AALBC Search
Marcia Wilson
Marcia Wilson NONE Marcia E. Wilson, a British-born photographer, has extensively documented poets, writers, and literary events of the African Diaspora since 1995. Her work, featured in major print ...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
Nkiru Books
Nkiru Books Brooklyn NY Nkiru Books, a Brooklyn based institution founded in 1977, closed in 2002 (Photo Credit: Marcia Wilson).
Nettie Jones
Nettie Jones NONE Nettie Jones is an acclaimed author known for her captivating narratives. (Photo credit goes to Marcia Wilson of Wide Vision Photography). Nettie Jones (born 1941) is the author of ...
Til The Well Runs Dry
Til The Well Runs Dry Lauren Francis-Sharma 9780805098037 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers A glorious and moving multi-generational, multicultural saga that begins in the 1940s and swee...
Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells
Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells MULTIPLE Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells are renowned editors known for their collaboration on works of John Hope Franklin. Their expertise enriches Fr...
Marcia Chatelain
Marcia Chatelain 0000000437275251 Dr. Marcia Chatelain, a history professor at Georgetown University, specializes in African-American history, women’s, and public studies. An alumna of the University...
Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson 0000000109296299 Jason Wilson, founder and CEO of the Yunion, a non-profit youth organization, has impacted over 15,000 youth since 2003 through prevention programming and parental engag...
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #42
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #42 Ron Kavanaugh mosaic42 Fiction Mosaic Literary Magazine Mosaic Literary Magazine Interviews Nicole Sealey by Kyla Marshell Rosamond S. King by Anton Nimblett Po...
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
Harlem Book Fair 1999 to 2007 Slide Show
Harlem Book Fair 1999 to 2007 Slide Show Literary Events For more information about the 2013 Harlem Book Fair visit: https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/1893-2013-harlem-book-fair/ In celebration of the 10th a...
Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta 0000000409874206 Nigerian-born author, Chinelo Okparanta, is an accomplished educator and writer with degrees from Pennsylvania State, Rutgers University, and the Iowa Writers' Work...
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez 0000000080983190 Jayne Cortez (1936-2012) was a celebrated poet and performance artist, known for her political and surrealistic lyricism. She authored eleven books of poetry and present...
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing Gwen Richardson Article Editor’s Note: On March 25, 2012 we published our new bookstore database. At the same time we also publ...
Amos N. Wilson
Amos N. Wilson 0000000083152296 Dr. Amos N. Wilson was a renowned psychologist, social worker, and academic who held roles in the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and taught at City Unive...
August Wilson
August Wilson 0000000368634467 August Wilson (1945-2005), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright, is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays each set in a unique ...
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Valerie Wilson Wesley 0000000108586470 Valerie Wilson Wesley, author of the Tamara Hayle mystery series, has also written adult-themed novels, children's books, and various fiction and non-fiction wo...
Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson 0000000055156329 Charlie Wilson, renowned R&B and soul musician, has earned multiple Grammy nominations and acclaim for his distinct voice and timeless hits. Despite struggles with hom...
The Mother: A Novel
The Mother: A Novel Yvvette Edwards 9780062440778 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of the critically acclaimed A Cupboard Full of Coats makes her hardcover debut with a provocative and timely ...
Cry Like A Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration
Cry Like A Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration Jason Wilson 9780830775941 Nonfiction David C Cook David C Cook As a leader in teaching, training, and transforming boys in Detroit, J...
Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Sondra Kathryn Wilson NONE Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson was a senior associate at Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, founder of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation, and executor of Johnson’s literary e...
It’s Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies
It’s Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies Jessica Wilson 9780306827693 Nonfiction Hachette Hachette Book Group WE WILL REWRITE THE NARARTIVE OF BLACKNESS THAT CENTERS AND CELE...
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson Jen Bryant 9781419736537 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A celebration of August Wilson’s journey from a child in Pittsburgh to one of America...
I Am Charlie Wilson
I Am Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson 9781476790077 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. The long-awaited memoir of seven-time Grammy-nominated artist Charlie Wilson, the iconic R&B and Funk ...
King Hedley II (1980s Century Cycle)
King Hedley II (1980s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362603 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “Wilson’s melody here is the mournful sound of what might have been, ...
A’ja Wilson
A’ja Wilson NONE A'ja Wilson, two-time MVP and professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces, is a gold medalist with the USA Women’s National Team. Off the court, she runs the A'ja Wilson Fo...
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington Marcia Chatelain 9780553387254 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From the Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America Marcia Chatelain 9781631493942 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company New York Times, "Times Critics Top Books of 2020": "Smar...
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration Marcia Chatelain 9780822358541 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago’...
Madam Fate
Madam Fate Marcia Douglas 9781569471340 Fiction Soho Press Soho Press Women of Jamaica with magical bonds to the worlds of Nature and spirits and to each other. Using a series of voices, Marcia Doug...
Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom (Poetry Book Society Recommendation)
Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) Marcia Douglas 9781900715287 Poetry Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Marcia Douglas, who was born in England and grew up in J...
Donna Marcia Wells
Donna Marcia Wells NONE Certainly, I'd be happy to assist. However, you haven't provided the author bio that you'd like me to summarize. Could you please provide the details?
April Ryan
April Ryan 0000000437119582 April Ryan is a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton era and a CNN political analyst. She has been featured in numerous renowned p...
Ishion Hutchinson
Ishion Hutchinson NONE Ishion Hutchinson, a Jamaican-born poet and English professor at Cornell University, is acclaimed for his poetry collection, 'Far District'. His work has earned him several awa...
Namwali Serpell
Namwali Serpell 0000000369874075 C. Namwali Serpell is a celebrated Zambian writer and University of California, Berkeley professor. Winner of the 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and 2015 C...
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma 0000000430427881 Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, a Zimbabwe-born author based in Texas, is known for her prizewinning short story collection, Shadows. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop,...
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Ibtihaj Muhammad 0000000495666162 Ibtihaj Muhammad is a groundbreaking Olympic fencer, the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete for the US, and to win an Olympic medal. She's also an activ...
Mervyn Taylor
Mervyn Taylor 0000000395906544 Trinidad-born poet, Mervyn Taylor, divides his time between Brooklyn and Trinidad. A teacher at several institutions, he's known for his five poetry books including awa...
Jitney (1970s Century Cycle)
Jitney (1970s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781468314496 Fiction The Overlook Press The Overlook Press Rereleased in time for its first Broadway run, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson’s 10-play cycle ...
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy William Julius Wilson 9780226901268 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Renowned American soci...
Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle)
Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362801 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has ai...
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor William Julius Wilson 9780679724179 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenge...
Ken Wilson-Max
Ken Wilson-Max 0000000027184461 ”I believe it is worth celebrating how people are more similar than different.“ Ken Wilson-Max, originally from Zimbabwe, is a UK-trained designer turned ch...
Elisa Camahort Page, Carolyn Gerin, and Jamia Wilson
Elisa Camahort Page, Carolyn Gerin, and Jamia Wilson MULTIPLE Elisa Camahort Page, Carolyn Gerin, and Jamia Wilson are renowned authors with diverse backgrounds in tech, writing, and activism. Their ...
Harriet E. Wilson
Harriet E. Wilson 0000000034051405 Harriet E. Wilson (1825-1900) was a free person of color and former indentured servant from New Hampshire. She authored the novel “Our Nig,” published anonymously i...
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson Jesse J. Holland 9781803367729 Fiction Titan Books (UK) Titan Publishing Group The Last Stand of the Black Captain America asks a compelling question: the new...
Wilson Group Network
Wilson Group Network Wilson Group Network Wilson Group Network, Inc.
Wilson Group Network
Wilson Group Network Wilson Group Network, Inc. Wilson Group Network
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson Jesse J. Holland 9781803363875 Fiction Titan Books (UK) Titan Publishing Group The new Captain America has a big shield to carry. Is he up to the task? Find o...
The Ground on Which I Stand: 25th Anniversary Edition
The Ground on Which I Stand: 25th Anniversary Edition August Wilson 9781559369954 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “What we do now becomes history by which our grandch...
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You A’ja Wilson 9781250290045 Nonfiction Flatiron Books: A Moment of Lift Book Macmillan Publishers The Instant New York Times Bestseller “Through honest stories a...
Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line
Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line Leroy Wilson 9781491787236 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Leroy Wilson was born in Bishopville, South Carolina, too small o...
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Pudd’nhead Wilson Mark Twain 9780451530745 Fiction Signet Penguin Random House At the beginning of Pudd’nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant’s son’s life, exchanges her light-skinn...
August Wilson Century Cycle
August Wilson Century Cycle August Wilson 9781559363075 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (10 plays covering 10 decades) 1900s - ...
Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women
Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women Patricia Wilson 9780835809696 Nonfiction Upper Room Upper Room Quiet Spaces guides busy contemporary women into short prayer interludes—despite the busyness o...
P.L. Wilson
P.L. Wilson 000000008110125X "Pat Tucker is a versatile author known by various pseudonyms including P.L. Wilson, Tricia Tucker, and Rikki Dixon.” P.L. Wilson, Tricia Tucker, and Rikki Dixon are pseu...
Patricia Wilson
Patricia Wilson 0000000116823683 Patricia Wilson is a seminar conductor specializing in interpersonal communications and women's seminars across Canada and the U.S. Patricia Wilson conducts business ...
Leroy Wilson
Leroy Wilson NONE Leroy Wilson, a Brooklyn native and Southern Wesleyan University alum, is an area manager for a Fortune 500 company. Now living in the South, he debuts with his first book, Reversal...
Gina Wilson Beckles
Gina Wilson Beckles NONE Gina Wilson Beckles, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of Program Evaluation Services, Inc. She teaches business administration at university, has 14+ years of experience in fe...
Jamia Wilson
Jamia Wilson 0000000498926775 Jamia Wilson is the executive director and publisher at the Feminist Press. Jamia Wilson is the executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press.
Loyall Wilson
Loyall Wilson NONE Loyall Wilson, former Chief Compliance Officer at a major investment firm, was instrumental in maintaining financial integrity, detecting fraud, and facilitating the imprisonment o...
Cameron Wilson
Cameron Wilson NONE Cameron Wilson is an accomplished author known for his compelling narratives and unique storytelling skills. He has successfully published numerous books, earning him a reputation...
JJ Amaworo Wilson
JJ Amaworo Wilson NONE JJ Amaworo Wilson is an acclaimed author of over 20 books on language learning. His short fiction has been published by renowned publishers and literary magazines in the UK and...
Maloyd Ben Wilson
Maloyd Ben Wilson NONE Maloyd “Ben” Wilson is the entrepreneurial force behind Black Chronicle book, holding multiple roles including Owner, CEO, Publisher, and Founder. Maloyd “Ben” Wilson is the Ow...
Lisa Y? Wilson
Lisa Y? Wilson NONE Lisa Y. Wilson is a seasoned former early childhood educator from New York City. Now a writer, she's currently publishing her first children's book and was honored in the 2024 PB ...
Gina Wilson Beckles and Francina Dubose Brooks
Gina Wilson Beckles and Francina Dubose Brooks MULTIPLE Gina Wilson Beckles, Ph.D. and Francina Dubose Brooks
Julia Wilson
Julia Wilson 0000000135703265 Julia Wilson is the author of Becky, a children’s book published in 1966. Wilson is likely not a Black writer; however, Becky is an early book featuring a Black child o...
Pat Tucker
Pat Tucker NONE Pat Tucker Wilson is a radio news director, award-winning journalist, and prolific writer with over 15 years of media experience. Known for her engaging storytelling, Wilson has worke...
Patricia Wilson Smith
Patricia Wilson Smith NONE Patricia Wilson Smith, a self-proclaimed inventor of the 'Art of Being Jilted', is renowned for her humor on love and relationships. Raised in Kansas City, she credits her ...
William Julius Wilson
William Julius Wilson 0000000119485958 William Julius Wilson is a distinguished sociologist and professor at Harvard University. Noted for his work on urban sociology, race, and class, he is a Nation...
Kathleen Atkins Wilson
Kathleen Atkins Wilson NONE Kathleen Atkins Wilson is a prolific artist with 40+ published editions, showcased in galleries nationwide and online. Her extraordinary artwork has won prestigious awards...
Mabel O. Wilson
Mabel O. Wilson NONE Mabel O. Wilson, a Columbia University professor, focuses on the intersection of space, politics, and cultural memory in black America. She co-directs GSAPP's Global Africa Lab a...
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II MULTIPLE Sheila Brooks, CEO of SRB Communications, leads a DC-based, award-winning ad and marketing agency specializing in multicultural markets. Clint C. Wilson ...
Lalanii Wilson-Jones and Treavion Davenport
Lalanii Wilson-Jones and Treavion Davenport MULTIPLE Lalanii Wilson-Jones is a Dallas-based entrepreneur involved in Home Health Care, Hospice, Child Care, and event planning, as well as mentoring em...
Jawanza Kunjufu, Erica Myles, and Nichelle Wilson
Jawanza Kunjufu, Erica Myles, and Nichelle Wilson MULTIPLE Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, a prolific author of 65+ books like 'Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys', collaborates with Chicago-based ...
Ciara and Russell Wilson
Ciara and Russell Wilson MULTIPLE Founded by Russell Wilson and Ciara in 2014, the Why Not You Foundation is a nonprofit focused on fighting poverty through education and empowering youth. The founda...
Ray’Chel Wilson
Ray’Chel Wilson NONE Ray’Chel Wilson, an award-winning teacher and entrepreneur, focuses on educating young professionals about financial wellness. Originally from Ohio, she moved to Tulsa to teach h...
Jessica Wilson
Jessica Wilson NONE Jessica Wilson is a dietitian, storyteller, and community organizer. Known for her work in dietetics and eating disorder fields as a Black, queer woman, she co-created Amplify Mel...
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Ruth Wilson Gilmore 0000000035850196 Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a Professor at the City University of New York with expertise in Earth & Environmental Sciences and American Studies. She's also the Direct...
The Blackbird Papers
The Blackbird Papers Thumper Book Review It never fails that every year there is one book in which the book’s good publicity reaches me before the book does. This year one of the books is Ian ...
Meeting David Wilson
Meeting David Wilson Kam Williams meetin7.jpg Film Review MSNBC Special to Feature Reunion of Blacks and Whites Linked to Ancestors from Same Slave Plantation Meeting David Wilson Unrated...
The King of No: A Financial Firefighter
The King of No: A Financial Firefighter Robert Fleming Book Review Following 38 years in the investment business, Loyall Wilson assembles some of his financial know-how in this slender book, accumula...
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim Marcia Douglas 9781845233327 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press A much-awaited novel from an award-winning writer a reggae track...
Legacy: Treasures of Black History
Legacy: Treasures of Black History Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells 9781426200069 Nonfiction National Geographic National Geographic Books From its Introduction by the revered and distinguished...
Notes from a Writer’s Book of Cures and Spells
Notes from a Writer’s Book of Cures and Spells Marcia Douglas 9781845230166 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Flamingo, a young writer in Jamaica, finds herself enmeshed in the world of her...
Toronto
Toronto Marcia Douglas 9781562614294 Fiction Rick Steves/Avalon Travel Perseus Books
Are We Having Fun Yet?: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Sex
Are We Having Fun Yet?: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Sex Marcia Douglas 9780786861972 Fiction Hyperion Hachette Book Group Offers female readers advice on enhancing their sex lives, addressing su...
What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success
What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success Lauren Wesley Wilson 9781401979904 Nonfiction Hay House Business Penguin Random House Laur...
Why Not You?
Why Not You? Ciara and Russell Wilson 9780593374405 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From Grammy-winning pop star Ciara and Super Bowl champion quarterback Russell Wil...
The Psychology of Self-Hatred and Self-Defeat
The Psychology of Self-Hatred and Self-Defeat Amos N. Wilson 9781879164154 Nonfiction Afrikan World Infosystems Afrikan World Infosystems “The issue of self-hatred has very deep historical roots going...
Step Into Your Power: 23 Lessons on How to Live Your Best Life
Step Into Your Power: 23 Lessons on How to Live Your Best Life Jamia Wilson 9781786035868 Nonfiction Wide Eyed Editions The Quarto Group Discover your own inner strength and learn mental resilience; l...
The King of No: A Financial Firefighter
The King of No: A Financial Firefighter Loyall Wilson 9780578214030 Nonfiction Loyall Wilson Loyall Wilson This memoir will take you behind the scenes with me as Chief Compliance Officer of a large in...
Gem of the Ocean (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1904)
Gem of the Ocean (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1904) August Wilson 9780573704772 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Set in 1904, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean begins on the eve of Aunt Esther’s...
More Than Just Race: Being Black And Poor In The Inner City (Issues Of Our Time)
More Than Just Race: Being Black And Poor In The Inner City (Issues Of Our Time) William Julius Wilson 9780393067057 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A preeminent sociolo...
Black Chronicle: From the Slavery Era - 1778 to the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement - 1956
Black Chronicle: From the Slavery Era - 1778 to the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement - 1956 Maloyd Ben Wilson 9780975321003 Nonfiction Wilson Group Network Wilson Group Network 10.75 x 16.50 x 0...
The Devil Riding
The Devil Riding Valerie Wilson Wesley 9780399146176 Fiction Putnam Adult Penguin Random House Tamara Hayle goes undercover in the casinos of Atlantic City to track a runaway teen in this gripping new...
Wildavsky Forum Series
Wildavsky Forum Series William Julius Wilson 9780520222267 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press In a work that will significantly influence the political discussion...