Nonfiction Teachers College Press Teachers...
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons Ben Brooks 9780762465927 Nonfiction Running Press Kids Hachette Book Group New York ...
Rebel Guardians (Sin Eaters Chronicles: Book 1)
Rebel Guardians (Sin Eaters Chronicles: Book 1) Kai Leakes 9781511540810 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Return to the world of the Sin Eaters. The call to arms has gone global and a year...
Ravished by Desire: A Little DareThorn’s Challenge (Arabesque)
Ravished by Desire: A Little DareThorn’s Challenge (Arabesque) Brenda Jackson 9780373831791 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited A Little DareWhen Shelly Brockman walks into his offi...
Abi Daré
Abi Daré 0000000496183410 Abi Daré, a Nigerian-born author based in the UK, has studied law, International Project Management, and Creative Writing. She won the Bath Novel Award in 2018 for her debu...
Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Virginia Children’s Book Festival Longwood University, Farmville Farmville Virginia The Virginia Children’s Book Festival will bring together prominent children’s authors and illustrators ...
Stubbs
Stubbs 0000000109147509 OHIO PLAYER Coming Of Age… When I was nine-years-old, I’d known early on in my heart that I was my own man. While most of my friends in Cleveland were running to ...
Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Southwest Florida Reading Festival Fort Myers Regional Library Fort Myers Florida There really is something for all ages to experience at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Everyone enjoys the mu...
Florida Water: Poems
Florida Water: Poems aja monet 9781642599671 Poetry Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Inspired by the cleansing water often used in spiritual baths, Florida Water is an ode to the myriad ways a poem can...
Henrietta Mays Smith
Henrietta Mays Smith 0000000066593663 Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Ph.D, is a distinguished scholar and editor with a background in English, History, and Library Science. She's known for her editorial wor...
After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida
After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida T. Thomas Fortune 9780817318369 Nonfiction University Alabama Press University Alabama Pressv Twenty-three autobiographical...
Wesley Snipes “The Expendables 3” Interview
Wesley Snipes “The Expendables 3” Interview Kam Williams Interview Wesley Snipes “The Expendables 3” Interview Wesley T. Snipes is a globally celebrated actor, film producer, mas...
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida Larry Eugene Rivers 9780252036910 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press This gripping study examines ...
Corinda Pitts Marsh
Corinda Pitts Marsh NONE Corinda Pitts Marsh, a Florida State University graduate, is a writer and professor specializing in rural Southern heritage and social justice themes. She is passionate about...
Jessica Pryce
Jessica Pryce NONE Jessica Pryce, a Faculty at Florida State University, has 15 years of diverse experience in child welfare. She has trained 150+ organizations, promotes system-wide changes, and hol...
DeAndra Davis
DeAndra Davis NONE DeAndra Davis is a neurodivergent, Jamaican-American author who lives in the swampy heat of Florida. Her debut All the Noise at Once follows an autistic main character as messy as...
Cheryl Robinson
Cheryl Robinson NONE Cheryl Robinson, a Detroit-born author, transformed her life from a career in marketing to writing. She began with self-publishing, before transitioning to Penguin Books' imprint...
Catherine Mann
Catherine Mann 0000000121252993 Catherine Mann is a USA Today bestselling author and RITA Award winner who has written over 60 contemporary romance books. A former theater school director with degree...
Reformatory
Reformatory Tananarive Due 9781982188351 Fiction Gallery / Saga Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. “You’re in for a treat…one of those books you can’t put down…Due hit it out of the park.” —Stephen King ...
The EastSide
The EastSide Richard Fonzi 9780912444512 Nonfiction Dare Books Dare Books Novel (paperback) Romeo + Juliet Meets Boys in the Hood meets Gangs of New York. Jahvon is a young Jamaican man and a good guy...
Prime Time: The African American Woman’s Guide to Midlife Health and Wellness
Prime Time: The African American Woman’s Guide to Midlife Health and Wellness Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Gayle K. Porter 9780912444505 Nonfiction Dare Books Dare Books Today seven million African Ameri...
Correcting the Vitamin D Deficiency Epidemic: Strategies to Fight Diseases and Prolong Life for Black People
Correcting the Vitamin D Deficiency Epidemic: Strategies to Fight Diseases and Prolong Life for Black People Emily Allison-Francis 9780912444499 Nonfiction Dare Books Dare Books Vitamin D deficiency ...
Flesh: The Disappearance Of Portia Barrington
Flesh: The Disappearance Of Portia Barrington Keith Lee Johnson 9781935825029 Nonfiction Dare To Imagine Books Dare To Imagine Books Portia Barrington, the precocious fifteen year old daughter of prom...
The Ten Percent Solution: The Emancipation and Development of the African American Community
The Ten Percent Solution: The Emancipation and Development of the African American Community Desmond A. Reid 9780912444437 Nonfiction Dare Books Dare Books Deals with the challenges of the African Ame...
Dana The Procrastinator
Dana The Procrastinator Dane Reid 9780912444451 Fiction Dare Books Dare Books Dana is a boy who lives in a big city, but the fast paced city spirit does not live in Dana. When Dana’s constant procrast...
Black Mother Goose Book
Black Mother Goose Book Elizabeth Murphy Oliver 9780912444123 Fiction Dare Books Dare Books Retelling of the Mother Goose rhymes. The Afrocentric kids make learning fun. With Swahili vocabulary words.
David Miller
David Miller 0000000081542995 David C. Miller, a Baltimore author and Ph.D. candidate, is renowned for his work, “Dare to Be King,” a 52-week curriculum teaching young African American males survival...
Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Florida Antiquarian Book Fair St. Petersburg’s Historic Coliseum St. Petersburg Florida This is the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeastern United States, and one of the lar...
South Florida Book Festival
South Florida Book Festival African-American Research Library and Cultural Center Fort Lauderdale Florida
Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others 9781886104686 Nonfiction Florida Histor...
Bonnie J. Glover
Bonnie J. Glover NONE Born in Alabama and raised in Brooklyn, Bonnie J. Glover is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Stetson University College of Law. She has worked for the Housing Authority ...
Darline Dorce-Coupet
Darline Dorce-Coupet NONE Darline Dorce-Coupet was born in Port-au-Prince Haiti but was raised in Miami, Florida, which was home for years. However, Ms. Dorce-Coupet has recently relocated...
Eric Deggans
Eric Deggans NONE Eric Deggans, NPR's first full-time TV critic, has served as a critic across various mediums and regularly comments on TV for National Public Radio. Raised in Indiana with a journal...
Kelvin Bodley
Kelvin Bodley NONE Kelvin D. Bodley, a Chicago native and now Florida resident, is a social change advocate, author, and Minister of the Gospel. He served as the Special Assistant to Mayor Anthony Gr...
Martin Munro
Martin Munro 0000000114992192 Martin Munro, a professor of French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University, specializes in Haitian Literature and American rhythm and race studies. He has a...
Christine Platt
Christine Platt NONE Christine Platt Patrick, also known as CP Patrick, is a Florida-born author specializing in African Diaspora narratives interlacing fiction and fantasy. She holds degrees in Afri...
Ersula Knox Odom
Ersula Knox Odom NONE Ersula Knox Odom is a renowned legacy writer and author with over 100 published articles and two biographies. She's also a motivational speaker, prize-winning lyricist, and port...
Herman J. Fountain Jr.
Herman J. Fountain Jr. NONE Rev. Dr. Herman J. Fountain Jr. is a retired psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in a Florida state prison and a former deputy warden in Kentucky. He spent 16 year...
Nahum Thermidor
Nahum Thermidor NONE Nahum Thermidor is a University of South Florida alumnus, with a focus in Social Sciences (Criminology) and minors in International Business and Financing. He has a 13-year caree...
Tae Edmonds
Tae Edmonds NONE Jervonte “Tae” Edmonds is a versatile professional as a Realtor, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur, Educator, Author, and Philanthropist. He's the founder & CEO of Suits For Seniors, a pr...
Colette Bancroft
Colette Bancroft NONE Colette Bancroft is the book editor for the Tampa Bay Times since 2007, directs the annual Festival of Reading, and served on the National Book Critics Circle board. She holds E...
April Maria Williams
April Maria Williams NONE April Maria Williams is a Juris Doctor from Florida A&M University College of Law and a Master of Tax Law from the University of Houston. A prominent advocate for social jus...
Nikesha Elise Williams
Nikesha Elise Williams NONE Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy award–winning producer, an award–winning author, and producer and host of the Black & Published podcast. Her lat...
Lenzy Hancock
Lenzy Hancock NONE Lenzy Leroy-Hancock is a proud father of four children who serve as his primary inspiration to strive for greatness. A retired Department of Defense employee and a veteran of the ...
Come on Florida, Let’s Race to the Top!
Come on Florida, Let’s Race to the Top! Gina Wilson Beckles Article Dr. Gina Wilson Beckles As a fourth generation Floridian, I am appalled and embarrassed that four of the eight school distric...
Hunted
Hunted Sharon C. Cooper 9781946172273 Fiction Amaris Publishing Amaris Publishing She’s everything he never knew he wanted…Former CIA spy Myles Carrington experienced enough danger in his clandestine ...
For Every One
For Every One Jason Reynolds 9781481486255 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. “A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at ...
Ben Brooks
Ben Brooks 0000000358343148 Ben Brooks, born in 1992, is a prolific author from Gloucestershire. Known for six novels including the AALBC bestseller 'Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different', Brook...
Florence L. Tate
Florence L. Tate NONE Florence Louise Tate (1931-2014) was a prominent activist and press secretary for Marion Barry and Jesse Jackson. She was under FBI scrutiny for her ties to Stokely Carmichael a...
The Hair Dare 2
The Hair Dare 2 Faith Knight 9798990177697 Fiction Perry Harris Publishing Perry Harris Publishing Are You Hip to Hairism? In book one of this comedic duology, Camille and Mavis Marconi are identical...
The Hair Dare
The Hair Dare Faith Knight 9780982619063 Fiction Perry Harris Publishing Perry Harris Publishing 12-year-old Halle Harris would be a great kid counselor if she could just stop losing clients. Her atte...
Chef Toussaint
Chef Toussaint David Miller 9780578842738 Fiction Dare to Be King Project Dare to Be King Project You will love watching Chef Toussaint make magic in the kitchen, from fried chicken to apple cinnamon ...
Dare to Possess-A Good Courage!
Dare to Possess-A Good Courage! Steven Barnes 9781665561167 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Working with Steve for two years, I have witnessed first-hand the strength and leadership he demonst...
Endangered
Endangered Lamar Giles 9780062297563 Fiction HarperTeen HarperCollins Edgar Award nominee for Best Young Adult Mystery Endangered is a thrilling page-turner perfect for fans of Barry Lyga’s I Hunt ...
Truth or Dare
Truth or Dare ReShonda Tate Billingsley 9780758289575 Fiction Kensington - Teen Kensington Publishing Corp. No celebrity secret is safe from Maya Morgan. But a ratings-making road trip is putting her ...
Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore
Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore Walter Mosley 9780385526180 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator ...
The Olympian: An American Triumph
The Olympian: An American Triumph Craig T. Williams 9781450261050 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions I dare greatly, and I shall live my life as no ordinary man bound by a game of chance. -John Ba...
BET Personality Abiola Abrams Tell Us about Her Novel Dare
BET Personality Abiola Abrams Tell Us about Her Novel Dare Book Spotlights
Why Do Black People Love Fried Chicken? And Other Questions You’ve Wondered But Didn’t Dare Ask
Why Do Black People Love Fried Chicken? And Other Questions You’ve Wondered But Didn’t Dare Ask Nashieqa Washington 9780977792108 Nonfiction MoreMindful Publishing MoreMindful Publishing This book is ...
Abiola Abrams
Abiola Abrams NONE Abiola Abrams is a renowned speaker, life coach, author, columnist, and media personality known for her heart-centered lifestyle advice. She is the creator of the “Passionista Play...
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...
Brene Brown
Brene Brown 0000000034192910 Brene Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston and visiting professor at UT Austin, studies courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She's authored six...