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Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer
Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer Author Interviews
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 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...
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...
Spike Lee Director’s Inspiration
Spike Lee Director’s Inspiration Spike Lee 9781636810133 Nonfiction Delmonico Books Delmonico Books An inspirational trove of film posters and ephemera, photographs, artwork and more from the collecti...
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...
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka MULTIPLE Explore the life and works of Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka, influential figures in the 1967 Newark literary scene. Learn more about Larry Neal Learn more about Ami...
Larry Neal Shorter
Larry Neal Shorter NONE Larry Neal Shorter, also known as “Big Larry”, is a Baltimore-born author who has made a name for himself in the urban literature scene. After moving to Los Angeles and studyi...
Larry Ward
Larry Ward NONE AALBC Mourns the passing of Larry Ward August 19, 2025 Dr. Larry Ward was the co-founder of The Lotus Institute and a beloved senior Dharma teacher in Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Plu...
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes MULTIPLE Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournelle, and Larry Niven are acclaimed authors renowned for their significant contributions to the science fiction genr...
Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
Larry Niven and Steven Barnes MULTIPLE "Steven Barnes and Larry Niven are renowned authors, known for their contribution to the science fiction genre. Their collaborative and individual works have ca...
Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Larry C. Fields III
Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Larry C. Fields III MULTIPLE Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Larry C. Fields III are acclaimed authors known for their insightful and engaging works. Their compelling narratives h...
Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Larry Niven
Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Larry Niven MULTIPLE Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Larry Niven are renowned authors known for their contributions to science fiction and fantasy literature, ea...
Larry C. Fields III
Larry C. Fields III NONE Larry C. Fields III is an actor recognized for his roles in commercials for Samsung, Dave and Buster’s, and Jeep. Born in Detroit, raised in Virginia, Fields is also a vetera...
Larry Donell Covin, Jr.
Larry Donell Covin, Jr. MULTIPLE Dr. Larry Donell Covin Jr. is a globally recognized public theologian, ethicist, and author specializing in social justice, corrections ethics, theology, law, and hom...
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...
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...
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...
When You’re Ready: A Love Story
When You’re Ready: A Love Story Kareem Rosser 9781668030738 Nonfiction Simon Element Simon & Schuster, Inc. “This moving memoir explores how life and love rarely pan out the way we plan it…Beautifully...
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee MULTIPLE Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee are renowned figures in the entertainment industry, with significant contributions to film and literature. Their creative works ha...
Dante Lee
Dante Lee 0000000081738541 Dante Lee, an award-winning business coach and best-selling author, is the CEO of Dante Lee International, a marketing and PR firm that specializes in reaching African Amer...
Larry Eugene Rivers
Larry Eugene Rivers NONE Dr. Larry E. Rivers is a distinguished educator with degrees from Fort Valley State College, Villanova University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of London. H...
Morning Night: Poems on Spirit, Race, and Nature
Morning Night: Poems on Spirit, Race, and Nature Larry Ward 9798999247537 Poetry Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press Welcome to Morning Night, Dr. Larry Ward’s first poetry collection. This book emer...
Criminal Element (A Larry Cole Mystery)
Criminal Element (A Larry Cole Mystery) Hugh Holton 9780312877873 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Chicago police sergeant Joe Donegan came to the department with a plan. To him the police badge was...
Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) Joseph Moore 9780313259951 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group Aware of M...
Asa G. Hilliard III, Larry Williams, and Nia Damali
Asa G. Hilliard III, Larry Williams, and Nia Damali MULTIPLE Asa G. Hilliard III, Larry Williams, and Nia Damali are distinguished authors, contributing significantly to literature and education, eac...
Asa G. Hilliard III, Lucretia Payton-Stewart, and Larry Obadele Williams
Asa G. Hilliard III, Lucretia Payton-Stewart, and Larry Obadele Williams MULTIPLE Asa G. Hilliard III, Lucretia Payton-Stewart, and Larry Obadele Williams are renowned authors known for their signifi...
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward MULTIPLE Drs Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward are the guiding teachers and founders of the Lotus Institute. They are senior Dharma teachers trained under Zen Master Thic...
Larry Dane Brimner
Larry Dane Brimner 0000000082811384 Larry Dane Brimner, born 1949, is an award-winning author known for his innovative non-fiction for young readers. He won the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Award for his bo...
Larry Niven
Larry Niven 0000000081151871 Award-winning author Larry Niven is renowned for his Ringworld series, Magic Goes Away series, and New York Times bestseller Beowulf’s Children. Recipient of the Nebula, ...
Larry Elder
Larry Elder 0000000046196003 Elder is the Executive Producer of the 2020 Film Uncle Tom Laurence Allen Elder, born in Los Angeles in 1952, is an accomplished American libertarian talk radio host, aut...
Larry Linwell Rowe
Larry Linwell Rowe NONE Larry Linwell Rowe is a lawyer, historian, and former West Virginia legislator with degrees from West Virginia University. Based in Old Malden, he's known for his research on ...
Larry Donell Covin Jr.
Larry Donell Covin Jr. NONE Larry D. Covin Jr., author of 'Thirteen Turns', is a Theologian-Religion Scholar at Trinity UCC Church and a seasoned educator with a BS, MDiv, DMin, and Postdoctoral-Rese...
Larry Tye
Larry Tye 0000000054373081 Larry Tye, a New York Times bestselling author known for works like 'Bobby Kennedy' and 'Satchel', was previously an award-winning reporter at Boston Globe. A Nieman fellow...
Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Lewis Lee NONE Tonya Lewis Lee is an attorney, author, and health expert, known for her work as a children's television producer with Disney and Nickelodeon. She is an award-winning author of c...
The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels
The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels Kam Williams Interview The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels After directing and/or producing such successful feature films as The Butler and Monster’...
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
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...
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...
Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It
Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It Spike Lee 9780393328943 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A candid account of one of America’s most provocative filmmaker...
Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee 0000000041786688 Malcolm D. Lee is an award-winning writer, director, and producer whose celebrated work includes The Best Man, Girls Trip, Night School, and Space Jam: A New Legacy. ...
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal Larry Ward 9781946764744 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen ...
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative Troy Johnson https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Uncle-tom-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rating: NR Genre: Documentary Directed By: Just...
Larry The Lending Lion
Larry The Lending Lion Aisha Hall 9780578660813 Fiction Manish Publishing Manish Publishing Larry the Lending Lion is a rhyming children’s book about finance. In this story, Larry goes on an adventure...
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment Larry Dane Brimner 9781629797755 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press An ALSC Notable Children’s Book *...
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka 9781574780390 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was origin...
Time of the Assassins (Larry Cole)
Time of the Assassins (Larry Cole) Hugh Holton 9780312873332 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Hugh Holton, the highest-ranking active police officer writing books today, is well-known for powerful, ...
The Left Hand of God (A Larry Cole Mystery)
The Left Hand of God (A Larry Cole Mystery) Hugh Holton 9780312867638 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Hugh Holton is the highest-ranking police officer writing novels today. His acclaimed Windy Ci...
Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking
Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking Spike Lee 9780671644178 Fiction Fireside Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Spike Lee wrote, directed and starred in She’s Gotta Have It, the independe...
Spike Lee
Spike Lee 000000012321398X "Spike Lee, born March 20, 1957, is a renowned film director, producer, writer, and actor. He's known for his major studio films, and his contributions to aspiring filmmake...
Stagolee Shot Billy
Stagolee Shot Billy Thumper Book Review It was because of my mother’s and aunt Janice’s love of 60’s soul music that I first encountered and fell in love with Wilson Pickett singin...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams Interview Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2012 Getty Images Lee Daniels is best k...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the-butler.jpg Film Review Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2...
Spike Lee Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee Do the Right Thing Spike Lee 9781934429518 Fiction AMMO Books AMMO Books Celebrating just more than 20 years since its seminal debut, Do The Right Thing remains one of the most important and...
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth Alice Faye Duncan 9781400231256 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing The true story of Bla...
Erika Lee
Erika Lee 0000000032383027 Erika Lee is a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota where she leads the Immigration History Research Center. She's also the President-Elect of the Organization ...
Fred Lee Hord
Fred Lee Hord NONE Dr. Fred Lee Hord, born in 1941, is the founder and Executive Director of the Association for Black Culture Centers. He's a professor at Knox College and Director of its Africana S...
I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir
I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir Debra Lee 9780306828591 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly mom...
Spike
Spike Spike Lee 9781797203850 Nonfiction Chronicle Chroma Chronicle Books Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race ...
Lee E. Meadows
Lee E. Meadows NONE Lee E. Meadows, a native Detroiter and Michigan State University graduate, is a multi-faceted professional with experience in academia, corporate training, and media. He has held ...
David Lee
David Lee 0000000110370724 David Lee is an esteemed leader with nearly 30 years of ministry experience. Serving under T.D. Jakes Ministries, he led the Sunday school department and taught the first m...
I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir
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...
Obama Guilty Of Being President While Black
Obama Guilty Of Being President While Black D.T. Pollard 9780982460627 Fiction Book Express Book Express OBAMA GUILTY of BEING PRESIDENT WHILE BLACK examines how the shadows of oppressive Jim Crow law...
Barack Obama
Barack Obama 0000000121331026 Barack Obama, born in Hawaii in 1961, was the 44th President of the United States. Raised in a middle-class family, he worked his way through college and became the firs...
Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do!
Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do! Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Larry C. Fields III 9780593406267 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A little Black boy finds the courage to go af...
Bad News for Race Hustlers
Bad News for Race Hustlers Larry Elder 9781945630910 Nonfiction Creators Publishing Creators Larry Elder believes in the American people’s power to overcome almost any circumstance — if only governmen...
A Lot Like Me: A Father and Son’s Journey to Reconciliation
A Lot Like Me: A Father and Son’s Journey to Reconciliation Larry Elder 9781621577973 Nonfiction Regnery Publishing Regnery Publishing “I hated my father—really, really hated him. I hated working for ...
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Larry Dane Brimner 9781629795867 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press A 2018 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner On May 4, 1961, a group of thi...
Double Standards: The Selective Outrage of the Left
Double Standards: The Selective Outrage of the Left Larry Elder 9781945630651 Nonfiction Creators Publishing Creators "Larry Elder calls them like he sees them. And in this collection of some of his b...
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida Larry Eugene Rivers 9780252036910 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press This gripping study examines ...
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor Larry Dane Brimner 9781590787663 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press In the nineteen fifties and...
What’s Race Got to Do with It?: Why It’s Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America
What’s Race Got to Do with It?: Why It’s Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America Larry Elder 9780312541477 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers IS LIFE UNFAIR FOR BLACK AMERICAN...
Revenge (Larry Cole)
Revenge (Larry Cole) Hugh Holton 9780765301390 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers A brutally-wronged girl now a woman grown - cold, clever, calculating - mistakenly presumed dead. A macabre magician ...
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward 9781888375732 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press A collection of real-life Buddhist love stories, with commentary a...
Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan
Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan Floyd Cooper 9780399242304 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina subu...
Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests That Divide America
Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests That Divide America Larry Elder 9780312320171 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America s...
Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America
Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America Larry E. Sullivan 9781888451375 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books A lively array of selections from the earliest recorded convict a...
The Art and History of Black Memorabilia
The Art and History of Black Memorabilia Larry V. Buster 9780609604250 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House Black memorabilia is one of the most provocative areas of collecting in America t...
Larry Neal
Larry Neal 0000000108601036 Lawrence Paul Neal (1937-1981) was a significant scholar in African-American theatre and a key figure in the Black Arts Movement. Lawrence Paul Neal (September 5, 1937 &nd...
Delta Farce
Delta Farce Kam Williams delta_3.jpg Film Review Nothing Works in Ill-Conceived Army Comedy Delta Farce MPAA:Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor. Runtime: 90 min Release Date:11 May 2007 (USA) ...
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair Literary Events
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...
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...
Giant Steps To Change The World
Giant Steps To Change The World Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee 9780689868153 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. "On some days your dreams may seem too away far to r...
Ang Lee (Asian Americans of Achievement)
Ang Lee (Asian Americans of Achievement) Clifford W. Mills 9781604135664 Nonfiction Chelsea House Publications Chelsea House Publications Oscar-winning director Ang Lee has a remarkable life story. Hi...
Please, Baby, Please
Please, Baby, Please Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee 9780689834578 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Go back to bed, baby please, baby, please. Not on your HEAD, ba...
Please, Puppy, Please
Please, Puppy, Please Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee 9780689868047 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Away from the gate, puppy puppy, please, puppy. Oh wait, puppy...
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley MULTIPLE Stan Lee and Walter Mosley are renowned authors known for their contributions to the comic book and mystery genres respectively. Lee, a Marvel Comics pioneer, and ...