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Overtime

by Connie Barrett

Overtime Connie Barrett Excerpt Chapter One:With one foot lodged in her house shoe, Toi searched in vain for the other, all the while fighting the urge to roll back into the warm covers that invi...

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Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation

by Marvin Andrew McMickle

Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation Marvin Andrew McMickle Excerpt The Invisible Black Woman It seems that African American men who worked tirelessly to reverse the st...

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CHAPTER 1: Stunt Work

by Pam Grier

CHAPTER 1: Stunt Work Pam Grier Excerpt CHAPTER 1: Stunt Work I was snuggled in my mother’s arms in the backseat of the old Buick. My dad’s Air Force buddy was at the wheel, driving us...

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Provenance: A Novel

by Donna Drew Sawyer

Provenance: A Novel Donna Drew Sawyer Excerpt Prologue Park Place, Virginia - Fall 1909 “Hank, run!” was the last thing he heard Junior say. Deputies struggled to hold and handcuff ...

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You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way

by Connie Briscoe, Lolita Files, and Anita Bunkley

You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way Connie Briscoe, Lolita Files, and Anita Bunkley Excerpt The brass headboard thumped against the wall as he rolled off of her and onto his b...

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You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way

by Connie Briscoe, Lolita Files, and Anita Bunkley

You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way Connie Briscoe, Lolita Files, and Anita Bunkley Excerpt The brass headboard thumped against the wall as he rolled off of her and onto his b...

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Remembering Margo: A Triumphant Life, A Tragic Death, And Life’s Greatest Deception

by Donzella Michele Malone

Remembering Margo: A Triumphant Life, A Tragic Death, And Life’s Greatest Deception Donzella Michele Malone Excerpt PREFACE It was a cool and ra...

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In the Still of the Night: Personal Safety for Women

by Andrea Foy

In the Still of the Night: Personal Safety for Women Andrea Foy Excerpt Une Nuit de Paris\ “How did I get myself into this mess?” I thought. There I was, riding on the Metro out of Par...

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Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1

by Drusilla Dunjee Houston

Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1 Drusilla Dunjee Houston Excerpt The minds of men today are stirred with eager questionings about the origin of civilization and about ...

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Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature

by Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature Dick Gregory Excerpt 1Warning: The Author Has Determined That Not Reading the Following Pages Is Dangerous to Your Health ...

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I Can’t Wait on God

by Albert French

I Can’t Wait on God Albert French Excerpt Chapter One Pittsburgh, 1950 Summer night air was always sticky kind of air, had that stinkin mill smoke stuck all in it. Them old freight trains ...

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Embracing the Horror

by Darline Dorce-Coupet

Embracing the Horror Darline Dorce-Coupet Excerpt San Juan although very beautiful was a blur, as I contemplated the mysteries of the powerful desire I was experiencing. So completely absorbed by m...

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In West Mills

by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

In West Mills De’Shawn Charles Winslow Excerpt Part One In October of ’41, Azalea Centre’s man told her that he was sick and tired of West Mills and of the love affair she was having w...

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Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way

by Helon Habila and Kadija Sesay

Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way Helon Habila and Kadija Sesay Excerpt Chapter 1 When she was just five years old, Ssanyu Lukoma fell in love with a book called Rosa, an inspiring chi...

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The Quest of the Silver Fleece

by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Quest of the Silver Fleece W.E.B. Du Bois Excerpt The entire novel is available at Project Gutenberg OneDREAMS Night fell. The red waters of the swamp grew sinister and sullen. The tall pines...

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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

by Walter Mosley

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley Excerpt CHAPTER ONE CRIMSON SHADOW {1.} "What you doin' there, boy?" It was six a.m. Socrates Fortlow had come out to the al...

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The Fisher King: A Novel

by Paule Marshall

The Fisher King: A Novel Paule Marshall Excerpt Chapter 1 "Had the brass-face to come round me playing the Sodom and Gomorrah music!" The old woman they said was his g...

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Satin Doll: A Novel

by Karen E. Quinones Miller

Satin Doll: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller Excerpt Bang! The sound was loud, but not quite jarring enough to register instant recognition in her reefer-dulled brain. It could have been a fire...

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Grandpa! Tell Us a Story Drinking from Ancient Wells the Story of the Game Black People Play/Trilogy Book One: The Game’s Soul

by Orchester Benjamin

Grandpa! Tell Us a Story Drinking from Ancient Wells the Story of the Game Black People Play/Trilogy Book One: The Game’s Soul Orchester Benjamin Excerpt If you dig deep en...

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The Husband We Share

by London St. Charles

The Husband We Share London St. Charles Excerpt Chapter One Lauren Carter screamed and bolted upright in her bed, snatched from the reoccurring nightmare that had plagued her for years. She touched ...

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Ibram X. Kendi Excerpt PART I Cotton Mather CHAPTER 1 Human Hierarchy THEY WEATHERED BRUTAL WINTERS, suffered...

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Food and the City

by Ina Yalof

Food and the City Ina Yalof Excerpt Alexander SmallsThe Cecil Daylight floods his Harlem apartment, an eclectic space crammed with old and new mementos from a well-traveled, well-lived life. The...

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Adultery

by Paulo Coelho

Adultery Paulo Coelho Excerpt Every morning, when I open my eyes to the so-­called “new day,” I feel like closing them again, staying in bed, and not getting up. But I can’t do t...

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Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories

by Andrea Foy

Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories Andrea Foy Excerpt NEW YEAR’S EVE, PART 1 I spent New Year’s Eve 1992 in Minneapolis with friends I met from the Controversy Fan Clu...

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Chapters 1 and 2

by Harlow Giles Unger

Chapters 1 and 2 Harlow Giles Unger Excerpt Chapters 1 and 2 Chapter 1College Is Not for Everyone So your kid says he or she wants to go to college. “All my friends are going!&rdq...

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Standing Tall

by Jake Sloan

Standing Tall Jake Sloan Excerpt 1 The Culture: Southern Influence at a West Coast Installation, 1930—1961 The year 1961 was the one that a future president of the United States, Barack Husse...

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Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems

by Wanda Coleman

Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems Wanda Coleman Excerpt “Wanda Why Aren’t You Dead“ from Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems “American Sonnet“ from Wicked Ench...

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Survey Graphic

by Alain Locke

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Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

by Sheree Renée Thomas

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora Sheree Renée Thomas Excerpt The Comet by W. E. B. Du Bois (1920) He stood a moment on the steps of the bank, watching th...

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Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan

by Beowulf Sheehan

Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan Beowulf Sheehan Excerpt Photographing Gregory Pardlo, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, at his home was an exercise in seeing love in the tactile. ...

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The Colored Garden

by O.H. Bennett

The Colored Garden O.H. Bennett Excerpt From Chapter One: Meeting the Gardener In the middle of Kentucky farmland where a cornfield of withered brown stalks meets the grass of a cow pasture there ...

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Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

by Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers

Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers Excerpt WHAT I LEARNED FROM HERSCHEL WALKER Rule #1 Help can—and will—c...

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Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind

by Dorothea Grimes-Frederick

Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind Dorothea Grimes-Frederick Excerpt Even Dogs Cry August 25, 196 Dear Diary, The only thing bad about living next door to a rent-subsidize...

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Waiting in Vain

by Colin Channer

Waiting in Vain Colin Channer Excerpt On the day he met Sylvia, Fire woke up in Blanche’s arms with a numbness in his soul. It was his ninetieth day of celibacy, and the night before had almo...

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Cowards and Angels

by Aileen Muhammad

Cowards and Angels Aileen Muhammad Excerpt Mia (From Cowards and Angels) Death before dishonor. An embrace like no other. A fair exchange. An honored declaration that life’s sagging hypocr...

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Where to Choose: A Novel

by Penny Mickelbury

Where to Choose: A Novel Penny Mickelbury Excerpt Chapter Four Late-morning sun shone directly down on the purple and lilac and pink and white bougainvillea; shone easily through the tops of to...

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Church Boy

by Connie Barrett

Church Boy Connie Barrett Excerpt Chapter One: His mind raced as he maneuvered his way behind Charlie’s store ’ past the dumpsters, the broken crates, over the scrap heap.  He had...

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The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother James McBride Excerpt CHAPTER ONE Dead I’m dead. You want to talk about my family and here I been dead to them for fifty y...

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Blue Blood (Ivy League Mysteries)

by Pamela Thomas-Graham

Blue Blood (Ivy League Mysteries) Pamela Thomas-Graham Excerpt   Chapter One: We’re Not in Cambridge Anymore Georgian. Gothic. Houses. Colleges. The Yard. Old Campus. Widener. Sterli...

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Will by Will Smith

by Robert Fleming

Will by Will Smith Robert Fleming Excerpt one FEAR I’ve always thought of myself as a coward. Most of my memories of my childhood involve me being afraid in some way-afraid of other kids,...

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Drone Child Chapters 1 and 2

by David H. Rothman

Drone Child Chapters 1 and 2 David H. Rothman Excerpt CHAPTER ONE: THE DEATHS OF PAPA AND MAMA BOULE-BOULE People called me “The Fix-It Boy.” I repaired broken radios and TVs around ou...

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Drone Child Chapters 1 and 2

by David H. Rothman

Drone Child Chapters 1 and 2 David H. Rothman Excerpt CHAPTER ONE: THE DEATHS OF PAPA AND MAMA BOULE-BOULE People called me “The Fix-It Boy.” I repaired broken radios and TVs around ou...

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Woleté The Story of an Enslaved Ethiopian Girl

by Aklilu Kidanu Woldegiorgis

Woleté The Story of an Enslaved Ethiopian Girl Aklilu Kidanu Woldegiorgis Excerpt Part 5 The Catastrophe In one unsuspecting bright morning, the lives of a happy girl and her childhood friends ch...

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Notes of Artistic Freedom Fighter

by Marvin X

Notes of Artistic Freedom Fighter Marvin X Excerpt INTRODUCTION By Dr. Nathan Hare With the return of “white nationalism” to the international stage and the White House and new th...

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Excerpt: Afrocentric Style

by Shirley Neal

Excerpt: Afrocentric Style Shirley Neal Excerpt From the “Hair” Chapter From the “Fashion” Chapter

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A Thug’s Redemption

by Yani

A Thug’s Redemption Yani Excerpt Shawn, Jamal and Maurice headed over to Erie Avenue to check out a basketball game in a nearby playground. Shawn was scoping out the competition to see who he would ...

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Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt

by Marvin V. Arnett

Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt Marvin V. Arnett Excerpt When my mother saw the smiles on our faces, she heaved a sigh of relief. When she asked my father what he though of my teacher, he answer...

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A Long Way from Home

by Connie Briscoe

A Long Way from Home Connie Briscoe Excerpt     Chapter One Clara sat up on the edge of her pallet and rubbed her eyes with her fists. She could tell it was awfully late by the wa...

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Fifteen Years Delayed

by Angelia Vernon Menchan

Fifteen Years Delayed Angelia Vernon Menchan Excerpt Prologue Damn… there she is after fifteen years, still, even button-upped, a living breathing wet dream in the flesh. Feeling breath o...

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Sister Betty Says I Do

by Pat G’Orge Walker

Sister Betty Says I Do Pat G’Orge Walker Excerpt Chapter 1 One year later… Moments earlier the sun had slowly rose on this sure-to-be blazing hot Saturday morning. For much of her adult ...

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Polo Cowboy Chapter 1

by G. Neri

Polo Cowboy Chapter 1 G. Neri Excerpt Preface: Mama is fuming. “Say that again.” I swallow and take a deep breath. “I ain’t goin’ back to Detroit.” Five m...

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Operation Sisterhood

by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Operation Sisterhood Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich Excerpt 1 So it really was a dark and stormy night, and it figured, thought Bo. Of course it was a dark and stormy night. Of course it was. Ok...

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Unsung Heroes

by Elizabeth Ross Haynes

Unsung Heroes Elizabeth Ross Haynes Excerpt In casting about for stories to read to a little friend, one day I drew from the Library "My Life and Times" by Frederick Douglass. I knew that t...

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The Man Who Cried I Am

by John A. Williams

The Man Who Cried I Am John A. Williams Excerpt FOREWORD by Graham Hodges   The publication of John A. Williams’ fourth novel, The Man Who Cried I Am, in October, 1967, caused cr...

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Cane

by Jean Toomer

Cane Jean Toomer Excerpt Introduction to Cane As it appeared in the Perennial Classic edition copyright  1969 by Arna Bontemps LOOKING back on the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s,...

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My Brown Baby

by Denene Millner

My Brown Baby Denene Millner Excerpt Chapter 1 My Escort into Motherhood I WAS A YOUNG REPORTER WHEN I MET HER—full of energy, I had a flat stomach, still 120 pounds soaking wet, still ea...

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The Immortality Of Influence

by Salome Thomas-El

The Immortality Of Influence Salome Thomas-El Excerpt Foreword by Will Smith If you finish this book and are not inspired to immediately go out and effect change in your community, then you w...

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On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Excerpt "Some Technicolor Bazaar" How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe Harlem!&helli...

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Alain Locke: An Introduction

by Charles Molesworth

Alain Locke: An Introduction Charles Molesworth Excerpt ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1)      Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study ...

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All I Want For Christmas

by Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others

All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others Excerpt An excerpt from Terri Ann Johnson&rs...

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Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey

by Julius Garvey

Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey Julius Garvey Excerpt Foreword Excerpt by Ta-Nehisi Coates “I grew up in a household where Malcolm X was Jesus, and I guess that would make Garvey God. Gar...

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Raisins in Milk – Chapter 1

by Chauncey Ridley

Raisins in Milk – Chapter 1 Chauncey Ridley Excerpt Raisins in Milk – Chapter 1 Mandarin, Florida Springtime 1913 The breeze that came in from the sea was warm. It brought with it also the...

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Of One Blood

by Pauline Hopkins

Of One Blood Pauline Hopkins Excerpt Chapter One The recitations were over for the day. It was the first week in November and it had rained about every day the entire week; now freezing temperatur...

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Preface

by Kekla Magoon

Preface Kekla Magoon Excerpt Preface: When people talk about the Black Panthers, sometimes they speak in hushed tones, as if history itself could overhear. As if the Panthers are a secret no one s...

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INTRODUCTION

by Khristi Lauren Adams

INTRODUCTION Khristi Lauren Adams Excerpt INTRODUCTION The turn of the millennium has seen an upsurge in new and young African writers and this has been particularly noticeable in terms of the num...

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