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Jelani’s Key
Jelani’s Key D. Amari Jackson 9780979637438 Fiction AALBC Books for Young Readers African American Literature Book Club “Dramatic, daring, and authentic, Jelani’s Key is a page-turning epic chock full...
Jelani’s Key
Jelani’s Key Mel Hopkins Book Review Pain into Promise An immeasurable loss leads to a journey of cultural enlightenment, friendship, and self-discovery for 11-year-old protagonists Jelani and Bak...
Jelani’s Key Chapter II
Jelani’s Key Chapter II D. Amari Jackson Excerpt Chapter II The Bully of Benning Road
Jelani’s Key Book Trailer
Jelani’s Key Book Trailer Book Spotlights Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson (https://jelaniskey.com/) “Dramatic, daring, and authentic, Jelani’s Key is a page-turning epic chock full of culture, histor...
Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson
Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson Author Interviews “Jelani’s Key is a coming-of-age story about loving relationships between a boy and his father and grandfather, his newfound friend and their Jegna w...
Jonathan Birruete
Jonathan Birruete NONE Jonathan Birruete is a middle school student from the Washington, DC area. He wrote a review of the book Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson: Jelani’s Key is a short but power...
D. Amari Jackson on Jelani’s Key and Banning Books
D. Amari Jackson on Jelani’s Key and Banning Books Book Spotlights Recorded at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe October 28, 2023, in Washington DC
Harold Cruse and William Jelani Cobb
Harold Cruse and William Jelani Cobb MULTIPLE Harold Cruse & William Jelani Cobb are renowned authors. Cruse, known for his work on African-American culture & history, and Cobb, noted for his comment...
William Jelani Cobb and David Remnick
William Jelani Cobb and David Remnick MULTIPLE Jelani Cobb is a renowned author known for his collaboration with David Remnick. This information is accompanied by a photo credit to Steve Friedman, ta...
William Jelani Cobb
William Jelani Cobb 0000000034332610 William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., is an accomplished author, educator, and journalist specializing in post-Civil War African American history and 20th-century American ...
D. Amari Jackson
D. Amari Jackson 0000000530897506 D. Amari Jackson is an accomplished creator, award-winning journalist, and author known for his middle grade novel, Jelani's Key. His portfolio includes TV/web/film ...
Back to (Mysteries) School
Back to (Mysteries) School Mel Hopkins Article Is the oldest storytelling format, the monomyth, also known as The Hero’s Journey, one of the templates used for awakening the human consciousness...
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker William Jelani Cobb and David Remnick 9780063017597 Nonfiction Ecco Press HarperCollins A collection of The New Yorker’s groundbreaking writing o...
Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key
Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key MULTIPLE Emmy and Peabody Award-winning actor, writer, and producer Keegan-Michael Key is renowned for his diverse talent in comedy and drama, with credits in Key & Pe...
Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-Present
Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-Present William Jelani Cobb 9780593978207 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House From one of the definitive journalists of this era — acclaim...
The Essential Kerner Commission Report
The Essential Kerner Commission Report William Jelani Cobb 9781631498923 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company The Kerner Commission Report, released a month before Martin...
The Substance Of Hope: Barack Obama And The Paradox Of Progress
The Substance Of Hope: Barack Obama And The Paradox Of Progress William Jelani Cobb 9781635577426 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press For acclaimed historian William Jelani Cobb, the historic...
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic William Jelani Cobb 9780814716717 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press 2007 Arts Club of Washington’s National Awar...
Obama Rises, Old Guard Civil Rights Leaders Scowl
Obama Rises, Old Guard Civil Rights Leaders Scowl William Jelani Cobb Article President Elect, Barack Obama, D-Ill. Speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memori...
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic William Jelani Cobb 9780814716700 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press 2007 Arts Club of Washington’s National Awar...
The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader
The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader Harold Cruse and William Jelani Cobb 9780312293963 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers In 1967, as the movement for civil rights was turning into ...
The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor
The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key 9781797216836 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books Authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle ...
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours Helen Oyeyemi 9781594634635 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the award-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and Mr. Fox comes an enchanting collection of i...
The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays
The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays William Jelani Cobb 9781560259770 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books An unflinching collection of essays that takes on the subjects of Biggie Smalls, T...
Antidote to Revolution: African American Anticommunism and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1931-1954
Antidote to Revolution: African American Anticommunism and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1931-1954 William Jelani Cobb 9780231133784 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press &nb...
The Flow: New Black Poetry in Motion
The Flow: New Black Poetry in Motion Kwame Alexander 9780938818458 Poetry ECA Associates ECA Associates Alexander’s first collection of Poetry. Jelani Cobb contributes.
Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers
Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers Jon Key 9781646143764 Nonfiction Levine Querido Levine Querido Uncover oft-forgotten figures in Black and Queer art hist...
Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key
Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key Tracy Occomy Crowder 9781643795171 Fiction Tu Books Lee & Low Books New Visions Award Winner, Tu Books It’s 2008, and ten-year-old Montgomery "Monty" Carve...
The Deserter’s Tale: The Story Of An Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away From The War In Iraq
The Deserter’s Tale: The Story Of An Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away From The War In Iraq Joshua Key 9780871139542 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. In the first ever memoir from a young so...
The World Wasn’t Ready for You: Stories
The World Wasn’t Ready for You: Stories Justin C. Key 9780063290426 Fiction Harper HarperCollins “The most profound terror is rooted in love—the terror of losing love, of love betrayed, of love in per...
The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street: The Seven Key Empowerment Principles
The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street: The Seven Key Empowerment Principles Robin Walker 9781499363920 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Did you know that African Americans in Oklahoma ...
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb 9780984925001 Nonfiction Between The Lines Productions, Inc. Between The Lines Productions, ...
The Key Bookstore
The Key Bookstore Hartford CT The Key Bookstore is a fully interactive bookstore experience. The Key engages readers through curation, activities, subscriptions, events, events, and community engageme...
Jon Key
Jon Key NONE Jonathan Key is an artist, designer, and writer originally from Seale, Alabama. After receiving his BFA from RISD, Jon began his design career at Grey Advertising in NYC before moving o...
AALBC Books for Young Readers
AALBC Books for Young Readers African American Literature Book Club AALBC.com, LLC The AALBC Books for Young Readers imprint was launched in 2023 with the upcoming publication of the middle grade nov...
Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (Revised)
Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (Revised) Ozlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo 9780807758618 Nonfiction Teachers College Press Teachers College This i...
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness Donna Janell Bowman 9781620141489 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growin...
Justin C. Key
Justin C. Key NONE Justin C. Key is a practicing psychiatrist and a speculative fiction writer. He is the author of the debut novel The Hospital at the End of the World and the story collection The ...
We Refuse (paperback): A Forceful History of Black Resistance
We Refuse (paperback): A Forceful History of Black Resistance Kellie Carter Jackson 9781541601598 Nonfiction Seal Press (CA) Seal Press An unsparing, erudite, and incisive (Jelani Cobb, staff writ...
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore Ashley D. Farmer 9780593701546 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From an award-winning historian of Blac...
My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives
My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives Charlayne Hunter-Gault 9780063135390 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voi...
Victory Is Assured: Uncollected Writings of Stanley Crouch
Victory Is Assured: Uncollected Writings of Stanley Crouch Stanley Crouch 9781324090908 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company With Stanley Crouch’s untimely death in 2020,...
In The Black: New African Canadian Literature
In The Black: New African Canadian Literature Althea Prince 9781554830855 Nonfiction Insomniac Press Insomniac Press In a mix of short fiction, poetry, dub poetry, and hip hop, some of Black Canada’s ...
By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented
By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented Herb Boyd 9780883783368 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press Compiled as a response to Manning Marable’s controversial new biogra...
Mother’s Day Stories
Mother’s Day Stories Troy Johnson Article Mother’s Day Stories: A Lifetime of Appreciation in a Few Words The Defenders Online http://tinyurl.com/troy-mom I have a tribute to my mom here along wi...
Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life
Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life Kevin Powell 9781416592242 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Author and activist Kevin Powell and contributors Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, By...
The Hospital at the End of the World
The Hospital at the End of the World Justin C. Key 9780063290488 Fiction Harper HarperCollins From the author of the acclaimed The World Wasn’t Ready for You comes a thrilling first novel, set in a ne...
Love in the Key of Summer: A Love Set in Summer novel
Love in the Key of Summer: A Love Set in Summer novel Zariah L. Banks 9798986969350 Fiction Eparke Press Eparke Press Love wasn’t on the agenda—until one summer night changed everything. ...
Epigenomic Awareness as a Key to Black Mental Health: The Disruptive Effects of Not Knowing
Epigenomic Awareness as a Key to Black Mental Health: The Disruptive Effects of Not Knowing Benson George Cooke and Schuyler C. Webb 9781942774327 Nonfiction Universal Write Publications Universal Wri...
In the Key of Us
In the Key of Us Mariama J. Lockington 9781250866493 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers STONEWALL HONOR BOOK • From the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me and ...
Speculation
Speculation Nisi Shawl 9781620149591 Fiction Tu Books Lee & Low Books A wonderful middle-grade fantasy debut about Black families, family history, family curses … and a really marvelous pair of specta...
In the Key of Us
In the Key of Us Mariama J. Lockington 9780374314101 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Stonewall Book Awards—Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Youn...
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement 1963 (Library Edition)
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement 1963 (Library Edition) Angela Shanté 9781338769807 Nonfiction C. Press/F. Watts Trade C. Press/F. Watts Trade Key events of the Civil Rights Movement will be broug...
Night Hawks: Stories
Night Hawks: Stories Charles Johnson Excerpt The Weave Three thieves battered through a wall, crawled close to the floor to dodge motion detectors and stole six duffel bags filled with human hair ...
A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded Harriet Beecher Stowe 9780486794822 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications In 1852 Ha...
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key Jess Mowry 9781590923535 Fiction Blue Works Blue Works Thirteen-year-old Jarett Ross has been no more than a ghost for months, crying alone in the darkness where no one can hear him. A dr...
The Bitten (Vampire Huntress Legends)
The Bitten (Vampire Huntress Legends) Leslie Esdaile Banks 9780312324087 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten b...
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller, and Kendall Thomas 9781565842717 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press What is Critical ...
The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Sacred Places
The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Sacred Places John Anthony West 9780835607247 Nonfiction Quest Books Theosophical Publishing House To appreciate the extraordinary treasures of ancient ...
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together
Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients To Happily Living & Loving Together Kam Williams Book Review “Jamillah and David Lamb are the dynamic couple behind the successful Off-Broadway play...
The Skull Cage Key
The Skull Cage Key Thumper Book Review The Skull Cage Key, the science fiction debut thriller by Michel Marriott; takes place in 2041 Harlem, centering on the murders of rich, white people....
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer Vanessa Vanzie Book Review A combination of fun, friends and awesome adventures make for a summer vacation that you never want to end. The Legendary Alston boys are no exc...
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
The Tiki Factor: 4 Key Principles to Turn Your Losses Into Wins
The Tiki Factor: 4 Key Principles to Turn Your Losses Into Wins Tiki Davis 9780063346345 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this modern-day Pursuit of Happyness, Tiki Davis shares his inspiring journ...
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...
The Wildest Sun: A Novel
The Wildest Sun: A Novel Asha Lemmie 9780593185735 Fiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie’s next sweepin...
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance James Baldwin 9781636811321 Nonfiction Delmonico Books Delmonico Books Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in h...
Sonnets for a Missing Key
Sonnets for a Missing Key Percival Everett 9781636281667 Poetry Red Hen Press Red Hen Press These sonnets were inspired by the Preludes of Chopin. Do keys matter? Do they speak to different parts o...
Here Are the Seeds
Here Are the Seeds JaNay Brown-Wood 9781525308307 Fiction Kids Can Press Corus Entertainment Inc This delightfully rhythmic story follows two children as they grow a garden from seeds. Author and p...
We Are a Haunting
We Are a Haunting Tyriek White 9781662601712 Fiction Astra House Astra Publishing House “An absolute triumph.” —Michael Schaub, NPR “Astonishing.” —Kiese Laymon, MacArthur Fellow and author of ...
Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny
Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny Dharius Daniels 9780310364795 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Step into your unique calling in life by embracing your G...
Dialectics Of Liberation: The African Liberation Support Movement
Dialectics Of Liberation: The African Liberation Support Movement Abdul Alkalimat 9781569027783 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press The Dialectics of Black Liberation:...
Dialectics Of Liberation (paperback): The African Liberation Support Movement
Dialectics Of Liberation (paperback): The African Liberation Support Movement Abdul Alkalimat 9781569027790 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press The Dialectics of Black...
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You Carole Boston Weatherford 9781547608973 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing With poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning...
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...
Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience
Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón 9780809093687 Nonfiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers The essential primer on African Americ...
The Stairway: Keys to Heaven
The Stairway: Keys to Heaven Nea 9780982021699 Nonfiction Truly Outspoken Publications Truly Outspoken Publications The Stairway: Keys to Heaven is to be used as a tool of encouragement. The keys with...
Becoming His: Finding Your Place as a Daughter of God
Becoming His: Finding Your Place as a Daughter of God Jenny Erlingsson 9780768410723 Nonfiction Destiny Image Destiny Image Where does a woman find her identity? Take an engaging journey back throu...
Small Voices Heard- The Parental Guide
Small Voices Heard- The Parental Guide Orjanette Bryant and Dana A. Cooper 9781539920670 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A guide to help improve communication and strategic implementat...
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation Jeff Chang 9780312429485 Nonfiction Picador Macmillan Publishers In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t...
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence Kidada E. Williams 9780820349572 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press On June 17, 2015, a white suprema...
What’s Done in Darkness: A Novel
What’s Done in Darkness: A Novel Kayla Perrin 9781250069474 Fiction St. Martin’s Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Jealousy is a strong motive. People kill for love every day…Jade Blackwin feels like sh...
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...
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now Ayaan Hirsi Ali 9780062333933 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the bri...
One Hour To Wealth: Your Great Idea Is Valuable...Get Up And Write It Down!
One Hour To Wealth: Your Great Idea Is Valuable...Get Up And Write It Down! Christopher D. Burns 9781502461759 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC One Hour To Wealth was written in respons...
Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life
Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson 9781583335024 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House Get fit like 50 Cent: The phenomenally fit su...
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author Chuck Sambuchino 9781599635750 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books...
Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination
Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination Valerie Smith 9781405160339 Nonfiction Wiley-Blackwell Wiley This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate's aesthet...
Is Modeling for You?: The Handbook & Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model (Revised Second Edition)
Is Modeling for You?: The Handbook & Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model (Revised Second Edition) Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose 9780979097690 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communication...
The Darkling
The Darkling Keoni Anderson 9781439264263 Fiction BookSurge Publishing On-Demand Publishing LLC The Darkling by Keoni Anderson follows Henry, a San Bernadino, California, high school student who despe...
The Hiptionary: A Survey Of African American Speech Patterns With A Digest Of Key Words And Phrases
The Hiptionary: A Survey Of African American Speech Patterns With A Digest Of Key Words And Phrases Mahmoud El-Kati 9780967558172 Nonfiction Papyrus Publishing Inc. Papyrus Publishing Inc. Hiptionary?...
The Skull Cage Key: A Novel
The Skull Cage Key: A Novel Michel Marriott 9781932841305 Fiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc Chinese New Year, 2042. Armstrong, an upwardly mobile Harlem resident, is out celebrating with his ...
Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics
Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics Cedric Johnson 9780816644780 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press The Black P...
An African Answer: The Key to Global Productivity
An African Answer: The Key to Global Productivity Edgar J. Ridley 9780865433595 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press This book features Edgar Ridley’s refreshingly cand...
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb MULTIPLE David and Jamillah Lamb are the dynamic duo behind Between The Lines Productions, Inc. The couple co-authored the book Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients...