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Loyalty Bookstore (The DC Pop Up at Walter Reed)
Loyalty Bookstore (The DC Pop Up at Walter Reed) Washington DC Entrance on the side of the lawn between Whole Foods and JINYA Ramen Bar
Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home
Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home Eli Reed 9780292748576 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press Award-winning documentary photographer Eli Reed’’s “long walk” has been a journey that ...
Eli Reed
Eli Reed 0000000084169217 Eli Reed, renowned Magnum photographer since 1988, studied illustration and political science, and became famous for his work in Central America. The author of acclaimed boo...
First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today’s Civil Rights Movement
First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today’s Civil Rights Movement Steven L. Reed 9780593421758 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House In First, Best, Steven L. Reed, the first Black mayo...
The Reed Reader
The Reed Reader Ishmael Reed 9780465068937 Fiction Basic Books Perseus Books In The Reed Reader Ishmael Reed displays the brilliant and witty satire, politically charged, wildly imaginative storytelli...
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed 0000000121258332 “A great writer.” —James Baldwin Ishmael Reed, born 1933, is a prominent black American writer known for his engaging novels, poetry, plays, and es...
An Author You Should Know: Annette Gordon-Reed
An Author You Should Know: Annette Gordon-Reed Troy Johnson Article [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Annette Gordon-Reed, American historian and legal scholar"][/caption] Hist...
Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed 0000000035723517 Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor of law and history, authored “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy.” She delves into the complex and intim...
Cougar Tales
Cougar Tales Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Is Age Just A Number? Three best-selling romance authors have joined together to bring readers an anthology based on the theme of older women/younger m...
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980 James McIntosh Article This talk was delivered by Dr. McIntosh at John Henrik Clarke House on June 7, 2015 Today our topic is Walt...
Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing
Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing Publishing & Craft Walter chats with AALBC.com President Troy Johnson and author Gwynne Forester about his impact on publishing...
Walter Zacharius
Walter Zacharius NONE Walter Zacharius (1923-2011) was a WWII veteran and a noted philanthropist. He co-founded Kensington Publishing in 1974, expanding the romance genre and supporting diverse reade...
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 9780761339434 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group In the 1930s, Lewis’s dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had a...
Mildred Pitts Walter
Mildred Pitts Walter 0000000074049983 Mildred Pitts Walter, born on September 9, 1922, in Louisiana, overcame segregation and societal barriers to become a renowned author. Despite limited access to ...
Youngin’ Blues: The Story of Reed and RaKeem
Youngin’ Blues: The Story of Reed and RaKeem Mercy B. 9781530570492 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC “When she was a child, my love carried a road-map in her hand the way other girls carri...
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 Ishmael Reed 9781560254584 Poetry Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Celebrated novelist, poet, and MacArthur f...
Black in America
Black in America Eli Reed 9780393039955 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Noted Magnum photographer Eli Reed’s provocative and often poignant portrait of black life in Americ...
Douglas S. Reed
Douglas S. Reed NONE Douglas S. Reed wins the 2020 BookLife Fiction Prize Douglas S. Reed, a Brooklyn-based screenwriter/novelist, has vast experience in the motion picture industry, including working...
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove MULTIPLE Prominent authors Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, ...
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed MULTIPLE Prominent authors Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates Jr., an...
Steven L. Reed
Steven L. Reed NONE Steven L. Reed, the first Black Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, was also the youngest and first Black probate judge. He holds a BA from Morehouse College and an MBA from Vanderbilt ...
Baltimore Read Aloud Mobile and Pop-Up Bookstore
Baltimore Read Aloud Mobile and Pop-Up Bookstore Book Spotlights Nicole A. Johnson founded Baltimore Read Aloud Mobile and Pop-Up Bookstore: Learn More at: https://aalbc.com/bookstore/Baltimore+Read+A...
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir Walter Dean Myers 9780063099920 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of legendary, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s au...
Walter Benefield
Walter Benefield NONE Walter Benefield, a U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, is an accomplished book reviewer for AALBC.com. His passion for African American Literature and writing is driven by his ...
Walter White
Walter White 0000000081462565 “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Explore A.J. Baime's 2022 autobiograp...
Loyalty Bookstore
Loyalty Bookstore Washington DC Loyalty is an Independent Bookstore serving Petworth, DC (inside Willow Clothing Store) and Silver Spring, MD with diverse literature for adults and children as well as...
Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub
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Ishmael Reed Publishing
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Ishmael Reed Publishing
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Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub
Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub
The Terrible Fours
The Terrible Fours Ishmael Reed 9781771862431 Fiction Baraka Books Baraka Books When Ishmael Reed wrote The Terrible Twos about the American infantile need for instant gratification, he could not have...
On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed 9781631498831 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of...
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda Ishmael Reed 9781576879245 Nonfiction Archway Editions powerHouse Books "That’s a lot of horse hockey, Hamilton." Described by the New York Times as "classic activis...
Indecency
Indecency Justin Phillip Reed 9781566895149 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry Finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery AwardFinalist for ...
Conjugating Hindi (galley)
Conjugating Hindi (galley) Ishmael Reed 9781628972542 Fiction Dalkey Archive Press Dalkey Archive Press California is still the world’s biggest hideout. The only thing more western is the Pacific Ocea...
Black Hollywood Unchained
Black Hollywood Unchained Ishmael Reed 9780883783535 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press In Black Hollywood Unchained, Ishmael Reed gathers an impressive group of scholars, critics, intelle...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings: An American Controversy Annette Gordon-Reed 9780813918334 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press When Annette Gordon-Reed’s groundbrea...
Christina Hammonds Reed
Christina Hammonds Reed NONE Christina Hammonds Reed, an MFA holder from the University of South Carolina's School of Cinematic Arts, is a LA native and published author. 'The Black Kids' is her debu...
Justin Phillip Reed
Justin Phillip Reed 0000000497688533 Justin Phillip Reed is a South Carolina-born author, known for his work in various publications and his MFA in poetry from Washington University. Recognized for h...
Dwayne Reed
Dwayne Reed NONE Dwayne Reed, a renowned rapping teacher from Chicago, is the author of the Simon B. Rhymin' series. Known for viral songs like “Welcome to the 4th Grade”, he also presents at educato...
Louise Story and Ebony Reed
Louise Story and Ebony Reed MULTIPLE Louise Story is a renowned investigative journalist and Yale professor, known for her work at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and for her investig...
Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California
Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California Reginald Martin Interview REGINALD MARTIN: Camus wrote in "Neither Victims nor Executioners" that the only really committed a...
My Pop Pop and Me
My Pop Pop and Me Irene Smalls 9780316734226 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A young boy who loves to sniff the lemon whiff and to clink the dishes in the sink helps ...
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores Book Spotlights Hannah Oliver Depp founder and co-owner, Loyalty Bookstores. Learn More: https://aalbc.com/bookstore/Loyalty+Books
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend"
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend" Book Spotlights Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore briefly describes how she started her bookstore less than a year...
Tamara Shiloh
Tamara Shiloh NONE Tamara Shiloh, a Northern California native, owns the Multicultural Bookstore and Gifts in Richmond. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother residing in Point Richmond,...
Marcus Dewan Williams
Marcus Dewan Williams NONE Marcus Dewan Williams, more than just the owner of Nubian Books bookstore, is an active advocate for African and African-American culture and education. As a publisher and ...
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 ...
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake MULTIPLE Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald E. Westlake are renowned authors known for their influential works in mystery and crime fiction. Ed McBai...
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont MULTIPLE Walter E. Massey and Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont are renowned authors, known for their insightful writings that span across various fields. Th...
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richardson
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richa...
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry MULTIPLE Walter Greason, Ph.D. is a renowned US historian, educator, and urbanist with 30 years of speaking experience. Danian Darrell Jerry, MFA, is a writer,...
I Gotta Sing!
I Gotta Sing! Alice Faye Duncan 9780593578261 Fiction WaterBrook Press Penguin Random House Sing along with Big Baby Jenkins, Pop Charlie, Great Nana, and a crew of farm animals as they shout for joy ...
The Slave Who Loved Caviar
The Slave Who Loved Caviar Ishmael Reed 9781648230165 Fiction Archway Editions powerHouse Books The greatest and most fearless living writer turns his unerring eye to the art world and the fraught rel...
Life Among the Aryans
Life Among the Aryans Ishmael Reed 9781576879900 Fiction Archway Editions powerHouse Books America’s greatest living writer returns with a hilarious, scathing satire of the MAGA mindset. The controver...
Bigotry on Broadway
Bigotry on Broadway Ishmael Reed 9781771862561 Nonfiction Baraka Books Baraka Books In this hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited 12 informed and accomplished writers and c...
The Malevolent Volume
The Malevolent Volume Justin Phillip Reed 9781566895767 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press The Malevolent Volume explores the myths and transformations of Black being, on a continuum between...
Juice!: A Novel (American Literature Series)
Juice!: A Novel (American Literature Series) Ishmael Reed 9781564786371 Fiction Dalkey Archive Press Dalkey Archive Press In 2010, the Newseum in Washington D.C. finally obtained the suit O. J. Simpso...
Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17Th President, 1865-1869
Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17Th President, 1865-1869 Annette Gordon-Reed 9780805069488 Nonfiction Times Books Times Books A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale ...
Annette Gordon-Reed, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and legal scholar on Thomas Jefferson
Annette Gordon-Reed, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and legal scholar on Thomas Jefferson Author Interviews Learn More about Annette Gordon-Reed: https://aalbc.it/annettegr This is an excerpt from historian A...
Ishmael Reed: The Plays (American Literature)
Ishmael Reed: The Plays (American Literature) Ishmael Reed 9781564785510 Fiction Dalkey Archive Press Dalkey Archive Press The award-winning plays of one of the most celebrated and innovative American...
Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now
Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now Ishmael Reed 9781568583426 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Using the yardstick that a short stor...
Fishing For Love On The Net: A Guide To Those Searching For Love
Fishing For Love On The Net: A Guide To Those Searching For Love Myles Reed Jr. 9780595424917 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Are you searching for true love but skeptical of the ever-popular w...
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down Ishmael Reed 9781564782380 Fiction Dalkey Archive Press Dalkey Archive Press “Folks. This here is the story of the Loop Garoo Kid. A cowboy so bad he made a working posse ...
Flight to Canada
Flight to Canada Ishmael Reed 9780684847504 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave’s-eye view of the Civil War. Three slaves infecte...
Japanese by Spring
Japanese by Spring Ishmael Reed 9780140255850 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House Benjamin "Chappie" Puttbutt, a black juior professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London College, lusts aft...
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo Ishmael Reed 9780684824772 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Classic Freewheeling Look at Race Relations Through the Ages Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly ...
Conjure; Selected Poems, 1963-1970
Conjure; Selected Poems, 1963-1970 Ishmael Reed 9780870231148 Poetry University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press Conjure includes Ishmael’s “Neo-HooDoo Manifesto,” inspiration ...
Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon 0000000363821597 Steve Cannon (1935-2019) was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and a prominent Black writer from New Orleans. He moved to NYC in 1962, where he engaged in literary...
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore Tulsa OK Pop-up Bookstore Only Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books. We also run the Black Wall Street Bookstore.
Nubian Bookstore
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Dr. Artika R. Tyner Founder of Planting People Growing Justice Children's Bookstore
Dr. Artika R. Tyner Founder of Planting People Growing Justice Children's Bookstore Book Spotlights Dr. Artika R. Tyner Founder of Planting People Growing Justice Children's Bookstore. Learn more at: ...
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX Book Spotlights Recorded during the American Booksellers Assoication’s Children’s Insititute June 13, 2025, Portland, Oregon. Learn more about th...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys Marcus Dewan Williams 9798218185251 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Girls
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Girls Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578863894 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book for Girls is packed ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Boys
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Boys Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578785509 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore The Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book for Boys. Written...
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578689487 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents the ABC Book is a children’s picture book that teaches...
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
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...
Liberation Station Bookstore
Liberation Station Bookstore Raleigh NC Liberation Station Bookstore is reopening August 24th, 2025 by Liberation Station Bookstore, Organizer We’re 52% Funded—And the Work Continues...
Washington, DC Launch of Walter Mosley's Novel: John Woman
Washington, DC Launch of Walter Mosley's Novel: John Woman Book Spotlights October 3, 2018: Sankofa Bookstore hosted the Washington, DC launch of AALBC bestselling author Walter Mosley's new book: Joh...
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret A. J. Baime 9780358447757 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A riveting biography of Walter F. White, ...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
The Secret World of Walter Anderson Hester Bass 9780763671167 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson—perhaps the most famous...
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer Troy Johnson Article by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my w...
This Year You Write Your Novel
This Year You Write Your Novel Walter Mosley 9780316065498 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group No more excuses. “Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls,” bestsel...
Transgressions
Transgressions Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake 9780765347527 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestsellers Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald Westlake each provided a...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley 0000000114370035 Walter Mosley, born in 1952, is a renowned author known for his detective series, including the Easy Rawlins series. Inspired by his parents and authors like Alice Walk...
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers 0000000108718912 Walter Dean Myers, born August 12, 1937, was an award-winning author from Harlem, known for his dedication to children and young adult literature. He received numer...
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman MULTIPLE Dr. Walter Milton, Jr., a native of Rochester, NY, holds a Doctorate in leadership and policy. He's a published author, former school superintendent, a...
Walter E. Massey
Walter E. Massey 0000000023739132 Walter E. Massey, born in 1938, is a gifted mathematician and physicist. He was the first African American physics professor at Brown University and served as the Ch...
Walter Greason
Walter Greason NONE Walter Greason is among the most prominent historians, educators, and urbanists in the United States. He has spent the past 30 years speaking to audiences in dozens of states, on ...
Walter Pryor
Walter Pryor NONE Walter Pryor's professional career has spanned a myriad of sectors in the legal arena, having worked in both large and small law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Hill,...
The Johnson Four
The Johnson Four Christina Hammonds Reed 9780593724484 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House A 1960s teen pop group determined to conquer the music world must contend with the cost of fame—and...
Loyalty Books (Silver Spring)
Loyalty Books (Silver Spring) Silver Spring MD Silver Spring location in partnership with Bump & Grind Coffee and Records is under renovation for the foreseable future. Loyalty is an Independent Books...
Swift River (paperback)
Swift River (paperback) Essie Chambers 9781668027929 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | Longlisted for the Center ...