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Farai Chideya
Farai Chideya 0000000042490213 Farai Chideya is an award-winning author and journalist with a 20-year career blending media, technology, and diversity. Creator of the Pop and Politics brand, she prod...
Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya
Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya MULTIPLE Vivek Wadhwa & Farai Chideya are renowned authors. Wadhwa, an entrepreneur & academic, is known for his work in technology. Chideya, an experienced journalist,...
The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption
The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption Farai Chideya 9781476751504 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Find your most rewarding place in today’s economy. Award-w...
The Color of Our Future: Race in the 21st Century
The Color of Our Future: Race in the 21st Century Farai Chideya 9780688175801 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Two years ago, Newsweek named Farai Chideya to its "Century Club" of a hundred p...
Video Interview with Farai Chideya
Video Interview with Farai Chideya Troy Johnson Article I just upload a video interview with Farai Chideya. It was shot at the AALBC.com Gallery in Harlem. Ron Kavanaugh of MosaicBooks.com did the i...
Don’t Believe The Hype: Still Fighting Cultural Misinformation about African Americans
Don’t Believe The Hype: Still Fighting Cultural Misinformation about African Americans Farai Chideya 9781620970836 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press First published in 1995, Farai Chideya’s Don’t...
Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters and Other Selected Essays
Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters and Other Selected Essays Farai Chideya 9781932360264 Nonfiction Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press Where are the 100 million people who failed to vote in...
The Color of Our Future : Our Multiracial Future
The Color of Our Future : Our Multiracial Future Farai Chideya 9780688165307 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins Since the Civil Rights movement, most Americans have thought of race as a black and...
Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology
Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology Farai Chideya 9781626814226 Nonfiction Diversion Books Diversion Books From one of Time Magazine’s "Forty Most Influential Minds in Technology" comes ...
Kiss the Sky: A Novel
Kiss the Sky: A Novel Farai Chideya 9781416585954 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. From nationally acclaimed political commentator and multimedia personality Farai Chideya comes ...
Farai Chideya 2009 Interview
Farai Chideya 2009 Interview Author Interviews
Don’t Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans
Don’t Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya 9780452270961 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House For those wishing to fight ignorance...
Naleighna Kai talks about NK Promo Partners
Naleighna Kai talks about NK Promo Partners Author Interviews
Jackie Christie BET Television Promo
Jackie Christie BET Television Promo Author Interviews
Literature Libraries
Literature Libraries Troy Johnson Article On this page you will find links to literary reference materials. Sources include Project Gutenburg (where the AALBC obtained our copy of Aesops Fabl...
The Savion Sequence
The Savion Sequence Connie Bradley Book Review This review is of the 2011 version of The Savion Sequence My interest was recently piqued by a trailer which appeared on the AALBC.com discussion b...
Waiting To Exhale
Waiting To Exhale Terry McMillan 9780670839803 Fiction Viking Press Penguin Random House Waiting to Exhale is on President Obama’s Bookshelf Four African-American women console and support o...
Janice Pernell
Janice Pernell NONE Janice Pernell, a prestigious editor for multiple bestsellers, transitioned into writing with her debut in “Baring It All: The Ins and Outs of Publishing” and her first fiction “N...
Go And Tell Pharaoh
Go And Tell Pharaoh Al Sharpton 9780385475839 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House The personal memoirs of controversial figure Reverend Al Sharpton follow the tragedy that tore his family apart, hi...
Holly
Holly Albert French 9780670857463 Fiction Viking Press Penguin Random House A poor, white girl in 1944 North Carolina finds her lonely life transformed by a handsome, educated black soldier, but th...
Liberty and Sexuality, the Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade
Liberty and Sexuality, the Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade David J. Garrow 9780025427556 Nonfiction Macmillan Macmillan Publishers Employs material taken from hundreds of interviews and...
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America; Sixth Revised Edition
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America; Sixth Revised Edition Lerone Bennett 9780140178227 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House Traces black history from its origins in western Afri...
Alex Haley’s Queen: The Story Of An American Family
Alex Haley’s Queen: The Story Of An American Family Alex Haley and David Stevens 9780688063313 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins Tracing his family history on his father’s side, the author of Ro...
Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters
Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters Mary Helen Washington 9780060975036 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Maya Angelou provides the foreword for this collection of po...
Troy Pappy Johnson
Troy Pappy Johnson NONE Troy “Pappy” Johnson, a Brooklyn native, is a Howard University graduate and US Army veteran. He has had a successful career in Theatrical/Film Production in NYC, working with...
Sorry You’re Having A Bad Night by E.K. Robertson
Sorry You’re Having A Bad Night by E.K. Robertson Denolyn Carroll Book Review From its prologue to its epilogue, E. K. Robertson’s Sorry You’re Having A Bad Night delivers on the hallmark...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA C...
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters Troy Johnson Article “There are some online services that specialize in books for blacks…The most successful is the African American Literat...
How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com (for free)?
How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com (for free)? Troy Johnson Article “How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com?” is a question often posed to me by authors, publishers and publicists. Of...
AALBC.com to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive Discounts
AALBC.com to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive Discounts Troy Johnson Article The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) to Offer Self Published...
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection Carl Van Vechten 9780820315584 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press What mak...
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...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club AALBC.com, LLC AALBC Aspire AALBC Books for Young Readers AALBC Legacy Press AALBC.com The AALBC Legacy Press is deeply rooted in the concept of Black heritage, ...
★ AALBC Now Sells Audiobooks and Accomplishes a First
★ AALBC Now Sells Audiobooks and Accomplishes a First Troy Johnson Article 12 Audiobooks You’ll ♥ Libro.fm Helps AALBC Sell Digital Audiobooks Membership Supports AALBC$14.99 m...
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018 Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is Hosting an Independent Publishing Workshop How to Publish Your Book Independently...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Se...
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...
The Pan-Africanists
The Pan-Africanists Dudley Thompson and Barrington Watson 9780865438101 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made o...
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis MUL...
How to Share Your Book Information with AALBC
How to Share Your Book Information with AALBC Troy Johnson Article Below is the information you need to provide AALBC to have your book considered for inclusion in AALBC’s online bookstore. Ple...
AALBC is Done with Amazon!
AALBC is Done with Amazon! Troy Johnson Article For almost 22, years AALBC has exposed readers of all backgrounds to books written by, or about, people of African descent. AALBC has published th...
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More Troy Johnson Article Great Children’s Books Coming Soon I’m always on lookout terrific for children’s books, even before they are a...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More Troy Johnson Article Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: M...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
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...
AALBC.com's November 2010 eNewsletter Was Just Published
AALBC.com's November 2010 eNewsletter Was Just Published Troy Johnson Article I just emailed AALBC.com's November eNewslettter. It is full of information and articles about authors, books, movie...
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com to Exhibit at BookExpo Americahttp://events.aalbc.com/aap_bea_2006.htmAALBC.com is pleased to announce that we will be exhibi...
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia, and others
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watso...
Tracy Sherrod
Tracy Sherrod NONE Tracy Sherrod, editorial director of HarperCollins' Amistad, has worked with award-winning authors and published numerous bestsellers. She has held editorial positions at Simon and...
Migrated Interviews
Migrated Interviews Kam Williams Interview Migrated Interviews Aisha Tyler - The "Balls of Fury and Death Sentence" Interview Alisa Hyman - Book Reviewer, Educator Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwand...
AALBC Aspire
AALBC Aspire African American Literature Book Club AALBC.com, LLC The AALBC Aspire imprint was launched in 2022 with the publication of its first novel, Running to Fall by the critically acclaimed wr...
Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2
Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2 Bill Campbell 9781732638808 Fiction Rosarium Publishing Rosarium Publishing In celebration of Rosarium’s fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has compiled a two-volume col...
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent Margaret Busby 9780062912985 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The companion to the classic anthology Daughters o...
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More Troy Johnson Article July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our best...
AALBC.com’s eNewsletter – October 28, 2014
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Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle eb...
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...
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) ...
August Wilson Century Cycle
August Wilson Century Cycle August Wilson 9781559363075 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (10 plays covering 10 decades) 1900s - ...
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006 Troy Johnson Article The Following is an excerpt of AALBC.com's March 28th eNewsletter:MAKING THE BEST OF AALBC.comTip #1 — Use the Google Search EngineAALBC.com...
Kam Williams
Kam Williams NONE Lloyd “Kam” Williams was a renowned film and book critic, contributing to AALBC.com and numerous other publications. A member of several critics associations, he was known for his a...
Présence Africaine
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AALBC Legacy Press
AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club AALBC.com, LLC The AALBC Legacy Press is deeply rooted in the concept of Black heritage, emphasizing the lasting impact one leaves behind. It ...
Présence Africaine Editions
Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine http://www.presenceafricaine.com
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
AALBC Online Book Club’s Summer Reading List
AALBC Online Book Club’s Summer Reading List Troy Johnson Article AALBC’s Online Book Club’s Summer Reading List Participating in AALBC’s Online Book Club is easy. Discussions are held on the...
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue
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AALBC.com Celebrates 20 Years!
AALBC.com Celebrates 20 Years! Troy Johnson Article Website Upgrade Nearing Completion I’m just a few months away from completing AALBC’s most recent upgrade. It has been a two year ...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy Tony Medina 9780998799940 Fiction Penny Candy Books Penny Candy Books Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina offers a fresh perspective of young...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
How is African American Literature Really Doing? Troy Johnson Article For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
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February 28th 2013 - eNewsletter Highlights
February 28th 2013 - eNewsletter Highlights Troy Johnson Article Our monthly eNewsletter contains information about books and films by or about people of African descent. Authors You Should Know ...
New Reviews by one of AALBC.com's Favorite Reviewers - Thumper
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“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry
“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry Jamie Walker Article Harrisonburg, Virginia: Over sixty distinguished poets and scholars gathered to help set the agenda for African A...
The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine
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Make A Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets
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Daughters of Africa
Daughters of Africa Margaret Busby 9780345382689 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from Ancient Egyptian to the...
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
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Naleighna Kai, Pat G’Orge Walker, Lisa Watson, Martha Kennerson, Michelle D. Rayford, Janice Pernell, J. L. Campbell, Kisha Green, and Terri Ann Johnson
Naleighna Kai, Pat G’Orge Walker, Lisa Watson, Martha Kennerson, Michelle D. Rayford, Janice Pernell, J. L. Campbell, Kisha Green, and Terri Ann Johnson MULTIPLE "Naleighna Kai, Pat G’Orge Walker, Li...
Red Tails
Red Tails Kam Williams redtails.jpg Film Review WWII Saga Recounts Heroic Exploits of Tuskegee Airmen Red Tails [2012] In Theaters: Jan 20, 2012 Wide Written By: Aaron McGrude...
AALBC in the Media
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Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues
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Kam Williams - AALBC.com Reviewer and Interviewer
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The Sight of the 360 Event
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We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
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Introducing An American Story
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Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic
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Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature
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A Black Woman Did That
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Get a Jump Start on Black History Month with 100+ Terrific Books
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Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan
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July eNewsletter: Best Sellers, Reviews, a Contest, and Our Online Book Club is Coming Back!
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April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017
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October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter
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We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them
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Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
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