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Floyd Mayweather Press Conference June 24th 2013, New York City
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His Name Is George Floyd
His Name Is George Floyd Robert Fleming Book Review In the midst of the deadly Covic-19 pandemic, the world witnessed the brutal killing of George Floyd, a 44-year-old black man, by a white Minneapol...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Floyd Cooper
Floyd Cooper 0000000063165049 Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) was a celebrated illustrator, recipient of 4 Coretta Scott King Honors, and 10 ALA Notables. From Oklahoma, he pursued his career in NYC post hi...
Floyd L. Griffin Jr.
Floyd L. Griffin Jr. NONE Floyd L. Griffin Jr. is a multifaceted individual who has served as a Vietnam helicopter pilot, army colonel, football coach, professor, businessman, state senator, mayor, a...
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa 9780593490617 Nonfiction Viking Penguin Random House “Since we know George Floyd’s dea...
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa Excerpt Chapter 1 An Ordinary Day “It’s Memorial Day. Y&rsq...
Honest June
Honest June Tina Wells 9780593378298 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Who wouldn’t want a fairy godmother? But when June’s puts her under a spell where she cannot tell...
Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples
Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples MULTIPLE Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples Children's book Illustrators Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples
Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together
Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together La June Montgomery Tabron 9781633311039 Fiction Disruption Books Disruption Books A story about sharing our identities and making new friends...
June Dade
June Dade NONE June Dade, a Northern Virginia native, is a certified computer analyst and technology teacher based in Washington, D.C. Her passion for writing, which began in her youth, has culminate...
National Conference of African American Librarians
National Conference of African American Librarians Troy Johnson Article Authors and Publishers: Exhibit at the National Conference of African American Librarians The Black Caucus of the American...
Legacy to Legend: Winners Make It Happen
Legacy to Legend: Winners Make It Happen Floyd L. Griffin Jr. 9781441590961 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions Griffin was first African American to be elected to the Georgia State Senate from the Tw...
June Jordan
June Jordan 0000000114793687 June Millicent Jordan (1936-2002) was a renowned poet, activist, teacher, and essayist, known for her influential voice in liberation. A professor at UC Berkeley, she dir...
Silas Xavier Floyd
Silas Xavier Floyd 0000000047218155 Silas Xavier Floyd (1869-1923) was an African-American educator, preacher, and journalist. He co-founded the Negro Press Association of Georgia, served as a pastor...
Floyd’s Flowers
Floyd’s Flowers Silas Xavier Floyd 9781528587563 Fiction Forgotten Books Forgotten Books Excerpt from Floyd’s Flowers, or Duty and Beauty for Colored Children: Being One Hundred Short Stories; Gleaned...
Antwan Floyd Sr
Antwan Floyd Sr NONE Antwan Floyd Sr. is a multifaceted talent, excelling as a poet, author, publisher, and graphic designer. He founded Bleeding Pen Publishing in 2009, offering a unique storytellin...
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston MULTIPLE "Karla Renee Flo...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
June Cross
June Cross NONE June Cross is a two-time Emmy and duPont-Columbia Journalism award-winning documentary television producer and professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Known for her 199...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 3
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 3 Kalamu ya Salaam Article Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 3 of 3 “E...
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference Troy Johnson Article I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. I have not attended since the 2010. The confer...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Color of Children’s Literature Conference New York New York Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference is the nation’s first and largest conference for BIPOC creators of chil...
Directed By Desire: The Collected Poems Of June Jordan
Directed By Desire: The Collected Poems Of June Jordan June Jordan 9781556592348 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press Directed by Desire is a powerful addition to the entire canon of America...
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away June Cross 9780670885558 Fiction Viking Adult Penguin Random House A powerful memoir about the complicated but ultimately loving...
June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus
June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus Karyn Parsons 9781534111325 Nonfiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press From an early age in Glasgow, Scotla...
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...
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin James Baldwin 9780870236778 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This book is a transcription ...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2 Kalamu ya Salaam Article Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 2 of 3 “E...
SDSU Writers’ Conference
SDSU Writers’ Conference San Diego Marriott Mission Valley Hotel San Diego California shut down after 34 years Whether you’re a beginning writer or a published professional, the San Diego Sta...
Amity
Amity Nathan Harris 9780316456241 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and ...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Kam Williams startrek-2013-blueray.jpg Film Review Read the comments now. Read our review after you see the film (there some spoilers). Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Co...
How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out
How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out La June Montgomery Tabron 9781633311497 Nonfiction Disruption Books Disruption Books In How We...
Honest June: Secrets and Spies
Honest June: Secrets and Spies Tina Wells 9780593378946 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House In the third book in this magical series for tweens, June must juggle friendsh...
City of S The History of New York City during the Civil War
City of S The History of New York City during the Civil War John Strausbaugh 9781455584185 Nonfiction Twelve Hachette Book Group WINNER OF THE FLETCHER PRATT AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2016In...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 1
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 1 Kalamu ya Salaam Article “Elizabeth Nunez, the conference director and the director of the Black Writers Ins...
Koch (2013)
Koch (2013) Kam Williams Interview Bittersweet Biopic Paints Evenhanded Post Mortem on Life and Times of Late NYC Mayor Koch (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Limited Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min. D...
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference Kam Williams Interview Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism...
The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince Alaya Dawn Johnson 9780545417808 Fiction Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. The lush city of Palmares Tres shimmers with tech and tradition, with screaming gossip casters and pra...
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color Albuquerque New Mexico The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is a conference for everyone! The conference is sponsored by five associations of ethnic...
The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince
The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince James Prince 9780062959874 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The successful Hip Hop mogul, boxing manager, and entrepreneur who has had a lasting ...
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Nevada If your publishing success is just as important to you as your writing success, then instead of going...
AA LIT. CONFERENCE 2000
AA LIT. CONFERENCE 2000 Troy Johnson Article THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE 2000 "THE LEGACY LIVES O...
New York Black Book Conference & Expo
New York Black Book Conference & Expo National Black Theater New York New York A 2-day literary event is expected by all who attend the 1st Annual Black Book Expo and Conference hosted by Black Expo A...
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America (signed)
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America (signed) Michael Eric Dyson 9781250276759 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers A first edition hand signed book by Michael Eric Dyson is ...
Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview
Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview Kam Williams Interview Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview Ann Coulter is the author of nine New York Times bests...
Food and the City
Food and the City Ina Yalof 9780425279052 Nonfiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House "[A] compelling volume by a writer whose beat is not food. What she offers are first-person accounts from m...
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné NONE Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a renowned Trinidadian poet and artist, with works featured in multiple publications. She won the 2009 Caribbean Writer's Paiewonksy Prize and...
Juneteenth for Mazie
Juneteenth for Mazie Floyd Cooper 9781623701703 Fiction Capstone Press Capstone Press Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in A...
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Kimberla Lawson Roby 0000000063897135 Kimberla’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, After 15 Books Kimberla Lawson Roby is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 24 novels,...
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March ...
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Theater Documentary Chronicles Captivating Musicals Staged in 24 Hours One N...
Ben Jealous
Ben Jealous 0000000417015073 Benjamin Todd Jealous is a notable American civil rights leader and social impact investor. He was the youngest-ever national leader of the NAACP (2008-2013) and ran for ...
Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings from the Progressive
Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings from the Progressive June Jordan 9781936117901 Nonfiction Litwin Books Litwin Books This volume is a complete collection of June Jordan’s columns for The Progr...
Ashley June Reese
Ashley June Reese NONE Ashley June Reese is Creative Director of Black Interior Designers, Inc. (BID). Her Houston-based design firm, House of June Interiors, works with a roster of clients from Bos...
June Eric-Udorie, Soofiya Andry, Gabrielle Bellot, Caitlin Cruz, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brit Bennett, Evette Dionne
June Eric-Udorie, Soofiya Andry, Gabrielle Bellot, Caitlin Cruz, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brit Bennett, Evette Dionne MULTIPLE June Eric-Udorie is a renowned activist, co-founder of “Youth for Change,” an...
The Ring Bearer
The Ring Bearer Floyd Cooper 9780399167409 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Mama’s getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! A story about love, weddings, and the special joy...
AA Cultural Expo 2000
AA Cultural Expo 2000 Troy Johnson Article This was the AALBC.com's second year at the National African American Cultural Expo, which is held every year at the Philadelphia Convention Center. 20...
Medgar Evers College
Medgar Evers College City University of New York Center for Black Literature https://centerforblackliterature.org/ Founded in 2002, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College of the Cit...
Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams
Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams Howard Bryant 9780399169069 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House From Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus ...
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Max and the Tag-Along Moon Floyd Cooper 9780399233425 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Has the moon ever followed you home at night?Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after ...
Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan
Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan Floyd Cooper 9780399242304 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina subu...
Cumbayah
Cumbayah Floyd Cooper 9780688135430 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins "Cumbayah" is an enduring campfire song for children and a source of inspiration for adults. Though its roots are in the African-Ameri...
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes Floyd Cooper 9780698116122 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Writer Langston Hughes is an inspiration for youth everywhere. Now children can disco...
Caroline Mcgill, Jaquavis Coleman, Erick S. Gray, Justin Amen Floyd, Raheem Bounty Hoyte, and Miz
Caroline Mcgill, Jaquavis Coleman, Erick S. Gray, Justin Amen Floyd, Raheem Bounty Hoyte, and Miz MULTIPLE
His Own Where
His Own Where June Jordan 9781558616585 Fiction The Feminist Press The Feminist Press This June Jordan treasure is a rare piece of fiction from one of America’s most vital poets and political essayis...
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America Justin Ellis 9780063091245 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins “In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a bo...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present
Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present Joanne V. Gabbin 9780813922539 Poetry University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press The Furious Flower C...
The Mosaic Literary Conference
The Mosaic Literary Conference Bronx New York The Mosaic Literary Conference fosters a collaborative space for individuals interested in literature, education, and the arts. MLC plays a crucial role ...
Mosaic Literary Conference
Mosaic Literary Conference The Bronx Museum of the Arts Bronx New York The Mosaic Literary Conference provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Each year we inv...
Belize Writers’ Conference
Belize Writers’ Conference Ak’bol Yoga Retreat Ambergris Caye Belize First-ever Belize Writers’ Conference Launching April 2018. Six-day conference offers workshops by New York literary ag...
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...
AA LIT. CONFERENCE 2001
AA LIT. CONFERENCE 2001 Troy Johnson Article 2nd Annual African American Literature Conference Saturday, April 7,2001 at the Nyumburu Cultural Center on the University of Maryland College Park ...
Diana Veiga
Diana Veiga NONE Go On Girl! Book Club, Unpublished Writer Award 2013 Winner Diana Veiga, winner of the 2013 Go On Girl! Book Club's Unpublished Writer award, is a dedicated writer and social justice ...
“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...
Robert G. Barnes
Robert G. Barnes NONE Dr. Robert and Rosemary Barnes are coauthors, conference speakers, and experts on marriage and family issues. Robert is executive director of Sheridan House Family Ministries an...
Alice Wootson
Alice Wootson NONE Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and acclaimed author of thirteen novels, including romance and romantic suspense. A prize-winning poet, member of various writers' asso...
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...
Center for Black Literature
Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College City University of New York https://centerforblackliterature.org/ Founded in 2002, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College of the Cit...
Early Sunday Morning
Early Sunday Morning Denene Millner 9781572842113 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Early Sunday Morning, a picture book for young children ages 4 to 9, is the first offering from ...
David Covin
David Covin 0000000084071877 David Covin was a Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento and Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He wa...
La June Montgomery Tabron
La June Montgomery Tabron NONE La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, one of the largest private foundations in the United State...
Celebrating the Best in Black Literature (May 31, 2016 Newsletter)
Celebrating the Best in Black Literature (May 31, 2016 Newsletter) Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Books to be Published in June Summer will heat up with some great new ...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson xtopcities Nonfiction AALBC.com African American Literature Book Club Out of Print — Look out for a Future Edition The African A...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provid...
Nuruddin Farah
Nuruddin Farah 0000000121483513 Nuruddin Farah, born 1945 in Somalia, is an acclaimed novelist known for works like “From a Crooked Rib” and “Blood in the Sun” trilogy. His books, translated into 17 ...
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II John Strausbaugh 9781455567485 Nonfiction Twelve Hachette Book Group From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The V...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) Kam Williams the-butler.jpg Film Review Forest Whitaker Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance in Emotionally-Searing Civil Rights Saga Lee Daniels’ The Butler...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kam Williams mandela-2013-alternate-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom In Theaters: Nov 29, 2013 Limited PG-13 for sexuality, intense violence...
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Unlikely-Buddies Flick Features Cop and Hit Man on Revenge-Fueled Rampage Bullet to the Head (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Wide ...
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review Kam Williams Interview Musical Documentary Examines the African Roots of the Tango. Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) U...
Immortal Dark
Immortal Dark Tigest Girma 9780316581448 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where ...
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years Troy Johnson Article May – June 2017 Bestselling Books Children’s books outsold all genres for the...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...