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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 ...
See Marcus Grow
See Marcus Grow Marcus Bridgewater 9780593406076 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Marcus Bridgewater, also known as the social media sensation Garden Marcus, shows kids the lessons he ...
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...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey 0000000121272214 “Up! You mighty race, you can accomplish what you will.” Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a prominent publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and advocate for Bl...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Marcus Guillory
Marcus Guillory NONE Born in Louisiana, Marcus Guillory rose from humble beginnings to become a renowned screenwriter, author, musician, and producer. He initially pursued law before dedicating himse...
OPENAI Oakland’s Seat at the Table
OPENAI Oakland’s Seat at the Table Carol Denise Mitchell B0H32C9HCB Nonfiction CDMBOOKS CDMBOOKS On May 18, 2026, a federal jury in Oakland delivered a unanimous verdict: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against O...
May a Divine Awaken
May a Divine Awaken Michael A. Tinsley 9798217087648 Fiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House In the first book of a heart-pounding new YA fantasy series, an orphaned teen is thrust into a divin...
Yes, Chef
Yes, Chef Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers 9780385342605 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his gra...
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...
Negro with a Hat
Negro with a Hat Thumper Book Review I’m not an average reader of biographies. I am now realizing the older I get, the more biographies and history books my reading palette finds attr...
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex Mr. Marcus 9780312382391 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers A provocative bedside guide to some of the most captivating sexual advice from pro-lover porn ...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
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...
Jess Mowry
Jess Mowry 0000000080841328 Jess Mowry is an author of children's and young adult books often set in Oakland, California, dealing with contemporary themes. Raised by his father, he developed a love f...
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Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating
Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating Marcus Samuelsson 9780593715222 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House Marcus Samuelsson, Award-Winning Chef, restaurateur, and cookboo...
A Method for Magic and Misfortune
A Method for Magic and Misfortune Craig Kofi Farmer 9781250900289 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A boy discovers magic—along with a hidden darkness—in his town in this propulsive and...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin MULTIPLE Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a prominent political leader, and Tony Martin, a distinguished historian, are renowned for their significant contributions in advoc...
Marcus Major
Marcus Major 0000000038042522 Marcus Major, born in Fort Bragg, followed a transient childhood due to his father's military career. He studied Literature and African-American Studies at Richard Stock...
E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer
E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer MULTIPLE "E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer are renowned authors, each contributing unique voic...
Marcus Jackson
Marcus Jackson NONE Marcus Jackson, an accomplished poet from Toledo, Ohio, studied at the University of Toledo and NYU. His work has been published in prestigious journals like The New Yorker. Curre...
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …: Volume 2
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …: Volume 2 Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578856490 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore When I Grow Up I Want To Own … Volume 2 was created ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own … Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578825359 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore When I Grow Up I Want To Own was created to help children envisio...
Hugh Mulzac
Hugh Mulzac 0000000399996487 Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac (1886-1971), the first African American ship commander, served on British and American ships during WWI. A graduate of Swansea Nautical College, he ...
April Sinclair
April Sinclair NONE April Sinclair, a Chicago native, is a renowned author and community activist. Known for her dedicated activism in Oakland and her unique approach to her literary debut, Sinclair'...
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...
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,...
Joy Elan
Joy Elan NONE Joy Elán, an award-winning author and spoken word artist from Oakland, CA, has penned six books. Despite being born with hearing loss, she overcame adversity to earn degrees from UC Be...
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Julius Garvey 9781506488721 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media AALBC’s founder, Troy Johnson, is a contributor to this anthology. Marcus G...
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland Robyn C. Spencer 9780822362869 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In The Revolution Ha...
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home Marcus Samuelsson 9780470940587 Nonfiction Rux Martin Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The award-winning celebrity chef and New York Times best-selling autho...
Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1 Or, A Tale of Two Amies
Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1 Or, A Tale of Two Amies Tony Martin 9780912469064 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press Tony Martin, the distin...
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food Marcus Samuelsson 9780316480680 Nonfiction Voracious Hachette Book Group This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star...
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa Marcus Samuelsson 9780764569111 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "For as long as I can remember,...
Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey
Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey 9780486437873 Fiction Dover Publications Dover Publications A controversial figure in the history of race relations around the worl...
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans: Or, Africa for the Africans
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans: Or, Africa for the Africans Marcus Mosiah Garvey 9780912469249 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press A Collectors...
Harold G. Marcus
Harold G. Marcus NONE Harold G. Marcus was a notable professor of History and African Studies at Michigan State University. He is renowned for his works on Ethiopian history and politics, including '...
Marcus Weber
Marcus Weber 0000000019794032 Marcus Weber, younger half-brother of NY Times bestselling author Carl Weber, is currently incarcerated as of 2022. Marcus Weber is the younger half-brother of New York ...
Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson 0000000049972194 Marcus Samuelsson, celebrated chef known for appearances on Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef, earned a three-star review from The New York Times at a young age. He re...
Marcus Mabry
Marcus Mabry NONE Marcus Mabry is a veteran foreign correspondent and chief of correspondents for Newsweek. His award-winning work has been featured in numerous publications, and he is the author of ...
Marcus Anthony Hunter
Marcus Anthony Hunter 0000000379386059 Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, a sociology & African American studies professor at UCLA, coined #BlackLivesMatter, and led UCLA's African American Studies Departmen...
Marcus J. Moore
Marcus J. Moore NONE Marcus J. Moore is a music journalist, editor, curator, pundit, professor, and author. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Pitchfork, TIME, TIDAL, GQ, The Washington Post...
Marcus Bridgewater
Marcus Bridgewater NONE Marcus Bridgewater, known on social media as Garden Marcus, is also the author of How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself. Media outlets that have featured his wor...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Kam Williams Interview THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES "UP! YOU MIGHTY RACE: A TRIBUTE TO MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY (1887-1940)" BY RUNOKO RASHDI DEDICATED TO D...
Morrie Turner
Morrie Turner 0000000021272073 Morris “Morrie” Turner (1923-2014) was an American cartoonist known for creating Wee Pals, the first American syndicated comic strip featuring an integrated cast. Raise...
Carmen Bogan
Carmen Bogan NONE Carmen Bogan is a children's book author and writing coach, known for her works 'Granny, Who Is God?' and 'Where’s Rodney?'. She's part of Oakland Literacy Coalition, promotes publi...
Leila Mottley
Leila Mottley 0000000508946148 Leila Mottley, an Oakland native, is a celebrated author known for her debut novel, Nightcrawling, an Oprah Book Club pick. She explores themes of inequity and liberati...
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book Volume II
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book Volume II Marcus Dewan Williams 9781734418767 Nonfiction Tgosketch Illustration Tgosketch Illustration Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book Volume II is a chil...
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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...
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Tony Martin 9781574781779 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press R...
Chess Rumble
Chess Rumble G. Neri 9781584302797 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Three movesis all it takesto change the outcomeof the game.In Marcus’s world, battles are fought everyday—on the street, at h...
Gotta Keep On Tryin'
Gotta Keep On Tryin' Idrissa Uqdah Book Review In the sequel to the novel, Tryin’ To Sleep In The Bed You Made, life-long friends Gayle Saunders and Patricia (Pat) Reid are together ...
Marcus Makes a Movie
Marcus Makes a Movie Kevin Hart 9780593179147 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Stand-up comedian and Hollywood box-office hit Kevin Hart keeps the laughs coming in an illustr...
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem Marcus Samuelsson 9780544639775 Nonfiction Rux Martin Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes f...
Got to be Real: Four Original Love Stories
Got to be Real: Four Original Love Stories E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer 9780451202239 Fiction NAL Trade NAL Trade Boldly sexy, raucously funny, and unfailingly...
Justice for Marcus Garvey
Justice for Marcus Garvey Robert Fleming Book Review Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind is a recently published collection of essays that highlights the achievements and aspirati...
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey Tony Martin 9781574781953 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Marcus Garvey was many things race leader, journalist, orator, and ideologist. He was also ...
Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life
Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life Marcus Samuelsson 9780385744003 Nonfiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef Marcus Samuelsson tell...
Garvey and Garveyism
Garvey and Garveyism Amy Jacques Garvey 9781574781168 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Amy Jacques Garvey worked closely with her husband, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., throughout his c...
In Bed with Her Boss: Rich Man’s Fake Fiancee (Harlequin Bestselling Author)
In Bed with Her Boss: Rich Man’s Fake Fiancee (Harlequin Bestselling Author) Brenda Jackson and Catherine Mann 9780373180837 Fiction Harlequin Harlequin Enterprises Limited BUSINESS AFFAIRS Opal Lockh...
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry)
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry) Marcus Wicker 9780062191014 Poetry Harper Perennial HarperCollins “These are wide-ranging Whitmanesque poems self-aware meditations that rap and jazz t...
Practicing What You Preach
Practicing What You Preach Vanessa Davis Griggs 9780758232229 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The wedding between Angela Gabriel and Brent Underwood promises to be the Birmingham event of t...
Negro With A Hat: The Rise And Fall Of Marcus Garvey
Negro With A Hat: The Rise And Fall Of Marcus Garvey Colin Grant 9780099501459 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Definitive biography of Marcus Garvey from an exciting and talented new writer.At o...
Beyond Desire (Arabesque)
Beyond Desire (Arabesque) Gwynne Forster 9781583142011 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Amanda Ross is thrilled when she is appointed junior high school principal in Caution Poin...
Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy
Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin 9780912469195 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press In September 1937, three years before his ...
Marcus Kareem
Marcus Kareem NONE Marcus Kareem was born in Hip-Hop, and raised in Teaneck, NJ. He learned to write and music at early age, sitting on the floor sometimes of the record shop with a pencil and pad. ...
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey Tony Martin 9780912469034 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press Marcus Garvey was many things race leader, journalist, orator and ideologist. He was al...
Rupert Lewis
Rupert Lewis 0000000066437652 Rupert Lewis, Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies, has dedicated 50 years to educating on Marcus Garvey and the Garvey movement. Lewis has authored a...
Cry Me a River
Cry Me a River Thumper Book Review I have said it before, and most likely, I will say it again, but there is no drama like family drama. With Ernest Hill’s Cry Me a River, I got exactly that&...
Brenda Lane Richardson
Brenda Lane Richardson NONE Brenda Lane Richardson is an award-winning author and trained minister known for her books like Story Power, Chesapeake Song and more. A former Oakland Tribune columnist, ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Girls: Coloring & Activity Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Girls: Coloring & Activity Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9798727556214 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published All The Things We ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Boys: Coloring & Activity Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Boys: Coloring & Activity Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9798727707265 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published In this coloring bo...
Killing The Messenger: A Story Of Radical Faith, Racism’s Backlash, And The Assassination Of A Journalist
Killing The Messenger: A Story Of Radical Faith, Racism’s Backlash, And The Assassination Of A Journalist Thomas Peele 9780307717559 Nonfiction Crown Penguin Random House When a nineteen-year-old memb...
The Dying Ground: A Maceo Redfield Novel (Strivers Row)
The Dying Ground: A Maceo Redfield Novel (Strivers Row) Nichelle D. Tramble 9780375756535 Fiction Villard Villard Billy: dead. Felicia: missing.None of the words made sense together, but the doom I’d ...
Ghost Train
Ghost Train Jess Mowry 9780805044409 Fiction Henry Holt & Company (BYR) Macmillan Publishers "The sound of the train woke him … rhythmic panting putts like the breath of some huge jungle beast."Oaklan...
Jake Sloan
Jake Sloan NONE Jake Sloan is a civil rights advocate and owner of Davillier-Sloan, Inc., a major California labor-management consulting firm. He began as a pipefitter, later focusing on equality in ...
That Bookstore In Blytheville
That Bookstore In Blytheville Blytheville AR Mission: “The Literary Hub of the Community” Slogan: “We Are Your Source For Signed, First Edition John Grisham Books.” I'm sorr...
Roots Bookstore & Market
Roots Bookstore & Market Miami FL A Black-owned community bookstore in Miami’s Liberty City. They offer new and used books with a focus on banned, Black, and local authors. More than a bookstore, th...
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.
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub Flint MI “Not your average bookstore, we specialize in BIPOC books, art, and products. Established in 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Egypt, who is a Flint ...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend"
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend" Book Spotlights
Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop
Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop Philadelphia PA Hakim’s Bookstore & Gift Shop is the oldest African American Bookstore in Philadelphia.
The Underground Bookstore
The Underground Bookstore Chicago IL How one Black-owned bookstore has navigated business since 2020 (WBEZ, Feb 19, 2025)
Fanita Pendleton
Fanita Pendleton NONE Fanita “Moon†Pendleton, originally from Oakland, is a parole officer based in Norfolk, Virginia. She's an experienced criminal justice instructor with a Masters in Public A...
Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station Kam Williams fruitville-station.jpg Film Review Bittersweet Biopic Recounts Final Hours in Oscar Grant’s Life The video is a news report which includes video of Oscar Grant I...
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 9780593318935 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Oprah announced Nightcrawling as the selection, on June 7, 2022, on CBS Mornings Mottley joined the h...
The Majority Press
The Majority Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Announces, The TMP Series, Books Authored and Formerly Published by The Majority Press At the time of his death, Ma...
Sweetwater Reckoning: A Marcus Johnson Thriller
Sweetwater Reckoning: A Marcus Johnson Thriller Wayne Ince 9798994346020 Fiction Breaking Ranks Books Breaking Ranks Books Wayne Ince—known to his readers as Big Sarge—retired from the United States A...
Isis Asare
Isis Asare NONE Isis Asare is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned US bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the US. She also serves as Exec. Director of Aunt Lute Book...