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Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash 0000000368452815 Every DJ set you have ever heard—every seamless beat transition, every manually looped breakbeat, every scratch—runs on an operating system that one person built i...
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats Grandmaster Flash 9780767924757 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip...
Grandmaster Flash with Scoop Jackson
Grandmaster Flash with Scoop Jackson MULTIPLE Grandmaster Flash with Robert “Scoop” Jackson
Birth of a Culture
Birth of a Culture Grandmaster Flash with Scoop Jackson 9780063467583 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Step into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement b...
Grandmaster Flash Developing the Quik Mix Theory
Grandmaster Flash Developing the Quik Mix Theory Author Interviews Grandmaster Flash, one of Hip-Hop’s founding pioneers, speaks with Journalist April Ryan during the Congressional Black Caucus Founda...
How Sweet the Sound: A Soundtrack for America
How Sweet the Sound: A Soundtrack for America Kwame Alexander 9780316442497 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Featuring artists ranging from Miles Davis to Kendrick Lam...
The Show Must Go On: Backstage Stories of a Hip-Hop Agent
The Show Must Go On: Backstage Stories of a Hip-Hop Agent Mark Green 9781963874099 Nonfiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing As the owner of Celebrity Talent Agency, a venture 25 year...
LL Cool J Presents the Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness
LL Cool J Presents the Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness LL Cool J 9780847873166 Nonfiction Rizzoli International Publications Rizzoli International Publications Co-authored by Hip-Hop legend...
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop Carole Boston Weatherford 9781499804119 Nonfiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Explore the roots of rap in this stunning, rhyming, tri...
Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History Chuck D 9780316430975 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Group A one-of-a-kind survey of rap and hip hop history from 1973 to today by ...
What Is Hip-Hop?
What Is Hip-Hop? Eric Morse 9781617755842 Nonfiction Black Sheep Akashic Books Included in Publishers Weekly’s Big Indie Books of Fall 2017 featureMorse and Yi (the team behind What Is Punk?) highligh...
The New Beats Redux: Exploring the music, culture and attitudes of hip-hop
The New Beats Redux: Exploring the music, culture and attitudes of hip-hop S. H. Fernando Jr. 9781936411498 Nonfiction YBK Publishers YBK Publishers The New Beats, first published in 1994, was one of ...
The Anthology of Rap
The Anthology of Rap Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois 9780300141917 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press An extraordinary collection of lyrics showcasing rap’s poetic depth and diversi...
Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of HipHop Photography
Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of HipHop Photography Ernie Paniccioli and Kevin Powell 9780066211688 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Nearly thirty years ago, Ernie Paniccioli began photographing the gra...
Scoop Jackson
Scoop Jackson 0000000082229175 Robert “Scoop” Jackson (born November 23, 1963) is an author, sports columnist, storyteller, and curator based in the Chicago area whose work explores the connections ...
True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself
True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself Kam Williams Book Review "Writing my first book was an adventure [which] comes from my heart with love… This is not an autobiography. It&rs...
The Last Poets: Still On a Mission
The Last Poets: Still On a Mission DuEwa M. Frazier Article Before hip hop pioneers like the Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel or Run DMC, there was The Last Poets. Called the "...
Alice in Dreamland
Alice in Dreamland Roland S. Jefferson 9780578894799 Fiction VTrust Valurez Trust & Co The US Census Bureau projects the year 2050 as the year the white population will drop below 50%. As the browning...
Flash
Flash Lenny Kravitz 9783832732479 Nonfiction teNeues Media teNeues Media With his new title, em>Flash, Lenny Kravitz makes his mark in a new arena of the creative arts. During his childhood, Kravitz w...
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
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...
Seven Days of Change: A Flash Devotional
Seven Days of Change: A Flash Devotional Adrienne Thompson 9780997146127 Nonfiction Pink Cashmere Publishing Company Pink Cashmere Publishing Company “To every thing there is a season, and a time to e...
Alex Simmons
Alex Simmons 0000000040307489 Alex Simmons is a prolific writer and publisher, known for his work across various genres including juvenile mysteries, stage plays, biographies, and movie novelizations...
Luvon Roberson
Luvon Roberson NONE Luvon Roberson is a versatile writer recognized for her poetry, flash fiction, and ethnographic fiction. She actively reports on the literary world and contributes to community bu...
Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron
Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. I case you missed this event Check Out: Relent...
12th National Black Writers Conference Full Schedule
12th National Black Writers Conference Full Schedule The full schedule of the 2014 National Black Writers Conference held at Medgar Ever College in Brooklyn, NY The event has taken place and i...
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere Anastacia-Reneé 9780063221673 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins In this bold hybrid collection of poetry and micro-flash fiction, the award-winning, interdisciplinary write...
To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through The Civil Rights Movement (New York Times)
To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through The Civil Rights Movement (New York Times) Charlayne Hunter-Gault 9781596436053 Nonfiction Flash Point Flash Point A personal history of the civil rights movemen...
Orgasm, Inc - Scathing Expose’ Uncovers Pharmaceutical Industry Plot to Exploit Female Pleasure
Orgasm, Inc - Scathing Expose’ Uncovers Pharmaceutical Industry Plot to Exploit Female Pleasure Troy Johnson Article In our culture, seemingly anything can and will be distorted in such a way to ...
10 Books African-Americans Should Read & Have in the Home
10 Books African-Americans Should Read & Have in the Home Troy Johnson Article Today, at 5PM EST, I'll be participating in a live interview with Paul Billings host of the "The Beat" on WUVS-LP 103.7F...
A Filmmaker You Should Know: Janks Morton
A Filmmaker You Should Know: Janks Morton Troy Johnson Article Janks Morton has been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years and is a much sought-after teacher, lecturer, commentator...
Justice League of America: Sanctuary v. 4
Justice League of America: Sanctuary v. 4 Dwayne McDuffie 9781848560659 Fiction Titan Books Titan Publishing Group The Justice League face off with the Suicide Squad when a cabal of Super-Villains tur...
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom Chris van Wyk 9781596435667 Nonfiction Flash Point Flash Point Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, offers a glimpse into the mind of a great lead...
AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Party - Video
AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Party - Video Troy Johnson Article
Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009
Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009 Related Links Mosaic Magazine http://mosaicmagazine.org
Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010
Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010 Related Links Mosaic Magazine
Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009
Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009 Related Links Mosaic Magazine http://mosaicmagazine.org
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany Bill Campbell 9780990319177 Fiction Rosarium Publishing Rosarium Publishing Stories for Chip brings together outstanding authors inspired by a brilliant...
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 ...
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...
3rd Annual Black Pack Party Mix and Mingle - May 30th 2009
3rd Annual Black Pack Party Mix and Mingle - May 30th 2009 3rd Annual Black Pack Party Mix and Mingle - May 30th 2009 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTO...
BookExpo America 2006 - African American Authors Pavillion
BookExpo America 2006 - African American Authors Pavillion BookExpo America 2006 - African American Authors Pavillion THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL...
Black Pack Party 2012 Photos
Black Pack Party 2012 Photos Photos from the 2012 Black Pack Party 2012 Black Pack Party Photos Londel’s Restaurant served as the venue for the 7th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The ...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Photos and one video from the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in Ne...
Chrysalis Theatre Company
Chrysalis Theatre Company Chrysalis Theatre Company Chrysalis Theatre Company performers include: Andrea Hairston - http://www.andreahairston.com James Emery - Lenelle Moise - http:...
Dripping Ink Exhibit
Dripping Ink Exhibit Dripping Ink Exhibit Visit the Dripping Ink Photography Exhibit: Light Like a Feather, Heavy as Lead An Exhibition of Photographs of Authors of the Afric...
Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011
Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011 Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011 This event has taken place. Please enjoy the videos & photographs...
Meeting with One Spirit Book Club
Meeting with One Spirit Book Club Meeting with One Spirit Book Club THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Lisa N...
Videos from the BEA 2008
Videos from the BEA 2008 Videos from the BEA 2008 Videos from the Book Expo America 2008 - African American Pavilion The Amiri Baraka Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet hosted ...
The Road to the Salt Sea (paperback)
The Road to the Salt Sea (paperback) Samuel Kolawole 9780063050860 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins As wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a sear...
The Road to the Salt Sea
The Road to the Salt Sea Samuel Kolawole 9780063050853 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins As wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad's What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, a searing ...
The Door of No Return
The Door of No Return Kwame Alexander 9780316441964 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander...
2024 Black History Planner: Volume 4
2024 Black History Planner: Volume 4 Steven Barboza B0CW2NDV55 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published The Ultimate Black History Planner - Black & White Edition with Scannable ...
Ari J.’s Firefly Rescue
Ari J.’s Firefly Rescue Ain Heath Drew 9781645385349 Fiction Orange Hat Publishing Orange Hat Publishing Ari J. is visiting her grandparents’ home in Tennessee for the first time. While sitting on the...
Matty’s Rocket Book One (Reissue)
Matty’s Rocket Book One (Reissue) Tim Fielder 9780996204668 Fiction Dieselfunk Studios Dieselfunk Studios Matty’s Rocket, created by pioneering Afrofuturist, Tim Fielder, is a galaxy spanning tale abo...
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...
Harlem Hit & Run (2nd Ed.)
Harlem Hit & Run (2nd Ed.) Angela Dews 9781087896182 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Second Edition of the AALBC Bestseller Harlem Hit & Run Harlem Hit & Run is recent histo...
Harlem Hit & Run
Harlem Hit & Run Angela Dews 9798744530754 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Newer Version Available (2nd Edition) I had to do the perp walk through a gauntlet of paparazzi at...
In Love with the King of Harlem
In Love with the King of Harlem Jahquel J. 9781645561620 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Qua loves Wynner. Wynner loves Qua. Easy enough, right? But Wynner comes with two brothers who ...
Brave. Black. First. 100 Postcards
Brave. Black. First. 100 Postcards Cheryl Willis Hudson 9781984825636 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House 100 Postcards Celebrating More Than 50 African American Women Who Changed the Worl...
So We Can Glow: Stories
So We Can Glow: Stories Leesa Cross-Smith 9781538715338 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A lush, glittering short story collection exploring female obsession and desire by an award...
In Love with the King of Harlem
In Love with the King of Harlem Jahquel J. 9781622861347 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Qua loves Wynner. Wynner loves Qua. Easy enough, right? But Wynner comes with two brothers who ...
Patina: Patty Ain’t No Junk
Patina: Patty Ain’t No Junk Jason Reynolds 9781481450195 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she trie...
A Yogi’s Guide to Body Pride at Any Age
A Yogi’s Guide to Body Pride at Any Age Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9781881032045 Nonfiction Middle Passage Press Middle Passage Press Noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson he steps out of his role ...
Patina (Track)
Patina (Track) Jason Reynolds 9781481450188 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun h...
Come Let Us Sing Anyway
Come Let Us Sing Anyway Leone Ross 9781845233341 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press From headless schoolgirls, to talking food and threesomes, pretty much anything can happen in these witty, ...
Easy Motion Tourist
Easy Motion Tourist Leye Adenle 9781911115069 Fiction Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press "Fast and furious, told from a kaleidoscope of different points of view, it’s a rollercoaster ride t...
Two Masks One Heart
Two Masks One Heart Jacob Spears and Trayvon D. Jackson 9781943686506 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Local gangster Benjamin Clark has all of Georgia on ’lockdown.’ The drug kingpin sit...
ICode: Breaking the silence on child incest
ICode: Breaking the silence on child incest Johanna Sparrow 9781535525794 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Hearing a child crying in the middle of the night for no reason other than som...
APB: Artists against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology
APB: Artists against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology Bill Campbell 9781495607523 Fiction Rosarium Publishing Rosarium Publishing An incredibly unique comic book benefit project featuring comi...
On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination
On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination Nicole R. Fleetwood 9780813565156 Nonfiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press What meaning does the American public attach to ima...
Is Amazon the Reader's Friend?
Is Amazon the Reader's Friend? Troy Johnson Article Is Amazon, who accounts for 75% of all new books sold online and 67% of all e-book sales, doing right by readers and the future of books? If you...
Matty’s Rocket Issue 1
Matty’s Rocket Issue 1 Tim Fielder 9780996204606 Fiction Dieselfunk Studios Dieselfunk Studios Matty’s Rocket is a galaxy spanning tale about the adventures of space pilot Matty Watty. This series is ...
Dear White People
Dear White People Justin Simien 9781476798097 Fiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. Right out of college, Justin Simien wrote a screenplay about the nuanced experiences of four black students ...
Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults)
Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults) Jamaal May 9781938584022 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books In May’s debut collection, poems buzz and purr like a well-oiled chassis. Grit, trial, and song t...
Diamond Dreams (Kimani Romance)
Diamond Dreams (Kimani Romance) Zuri Day 9780373862535 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited A dazzling dynasty. As the only daughter of southern California’s most famous wine dynasty...
It Often Deprives Me Of My Sleep
It Often Deprives Me Of My Sleep Christopher D. Burns 9780970195289 Fiction C. B. Publishing C. B. Publishing Stories typically adhere to a format that allows for a manipulation of characters and situ...
The Top 7 American Writers of the 20th Century
The Top 7 American Writers of the 20th Century Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_948" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="AALBC.com Founder, Troy Johnson on James Baldwin"][/caption] ...
Rested Waters
Rested Waters Deborah Fletcher Mello 9780615456638 Fiction MaGregor Press MaGregor Press In the tradition of the griots, oral historians, and all indigenous storytellers, Deborah Fletcher Mello brings...
A Year in Ink, Volume 4
A Year in Ink, Volume 4 Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona 9780979920448 Poetry San Diego Writers, Ink San Diego Writers, Ink Forty-two writers are represented in this fourth anthology from San Diego Wri...
No Back Door
No Back Door Mervyn Taylor 9781848611412 Poetry Shearsman Books Shearsman Books No Back Door is the fourth collection from Mervyn Taylor, a Trinidad-born poet who divides his time between Brooklyn and...
Bivouac (Peepal Tree Press)
Bivouac (Peepal Tree Press) Kwame Dawes 9781845231057 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press A sharply focused portrayal of Jamaica at a tipping point in its recent past, this story of one man’s ...
Courageous Cody’s Western Adventure
Courageous Cody’s Western Adventure Fatima R. Henson 9780984271801 Fiction Fatima Renee Henson Fatima Renee Henson Cody dreamed of traveling to another time and place, but he never thought that it wou...
Troy at the National Black Book Club Conference
Troy at the National Black Book Club Conference Troy Johnson Article This past August I participated in the National Black Book Club Conference. It was by 3rd time attending and 2rd time taking an ac...
Troy still has a few tricks
Troy still has a few tricks Troy Johnson Article Last year I started working out again. As I lost weight and got a little stronger, I started doing some of my old gymnastics moves in the gym during m...
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Troy Johnson Article Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Ami...
From The Depths Of Despair: Love: How Ted Forsook White Supremacy To Marry His Princess
From The Depths Of Despair: Love: How Ted Forsook White Supremacy To Marry His Princess Ca Joseph 9781430306559 Nonfiction lulu.com lulu.com Ted was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and other clandestine ...
A Conversation with Howard Zinn and Walter Mosley
A Conversation with Howard Zinn and Walter Mosley Troy Johnson Article
Ball Don’t Lie
Ball Don’t Lie Matt De La Peña 9780385734257 Fiction Ember Ember Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña’s Ball Don’t Lie "is a must-read." [The Bulletin]Sticky is ...
The New Moon’s Arms
The New Moon’s Arms Nalo Hopkinson 9780446576918 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group First it’s her mother’s missing gold brooch. Then, a blue and white dish she hasn’t seen in years....
Total Chaos: The Art And Aesthetics Of Hip-Hop
Total Chaos: The Art And Aesthetics Of Hip-Hop Jeff Chang 9780465009091 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books It’s not just rap music. Hip-hop has transformed theater, dance, performance, poetr...
Actor Bill Duke Praises Author Relentless Aaron
Actor Bill Duke Praises Author Relentless Aaron Troy Johnson Article Troy Johnson of AALBC.com joined renowned actor and director, Bill Duke and best selling author Relentless Aaron for a celebrator...
What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States
What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States Dave Zirin 9781931859202 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books “Zirin is America’s best sportswriter.”—Lee Ballinger, Rock and Rap...
I Wish I Never Met You: Dating the Shiftless, Stupid, and Ugly a Novel
I Wish I Never Met You: Dating the Shiftless, Stupid, and Ugly a Novel Denise N. Wheatley 9780743250566 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Preston the Project Mishap Ernest the Undercover Su...
Blame It On Eve
Blame It On Eve Philana Marie Boles 9780345447128 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Shawni Baldwin has everything she has ever closed her eyes and wished for. She can wrap her arms aro...
Between Laughter And Tears: Black Mona Lisa Poems
Between Laughter And Tears: Black Mona Lisa Poems Mona Lisa Saloy 9781887160001 Poetry Black Bayou Press Black Bayou Press Mona Lisa Saloy is the kind of poet, once you hear her read, you will never f...
These Same long Bones
These Same long Bones Gwendolyn M. Parker 9780395671726 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt After bank president Sirus McDougald’s daughter dies, he must recover from grief in time t...
An Island of His Own
An Island of His Own Mervyn Taylor 9781881523024 Poetry Junction Press Junction Press Mervyn Taylor "is strenuously after what all honestly skilled craftsmen seek: tone, accent without affectation.The...