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I Am Jackie Robinson

by Kam Williams

I Am Jackie Robinson Kam Williams Book Review An AALBC.com Bestselling Book May/June 2015 Book Reviewed by Kam Williams “Jackie Robinson learned to be brave when he was very young. He gre...

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The Billion Dollar BET Rondall Brasher Book Review Brett Pulley goes all in with The Million Dollar BET, Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television. He has woven a tale of...

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Conversation with the Mann

by Thumper

Conversation with the Mann Thumper Book Review Not since Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man has a first person narrative novel struck me with such a poignant sense of completeness and satisfaction a...

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I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir

by Robert Fleming

I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review Blessed with a candor, boldness, and business savvy rarely seen in books of this type, former CEO of Black Entertainment Television network Debra L...

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Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

by Amanda Robinson

Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been Amanda Robinson Book Review In the midst of arguably a time of the greatest push for the advocacy of LGBT acceptance, Jackie Hi...

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Brotherly Love

by Kam Williams

Brotherly Love Kam Williams brotherly-love.jpg Film Review Brotherly Love In Theaters: Apr 24, 2015 Limited Rated: R for violence, profanity and ethnic slurs Genre: Drama Written & Directed By...

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Sorry You’re Having A Bad Night by E.K. Robertson

by Denolyn Carroll

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...

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The Savion Sequence

by Connie Bradley

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...

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Playing with Destiny

by Thumper

Playing with Destiny Thumper Book Review As incredible as it may seem, I’m a tad bit in shock. I recently finished reading and actually LOVING a novel published by BET under its Sepia imprint;...

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Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is

by Kam Williams

Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is Kam Williams keyshi1.jpg Film Review BET’s #1 Rated Reality Series Released on DVD   Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is’ (...

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Blackout

by Kam Williams

Blackout Kam Williams Book Review             "It may be difficult for us today to understand both the vastness of American racism or th...

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The Emperor of Ocean Park

by Thumper

The Emperor of Ocean Park Thumper Book Review Conservative Pundit’s Mystery Novel Only Partly Successful Stephen L. Carter makes his debut as a fiction writer with The Emperor of Ocean Par...

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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

by Kam Williams

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama Kam Williams Book Review “Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and...

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How To Think Big

by Kam Williams

How To Think Big Kam Williams Book Review "I am not a genius. I am not a prodigy or sensation or phenomenon. I am just like you. At the age of 19, I founded my first company. After graduat...

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Making Friends With Black People

by Kam Williams

Making Friends With Black People Kam Williams Book Review ’NIGGER. White readers, I should warn you right now that if reading this particular epithet makes you uncomfortable, you're goin...

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Tavis Smiley Books

by Lynne d. Johnson

Tavis Smiley Books Lynne d. Johnson Book Review Tavis Smiley, syndicated radio and BET talk-show host, is committed to making the world a better place. This is his mission. His first book, Doing What...

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Perfect Timing

by Tiffany M. Davis

Perfect Timing Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Brenda Jackson’s second full-length fiction work Perfect Timing, is a novel about losing, finding, and maintaining friendship and love. Mrs. Jackson ...

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Witnessing and Testifying

by Paige Turner

Witnessing and Testifying Paige Turner Book Review At the dawn of this new millennium when the "bimbo-ization" of American women is in full flower it is instructive to look back to times wh...

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Real Steel

by Kam Williams

Real Steel Kam Williams images/realsteel2.jpg Film Review   Father and Son Belatedly Bond in Rock‘em-Sock‘em Robot Saga   Real Steel Rated PG-13 for violence, intense ac...

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Lackawanna Blues

by Brian Egeston

Lackawanna Blues Brian Egeston lackaw3.jpg Film Review How Matriarchs Have Made Us A Film Review of Lackawanna Blues. Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) Directed by George C. Wolfe Written by Ruben Santi...

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Bamboozled

by Michael Dequina

Bamboozled Michael Dequina images/bamboozled.jpg Film Review Bamboozled Release Date: October 6th, 2000 (LA/NY); October 20th, 2000 (wide/moderate) MPAA Rating: R (for strong la...

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Born to Win

by Kam Williams

Born to Win Kam Williams Book Review "No Negro player, man or woman, had ever set foot on one of these courts. In many ways, it was an even tougher personal Jim Crow-busting assignment than was...

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Forty Million Dollar Slaves

by Kam Williams

Forty Million Dollar Slaves Kam Williams Book Review  "The Belt carries young black athletes out of black America and introduces them to a world with very few African-Americans, a world o...

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A Dream Deferred

by Robert Fleming

A Dream Deferred Robert Fleming Book Review With the recent death of Jesse Jackson, America has lost one of the most progressive political activists ever to stand on the national stage. CNN anchor Ab...

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Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters

by Kam Williams

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Kam Williams Book Review In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaki...

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Rush Hour 3

by Kam Williams

Rush Hour 3 Kam Williams rush_h2.jpg Film Review Chan and Tucker Teamed-Up Again to Chase Chinese Crooks around Paris   Rush Hour 3 Click to order via Amazon Rated PG-13 for profa...

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Stomp the Yard

by Kam Williams

Stomp the Yard Kam Williams stomp_6.jpg Film Review Black Greek Goes Gaga Over Curvy Coed in Coincidence-Driven Melodrama   Stomp the Yard Rated PG-13 for sexuality, profanity, ethnic slurs and...

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42

by Kam Williams

42 Kam Williams 42-dvd-blue-ray.jpg Film Review Jackie Robinson Biopic Recounts Historic Breaking of Baseball’s Color Barrier 42 Now Available on DVD! (July 16, 2013) In Theaters: Apr 12, ...

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Get On Up: The James Brown Story

by Kam Williams

Get On Up: The James Brown Story Kam Williams get-on-up-movie-poster-2.jpg Film Review Chadwick Channels James Brown in Nostalgic Jukebox Musical Get on Up: The James Brown Story In Theaters: Au...

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Cosby: His Life and Times

by Kam Williams

Cosby: His Life and Times Kam Williams Book Review “[Bill] Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother&...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase the ...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Michael Jackson

by Kam Williams

Michael Jackson Kam Williams Book Review ’I have admired and adored Michael Jackson from the first time I heard his name and listened to his music. I have never been more fasc...

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

by Kam Williams

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Kam Williams Book Review “This book is an attempt to reclaim, as much as possible, the Jesus of history, the Jesus of Christianity… whos...

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My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir

by Kam Williams

My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir Kam Williams Book Review "His father, Syl Whitaker, was the charismatic grandson of slaves… His mother, Jeanne Theis, was a shy, World War II refugee from ...

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Round & Round Together

by Kam Williams

Round & Round Together Kam Williams Book Review “About four months before the March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested during demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama. While in j...

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Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama

by Kam Williams

Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama Kam Williams Book Review “Whites don’t think they have the moral authority to ask anything of black people, certainly not to judge...

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To the Mountaintop: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement

by Kam Williams

To the Mountaintop: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement Kam Williams Book Review “On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded onto the cold, hard grounds of the nation’s cap...

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Second Line Home: New Orleans Poems

by Rudolph Lewis

Second Line Home: New Orleans Poems Rudolph Lewis Book Review June 2005, almost a decade ago, was the time I last visited New Orleans. It was still almost the Big Easy I knew in the mid-1980s. Seve...

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Devil‘s Wake

by Emanuel Carpenter

Devil‘s Wake Emanuel Carpenter Book Review Something is turning the world into zombies. Perhaps it’s a virus or maybe even the latest flu vaccine. Whatever the cause, prevention is simple. Do...

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African American History for Dummies

by Kam Williams

African American History for Dummies Kam Williams Book Review ’African-American history, to be clear, is so much more than a handful of extraordinary individuals or practices like slaver...

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American Indians

by Kam Williams

American Indians Kam Williams Book Review ’Accurate books about Indians have been written, yet misinformation abounds and inundates our children at an early age. Racist tel...

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Do You Speak American?

by Kam Williams

Do You Speak American? Kam Williams Book Review "It is one of the paradoxes of American life that white America both is fascinated by black culture and disapproves of it, embracing it and bad-...

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Down Home with the Neelys

by Kam Williams

Down Home with the Neelys Kam Williams Book Review ’Hey, everyone, first of all, I want to thank you for reading our book and watching our show. We had no idea what we were g...

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Historical Dict. of African-American TV

by Kam Williams

Historical Dict. of African-American TV Kam Williams Book Review ’Most African-Americans who recall early television will say the first nationwide black-cast TV series they saw was Amos &...

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I’m African and Proud

by Kam Williams

I’m African and Proud Kam Williams Book Review ’I’ve taught in New Jersey schools for 32 years, 21 as a kindergarten teacher. I’ve seen so many children of African descent who ha...

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Souls for Sale

by Kam Williams

Souls for Sale Kam Williams Book Review “Between Black television shows and white-owned and controlled urban formatted radio that have little regard for Black cultural dignity and ethnic ...

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My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte

by Robert Fleming

My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte Robert Fleming Book Review My Song: A Memoir is the story of a blessed life, that of Harry Belafonte, the mythic musician, actor, humanitarian, and social activ...

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Between Brothers

by Walter Benefield

Between Brothers Walter Benefield Book Review C. Kelly Robinson has combined the elements of a successful television drama, violence, suspense, and relationships in his novel, "Between Brothers&...

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Salmon Croquettes

by Tony Lindsay

Salmon Croquettes Tony Lindsay Book Review Salmon Croquettes is a debut novel rich in prose. The book is loaded with purposeful dialogue and heartwarming descriptive scenes. The novel’s authent...

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The Pursuit of Porsha

by Robert Fleming

The Pursuit of Porsha Robert Fleming Book Review Those people who follow television and podcasts will recognize Porsha Williams, one of the stars of the popular reality show, The Real Housewives of...

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The Black Agenda

by Robert Fleming

The Black Agenda Robert Fleming Book Review Who was Glen Ford? If you ask that question of some of the best critical thinkers in the Black community, they would say Ford was one of the most capabl...

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Confessions of a Video Vixen

by Kam Williams

Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review This is a review of a version of Confessions of a Video Vixen published 20 years earlier. Where young girls once aspired to be models and b...

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Confessions of a Video Vixen

by Kam Williams

Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review "Where young girls once aspired to be models and ballerinas, they now aspire to be hip-hop video girls. I sat down to write this book...

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Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady

by Kam Williams

Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady Kam Williams Book Review ’A tall 44 year-old African-American woman took her place at the podium and began her speech at the Democratic ...

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Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate

by Kam Williams

Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate Kam Williams Book Review "Is it possible to talk about Muslims and terrorism without being called a bigot? …What happened to me was not about me a...

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Step Out on Nothing

by Kam Williams

Step Out on Nothing Kam Williams Book Review ’We all have those defining moments in our lives. Moments of great joy. Moments of unspeakable sadness and fear. We usually thi...

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Inner City Miracle

by Thumper

Inner City Miracle Thumper Book Review Judge Greg Mathis makes his debut on the literary stage with his autobiography, Inner City Miracle: A Memoir. Mathis is the star of the popular The Judge Greg...

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Cosbyology

by Akilah Monifa

Cosbyology Akilah Monifa Book Review Many people regard Bill Cosby as the penultimate father figure of the 80s, replacing Robert Young of "Father Knows Best." Cosby is probably best known...

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Mission: Impossible III

by Kam Williams

Mission: Impossible III Kam Williams mi3.ht34.jpg Film Review Mission: Impossible III Rated PG-13 for action violence, disturbing image, and some sensuality. Running time: 126 minutes Studio: ...

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Roots

by Kam Williams

Roots Kam Williams alex.h11.jpg Film Review 30th Anniversary Edition of Emmy-Winning Miniseries Arrives on DVD Roots (Four-Disc -30th Anniversary Edition) (1977) Click to order via AmazonDirec...

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Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Think Like a Man Kam Williams movie%20still.jpg Film Review What happens to four couples whose love lives are shaken up after reading Steve Harvey’s relationship book?   Thi...

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Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story

by Troy Johnson

Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story Troy Johnson books-place.jpg Film Review Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story   Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story Click to rent or buy th...

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The Honeymooners

by Kam Williams

The Honeymooners Kam Williams the_honeymooners.jpg Film Review   The Honeymooners Directed by John Schultz Writing credits Barry W. Blaustein,  Danny Jacobson, et. al. Cedric the Entertai...

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Best Selling DVD's for 2011

by Kam Williams

Best Selling DVD's for 2011 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/aalbcdvd1.jpg Film Review 10 Best Selling DVDs on AALBC.com for 2011 This is the Start of Part 2 (Go to Part 1) #6 • The Black Po...

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