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Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks at the 2019 South Florida Book Festival
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Randal Maurice Jelks
Randal Maurice Jelks 0000000035838680 Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks is a Professor at the University of Kansas, specializing in American and African American Studies. He has authored two award-winning boo...
Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography
Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography Randal Maurice Jelks 9780807835364 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press In this first full-l...
African Americans in the Furniture City: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids
African Americans in the Furniture City: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids Randal Maurice Jelks 9780252073472 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press African A...
My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy
My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy Randal Maurice Jelks 9798889832126 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Lan...
Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali Randal Maurice Jelks 9781350074620 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsb...
My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy
My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy Ahmad Wright Book Review My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy by Randal Maurice Jelks is self-described as “a commentary on select Langston essays, poems,...
Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley 0000000082047654 Maurice Ashley, the first African-American International Chess Grandmaster, is a renowned coach, commentator, author, app designer, and motivational speaker. Known for...
Randal Pinkett
Randal Pinkett NONE Dr. Randal Pinkett is an entrepreneur, author, and scholar. He is the CEO of BCT Partners, a consulting firm working in various sectors. Pinkett co-founded Inner City Consulting G...
Dr. Randal Pinkett - The “Black Faces in White Places” Interview
Dr. Randal Pinkett - The “Black Faces in White Places” Interview Kam Williams Interview "You're Hired!" A Chat with the Only African-American Winner of "The Apprentice" Dr. Randal Pinkett ha...
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return Yani Excerpt They jumped on the elevator and rode down to the garage. Neither Maurice nor Angela knew what to say to Keisha so they followed in silence. They ma...
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...
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...
From An Addict Baby 2 A King
From An Addict Baby 2 A King Maurice Jackson 9798893837179 Nonfiction Spines Spines Publication On a seemingly perfect November day beneath a bright Texas sky, Beverly Diane Jackson was overwhelmed by...
A Thug’s Redemption
A Thug’s Redemption Yani Excerpt Shawn, Jamal and Maurice headed over to Erie Avenue to check out a basketball game in a nearby playground. Shawn was scoping out the competition to see who he would ...
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...
Black Faces In White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies To Achieve Success And Find Greatness
Black Faces In White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies To Achieve Success And Find Greatness Randal Pinkett, Jeffrey Robinson, and Philana Patterson 9780814416808 Nonfiction AMACOM AMACOM If the nam...
Randal Pinkett, Jeffrey Robinson, and Philana Patterson
Randal Pinkett, Jeffrey Robinson, and Philana Patterson MULTIPLE
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback) Jason Reynolds 9781481438292 Fiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. UK Carnegie Medal winner A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Sco...
Maurice Derrick Geter
Maurice Derrick Geter NONE Maurice Derrick Geter, a Brooklyn native and father of two, is an accomplished author. He debuted with a children's book in 2006 and fulfilled his lifelong dream by publish...
Maurice W. Dorsey
Maurice W. Dorsey NONE Maurice W. Dorsey, a trailblazing African American scholar, earned degrees from the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, and Loyola College. His career spanned secondary and ...
Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia Haley
Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia Haley MULTIPLE "Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice ...
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin NONE Maurice Carlos Ruffin is an award-winning author from New Orleans, noted for his work in various literary reviews and his involvement in the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance. H...
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...
Charleston Literary Festival
Charleston Literary Festival Various Downtown Venues Charleston South Carolina Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South C...
Another
Another Christian Robinson 9781534421677 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019 An NYPL Best Book ...
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...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
The Tradition
The Tradition Jericho Brown 9781556594861 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “By some literary magic—no, it’s precision, and honesty—Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of su...
Zuksiwa Wanner
Zuksiwa Wanner NONE Zukiswa Wanner, born to South African and Zimbabwean parents in Zambia, is a celebrated author known for award-nominated novels like “Men of the South.” As an essayist, she focuse...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2019): Life at a Crossroads
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2019): Life at a Crossroads Clarence V. Reynolds A21551758v11 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College This is the most current issue....
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...
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport Banjul The Gambia An African Diaspora, One World, Pan African experience Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival attendees a...
Calabash International Literary Festival
Calabash International Literary Festival Treasure Beach Treasure Beach Jamaica, W.I. The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three ...
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
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...
Princess and the P.I.
Princess and the P.I. Nikki Payne 9780593817360 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House An amateur online sleuth must enlist the help of a jaded PI to clear her name while taking down a shady tech ...
The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner’s Guide with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley
The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner’s Guide with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley 9781419773396 Nonfiction Magic Cat Magic Cat Publishing
Bastard: From Prisoner to Professor
Bastard: From Prisoner to Professor Maurice L. Williams 9798448120053 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Influenced by prostitution, drugs, and poverty, Maurice was forced to m...
Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge
Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge MULTIPLE Maurice J. Hobson is associate professor of Africana studies and historian at Georgia State University. Eddie R. ...
Maurice L. Williams
Maurice L. Williams NONE Maurice L. Williams is the visionary Executive Director of A Father’s Love™ Personal Development and Community Services (AFLPDCS), an award-winning nonprofit rooted in...
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...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again Alicia D. Williams 9781481465809 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye—New York Times 2020 Winner of The...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Curtis Hixon Park Tampa Florida The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tamp...
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Vegas Valley Book Festival Las Vegas Nevada The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked togeth...
BWABC Literacy Festival
BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual festival in 2017. We thank you for...
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...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
The No-Money Down Ceo: How To Start Your Dream Business With Little Or No Cash (With CD)
The No-Money Down Ceo: How To Start Your Dream Business With Little Or No Cash (With CD) Randal Pinkett 9780979059483 Nonfiction Trump University Trump University
Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multi-Million-Dollar Business
Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multi-Million-Dollar Business Randal Pinkett 9781419593710 Nonfiction Kaplan Publishing Kaplan Publishing Every year, hundreds of thousands ...
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...
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 ...
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...
South Florida Book Festival
South Florida Book Festival African-American Research Library and Cultural Center Fort Lauderdale Florida
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and internat...
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Salt Lake City Utah Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book f...
Annapolis Book Festival
Annapolis Book Festival The Key School Annapolis Maryland The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
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...
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC Maurice Jackson 9781626165908 Nonfiction Georgetown University Press Georgetown University Press DC Jazz offers original and engaging stories about the...
Chess For Success: Using An Old Game To Build New Strengths In Children And Teens
Chess For Success: Using An Old Game To Build New Strengths In Children And Teens Maurice Ashley 9780767915687 Nonfiction Harmony Penguin Random House Maurice Ashley immigrated to New York from Jamaic...
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...
Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality
Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality Maurice Jackson 9781647125219 Nonfiction Georgetown University Press Georgetown Universit...
Most Valuable Skills In Chess
Most Valuable Skills In Chess Maurice Ashley 9781904600879 Fiction Gambit Publications Gambit Publications This book makes his ideas and material available to all: teachers and students alike. He has ...
Halfway to Freedom: The History of Black Washington, DC
Halfway to Freedom: The History of Black Washington, DC Maurice Jackson 9781478034421 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Halfway to Freedom is a sweeping social, politi...
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories Maurice Carlos Ruffin 9780593133408 Fiction One World Penguin Random House A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from...
We Cast a Shadow: A Novel
We Cast a Shadow: A Novel Maurice Carlos Ruffin 9780525509066 Fiction One World Penguin Random House “An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, a...
Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism
Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism Maurice Jackson 9780812221268 Nonfiction University of Pennsylvania Press University of Pennsylvania Press Anthony Benezet (17...
Strapped
Strapped Al-Saadiq Banks 9780974061061 Fiction True 2 Life Publications True 2 Life Publications Amber Jones A.K.A Lil Bit was born with the odds totally against her. “A Hard Knock Life” is the best ...
Hand-me-down Heartache: A Novel (Strivers Row)
Hand-me-down Heartache: A Novel (Strivers Row) Tajuana “TJ” Butler 9780812968330 Fiction Villard Villard Nina Lander is a recent college grad, struggling to be independent, who has moved back home wit...
Wanda B. Campbell, Dijorn Moss, Tyora Moody, Trinea Moss, Maurice Gray Jr., Shenette Jones, Bernard Boulton, Tavares S. Carney, and Linda F. Beed
Wanda B. Campbell, Dijorn Moss, Tyora Moody, Trinea Moss, Maurice Gray Jr., Shenette Jones, Bernard Boulton, Tavares S. Carney, and Linda F. Beed MULTIPLE
Maurice Todd
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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...
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
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...
Cynthia Freeman Gibbs
Cynthia Freeman Gibbs NONE Cynthia Freeman Gibbs is a Michigan-born author, MBA holder, and former Merck Pharmaceutical corporate worker. She launched her writing career in 2016 and published her boo...
Abantu Book Festival
Abantu Book Festival Eyethu Lifestyle Centre & Soweto Theatre Soweto South Africa Abantu Book Festival is an annual literary event held in Soweto, South African’s artistic heartland, featuring a...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
The High Desert Book Festival
The High Desert Book Festival Hesperia Civic Plaza Park Hesperia California Our annual High Desert Book Festival is where authors and book lovers meet to celebrate the written word amidst Joshua Trees...
F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr. Cultural and Educational Center Daytona Beach Florida F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival (Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Spiritual, Health and More)...
Sunshine State Book Festival
Sunshine State Book Festival Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall Gainesville Florida In its seventh year, the 2026 Sunshine State Book Festival “Brings Readers and Writers Together.” 100 autho...
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...
Southern Minnesota Book and Art Festival
Southern Minnesota Book and Art Festival Henderson Event Center Henderson Minnesota This is Southern Minnesota Book and Art Festival inaugural event and author/exhibitor/artist space is free! The fes...
Palm Beach Book Festival
Palm Beach Book Festival Norton Museum of Art Palm Beach Florida Festival that celebrates the NY Times best-selling, award winning and celebrity authors and a written word for children and adults of S...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
JAX Urban Book Festival
JAX Urban Book Festival James Weldon Johnson Park Jacksonville Florida The JAX Urban Book Festival (JUBF) is an annual celebration of literature, culture, and community held each January as part of DR...
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
East of the River Book Festival
East of the River Book Festival Rocketship Rise Academy Washington District of Columbia The 2017 East of the River Book Festival is a magnet for city dwellers from all wards to recognize and enjoy a l...
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature Catherine Hickman Theater Gulfport Florida ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature is a program of the LGBTQ Resource Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization...