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Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events
Frederick K. Foote, Jr.
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. MULTIPLE Frederick K. Foote, Jr., born in Sacramento, California, experienced racial segregation in education before serving in the USAF. After retiring from the State of Cali...
Kim Coleman Foote
Kim Coleman Foote NONE Meet Kim Coleman Foote on Tour Kim Coleman Foote is an award-winning author from New Jersey recognized for her contributions in anthologies and literary reviews. She's earned mu...
For the Sake of Soul
For the Sake of Soul Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9780984435067 Fiction Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Frederick Foote’s stories chart the geography of the African-American experience of his generation, t...
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931140 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Meet Kim Coleman Foote on Tour “Once in a while, a writer comes along with a brilliance that stops t...
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...
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass 0000000121171288 “Without Struggle… There Is No Progress!” —Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), born into slavery, was an influential abolit...
Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass Doreen Rappaport 9781423114383 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A thought-provoking portrait of celebrated human...
Geri Spencer Hunter
Geri Spencer Hunter NONE Geri Spencer Hunter is an award-winning writer and co-founder of The Sacramento Black Nurses Association. A retired nurse from Iowa, she has authored two novels and contribut...
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest Underground Books and The Guild Theater Sacramento California The Sac BlkLit Book Fest is a one-day celebration of Black literature, culture, and community in Sacramento. T...
For the Sake of Soul
For the Sake of Soul Robert Fleming Book Review Sometimes short fiction can be a daunting task for the writer, especially when he decides to confront the challenges of plot, characterization, dialogu...
Dorothea Grimes-Frederick
Dorothea Grimes-Frederick NONE Dorothea Grimes-Frederick is a distinguished engineer, educator, and speaker with considerable experience in Fortune 500 companies. The first African-American woman to ...
Blue Nile Press
Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press http://bluenilepress.com Headquartered in Sacramento, California, BNP is an imprint of Path Press, of Chicago. BNP targets Black writers and the Black r...
Blue Nile Press
Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press http://bluenilepress.com Headquartered in Sacramento, California, BNP is an imprint of Path Press, of Chicago. BNP targets Black writers and the Black r...
Kakwasi Somadhi
Kakwasi Somadhi NONE Kakwasi Somadhi Kakwasi is a seasoned writer and educator with an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. She made her debut with the novel “Coming Forth by Day.” Besides t...
Black Politics After The Civil Rights Movement: Activity And Beliefs In Sacramento, 1970-2000
Black Politics After The Civil Rights Movement: Activity And Beliefs In Sacramento, 1970-2000 David Covin 9780786442584 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland This important study posits a new way of understa...
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn Frederick Douglass 9781617754852 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s controversial speeches in Brooklyn, N.Y., this ...
Frederick Price
Frederick Price 0000000400170923 Frederick K.C. Price, founder of Crenshaw Christian Center, began his ministry in 1973, expanding it globally through Ever Increasing Faith Ministries. Price also fou...
Sacramento Book Festival
Sacramento Book Festival Shepard Garden & Arts Center Sacramento California
Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento)
Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento) Valley High School Sacramento California
Child’s Play: A Poem
Child’s Play: A Poem Frederick K. Foote, Jr. Article Another young Black man knocked unconscious, lying motionless on the fake grass His fellow players move around him in hushed groups radiating fea...
The Maroon: Fables and Revelations
The Maroon: Fables and Revelations Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9798695447408 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published These stories explore the edge of the wilderness that is human nature f...
Crossroads Encounters
Crossroads Encounters Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9780692650417 Fiction Choose the Sword Press Choose the Sword Press Crossroad Encounters are visceral reactions to the intersections of faith and folly; ...
Indigo Moor
Indigo Moor NONE Indigo Moor, Sacramento's Poet Laureate, is a multi-talented writer with works ranging from poetry to plays. His award-winning books include Tap-Root and Through the Stonecutter’s Wi...
V.S. Chochezi
V.S. Chochezi NONE Dr. V.S. Chochezi is a multi-talented author, poet, artist, and professor, known for her work with Straight Out Scribes, a mother/daughter spoken word duo. She has published numero...
Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In His Own Words
Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In His Own Words Frederick Douglass 9780815380634 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge Frederick Douglass spent four months in Ireland at the end of 1845 that proved to be, in...
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man Tonya Bolden 9781419725463 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is best known for...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 9781722500399 Nonfiction G&D Media G&D Media Special Bicentennial Edition This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography ...
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph MULTIPLE Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph are renowned authors known for their insightful writings. Their work significantly influences the literary world, refl...
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano MULTIPLE "Explore the works of acclaimed authors Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker...
Sacramento Black Book Fair
Sacramento Black Book Fair The Historic Center of Oak Park Sacramento California This historic two-day book fair and celebration will include a panel discussion among our featured authors, book signin...
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...
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 ...
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...
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 Liquid Plain (TCG Edition)
The Liquid Plain (TCG Edition) Naomi Wallace 9781559365147 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “American theater needs more plays like Naomi Wallace’s The Liquid Plain—by...
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...
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events
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...
Everything’s Not Lost
Everything’s Not Lost Frederick Joseph 9798217040599 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl’s struggle to find the q...
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David W. Blight 9781416590323 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. **Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History** “Extraordinary…a great American biog...
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom David F. Walker 9780399581441 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A graphic novel biography of...
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...
William-Frederick Press
William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press
William-Frederick Press
William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press
Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom Frank Murphy 9781524772352 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Learn about the abolitionist Frederick Douglass...
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865 Frederick Douglass 9780300218305 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press The second collection of the me...
Love Twelve Miles Long
Love Twelve Miles Long Glenda Armand 9781620142547 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby p...
Frederick Preston
Frederick Preston 0000000068026443 Frederick J. Preston is an author and entrepreneur since 1989, leading WordPlay Multimedia, a company specializing in books, clothing, and professional development ...
Frederick Joseph
Frederick Joseph 000000011448266X Frederick Joseph, an award-winning marketer and writer, is recognized for his advocacy in media representation. Included in Forbes 30 Under 30, he's also a recipient...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Excerpt PREFACE In the month of August 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to beco...
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...
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...
Coleman Hill: A Novel
Coleman Hill: A Novel Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931706 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction • Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • Sh...
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...
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 Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph 9781536217018 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press The instant New York Times bestseller! Writing from the perspective of a fr...
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. ...
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...
If You Call My Name: The Collected Memoirs of Black Enslaved People
If You Call My Name: The Collected Memoirs of Black Enslaved People Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano 9781250281401 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Pre...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass Benjamin Quarles 9781574782035 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press “No study of the Garrison school of reformers, Liberty party abolitionism, the technique of anti-sla...
Great Speeches By African Americans: Frederick Douglass
Great Speeches By African Americans: Frederick Douglass James Daley 9780486447612 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centurie...
American Crisis Biographies: Frederick Douglass
American Crisis Biographies: Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washington 9781331494270 Nonfiction Forgotten Books Forgotten Books Excerpt from American Crisis Biographies: Frederick DouglassIn the succeed...
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books)
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781416959038 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The inspirational, true story of h...
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Suzanne Slade 9781580895699 Nonfiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Their friendship changed a nation. No one thought Susan B. An...
My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman.
My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman. Frederick Douglass 9780743460590 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. My Bondage and My Freedom is the second o...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 9780486284996 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications
Kathy Lynne Marshall
Kathy Lynne Marshall NONE Kanika Marshall is an Afrocentric artist and author based in Sacramento, creating beautiful sculptures and pottery inspired by ancient cultures. She also writes genealogy bo...
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair Literary Events
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...
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...
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...
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...
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus...
AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival Downtown Decatur Decatur Georgia The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, ...
Dallas Book Festival
Dallas Book Festival Dallas Public Library Dallas Texas Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the festival is Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Boo...
Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer
Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer Author Interviews
Staajabu
Staajabu NONE Staajabu is a multi-talented poet, activist, and Straight Out Scribes member from Philadelphia, now based in Sacramento. She is a mother, U.S. Air Force veteran, health advocate, prison...
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio Book Festival Central Library and the Majestic Theatre San Antonio Texas The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while...
Twin Cities Book Festival
Twin Cities Book Festival MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS Minneapolis Minnesota The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary ga...
Queens Book Festival
Queens Book Festival LIC Landing by Coffeed Queens New York “The Queens Book Festival, debuted on August 7, 2016, is the largest and most inclusive literary gathering in Queens. It fills the bor...
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor Book Festival Ann Arbor Michigan Formed in 2003, the Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture ...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
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 ...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega Literary Festival Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA Dahlonega Georgia The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtow...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. ...
Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...
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 ...
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Hotel Monteleone New Orleans Louisiana The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
University Spring Literary Festival
University Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens Ohio Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-...
David Ruggles
David Ruggles 0000000078894447 David Ruggles was a pioneer in black activism, journalism, and entrepreneurship in the 1800s. He led 600+ slaves to freedom, including Frederick Douglass, and owned the...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream Frederick Joseph 9781368076739 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Set in the world of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from Marvel Studios, The Courag...
This Thing of Ours
This Thing of Ours Frederick Joseph 9781536233469 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press The powerful and timely YA novel debut from two-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Josep...