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Rise of the Guardians (2012) - Film Review
Rise of the Guardians (2012) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Mythological Figures Fight for Kids’ Innocence in Enchanting Animated Adventure Rise of the Guardians (2012) In Theaters: Nov 2...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview Kam Williams Interview Dante Brown The “Won’t Back Down” Interview Born in Chicago on October 6, 1999, Dante Brown’s big break came at the tender ...
Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams
Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television co...
Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams
Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television comedy...
Peter Ramsey: The Rise of the Guardians Interview
Peter Ramsey: The Rise of the Guardians Interview Kam Williams Interview Peter Ramsey: The “Rise of the Guardians” Interview Rise of the Guardians is Peter Ramsey’s first feature film after d...
Rutina Wesley - The "How She Move" Interview
Rutina Wesley - The "How She Move" Interview Kam Williams Interview Get Ready for Rutina! After studying at the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts, Rutina Wesley attended the University...
Terrence Howard - Profile
Terrence Howard - Profile Kam Williams Interview Terrence Howard in Lionsgate Films' Pride - 2007 Terrence Dashon Howard Date of Birth: March 11, 1969 Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Ever ...
Terrence Howard - Pride Interview
Terrence Howard - Pride Interview Kam Williams Interview The Pride Interview with Kam Williams Terrence Howard (right) Ever since Terrence Howard landed an Oscar nomination for Hustle...
Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book
Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book Kam Williams Interview Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book by A. Yamina Collins If you’re a writer on the cusp of publishing a book, today mi...
Lunchtime Chat with Pamala McCoy
Lunchtime Chat with Pamala McCoy Ida Walker Interview Managing BONA5D full-time gives Pamala the opportunity to help individuals navigate their financial woes through a struggling economy to reach a ...
Notes from a Hip Hop Head
Notes from a Hip Hop Head Kam Williams Interview April 19, 2007 An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey: Notes from a Hip Hop Head by Saul Williams Dear Ms. Winfrey, It is with the g...
Idrissa Uqdah
Idrissa Uqdah Kam Williams Interview Idrissa Uqdah, a writer from New Jersey grew up in Philadelphia. Her early fiction and poetry were published in the 1970s. Idrissa spent some time in Bl...
Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown
Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown Benilde Little Interview You are known for your novels, Good Hair, The Itch, Who Does She Think She Is?, Actin...
Sandra L. Richards: Richards Rocks!
Sandra L. Richards: Richards Rocks! Kam Williams Interview The American-born daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents, Sandra L. Richards is the author of “Rice & Rocks.” She hopes that h...
Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author
Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author Troy Johnson Interview Many children’s authors and illustrators come from the world of education but you also worked in the field of journalism f...
Q & A with Robin W. Pearson
Q & A with Robin W. Pearson Robin W. Pearson Interview Robin W. Pearson’s writing sprouts from her Southern roots, where she learned to sing “Jesus Loves Me,” how to make corn bread...
Althea
Althea Kam Williams Interview Althea Click to order via Amazon by Linda Watkins ISBN: 0971513910 Format: Paperback Pub. Date: March 2003 Publisher: Black Diamond Publishing ...
Troy Johnson
Troy Johnson Kam Williams Interview "Hello, Troy. I visited your site - very interesting. It is a good deal more than a Book Club for bucks - more like a neighborhood bookstore - a labor of lo...
Gil L. Robertson IV: Award-Winning Author Assesses the State of Black Relationships
Gil L. Robertson IV: Award-Winning Author Assesses the State of Black Relationships Kam Williams Interview Award-Winning Author Assesses the State of Black Relationships Gil L. Robertson IV i...
Deesha Philyaw: Writing Black Women Toward Freedom
Deesha Philyaw: Writing Black Women Toward Freedom Leyda Aileen https://aalbc.com/author-photos/Deesha-Philyaw.webp Interview When I caught up with Deesha Philyaw, she was enjoying something increasin...
Book Lover’s Haven Feature Interview with Troy D. Johnson
Book Lover’s Haven Feature Interview with Troy D. Johnson Denise Turney Interview AALBC.com Home Page | More About AALBC.com This interview originally appeared in Issue 6.00 of The Book Lover&...
Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning
Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning Leah Mullen Interview A year ago this summer Hollywood witnessed the emergence of the "Original Kings of Comedy. "In the publishing wor...
The “Disaffected” Interview with Sean Pittman
The “Disaffected” Interview with Sean Pittman Troy Johnson Interview What inspired you to write Disaffected? Throughout my travels working on political campaigns and movements, a persistent ...
Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview
Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview Kam Williams Interview Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties...
On-line Chat Featuring author Mat Johnson
On-line Chat Featuring author Mat Johnson Thumper Interview The Coffee Will Make You Black On-line Reading Group’s Chat Transcript The Coffee Will Make You Black Reading Group&...
The Vanishing Black Male Interview
The Vanishing Black Male Interview Kam Williams Interview KW: Do you really think black men are vanishing and becoming extinct? Hisani DuBose (HD): With over one million African Amer...
Attorney for the Brown Family Responds to Shooting of Police in Ferguson, MO
Attorney for the Brown Family Responds to Shooting of Police in Ferguson, MO Kam Williams Interview Ben Crump is the attorney of record in many high-profile, civil rights cases, most notably rep...
Cloves Campbell, Jr. The “NNPA Chairman” Interview
Cloves Campbell, Jr. The “NNPA Chairman” Interview Kam Williams Interview Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., is the Publisher of the Arizona Informant, a family owned and operated newspaper that ...
Denzel Washington (2014) Interview - The Equalizer
Denzel Washington (2014) Interview - The Equalizer Kam Williams Interview Denzel Washington - The Equalizer Interview Coming Soon The Equalizer In Theaters: Sep 26, 2014 Wide Rated R, Myste...
Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007]
Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007] Kam Williams Interview The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smoll...
Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker - "The Great Debaters" Interview
Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker - "The Great Debaters" Interview Kam Williams Interview The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smollett and Den...
Ken Burns Interviewed (April 2013).
Ken Burns Interviewed (April 2013). Kam Williams Interview Legendary Filmmaker Discusses His Latest Documentary Photo Credit dbking Ken Burns has been making films for more than thirty years...
Kerry Washington - The "For Colored Girls and Night Catches Us" Interview [2010]
Kerry Washington - The "For Colored Girls and Night Catches Us" Interview [2010] Kam Williams Interview Kerry on Everything from Film, Family & President Obama Winner of the 2005 NAACP Im...
Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview
Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Panorama City, California to Tyra Doyle and Leon Good on August 18, 1981, Meagan Monique Good was raised ...
Vivica A. Fox - The "Cover" and "Three Can Play That Game" Interview
Vivica A. Fox - The "Cover" and "Three Can Play That Game" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 30, 1964, Vivica Anjanetta Fox is of both Native ...
Migrated Interviews
Migrated Interviews Kam Williams Interview Migrated Interviews Aisha Tyler - The "Balls of Fury and Death Sentence" Interview Alisa Hyman - Book Reviewer, Educator Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwand...
A Novelist’s Staying Power: Interview with Gloria Mallette
A Novelist’s Staying Power: Interview with Gloria Mallette DuEwa M. Frazier Interview I first met Gloria Mallette in 2000 at an author event at Zawadi Gifts in Brooklyn. Gloria ...
Kam Williams - AALBC.com Reviewer and Interviewer
Kam Williams - AALBC.com Reviewer and Interviewer Kam Williams Interview Voted Best Male Entertainment Journalist of the Decade by the Disilgold Soul Literary Review in 2006, Kam Williams...
Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview
Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview Kam Williams Interview Sister Melissa Born in Seattle, Washington on October 2, 1973, but raised in Charlottesville and Chester, Virgini...
Too Beautiful For Words
Too Beautiful For Words Kam Williams Interview Too Beautiful For Words Click to order via Amazon by Monique W. Morris Format: Hardcover, 288pp. ISBN: 0066211050 Publisher: HarperTrade ...
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit) Brenda M. Greene Interview Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Boo...
Edwidge Danticat The “Create Dangerously” Interview
Edwidge Danticat The “Create Dangerously” Interview Kam Williams Interview Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the...
Online Chat with Author John Gibson
Online Chat with Author John Gibson Thumper Interview Coffee Will Make You Black Reading Group — August 1999 Selection September 1st 1999 Dummy by John Gibson Buy This Book...
Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006
Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006 Kam Williams Interview Egyptian/Sudanese-American writer Kola Boof is the author of seven books published in eight countrie...
Alvin C. Romer - Book Reviewer - Educator - Freelance Writer - Journalist - Essayist
Alvin C. Romer - Book Reviewer - Educator - Freelance Writer - Journalist - Essayist Kam Williams Interview Alvin C. Romer, is an Educator, Freelance Writer, Journalist and Essayist calling ...
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin - Why This Book is Important
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin - Why This Book is Important Kam Williams Interview Bright Eyes, Brown Skin Click to order via Amazon Written by Cheryl Willis Hudson & Bernette Ford &a...
Cornel West
Cornel West Kam Williams Interview Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 2, 1953, Princeton Professor Cornel Ronald West is one of America's most gifted and provocative...
President Jimmy Carter interview, March 2012
President Jimmy Carter interview, March 2012 Kam Williams Interview President Jimmy Carter Interview March 2012 (coming soon) Related Links ...
Roland Martin “The First” Interview
Roland Martin “The First” Interview Kam Williams Interview Roland Reflects on Obama's Historic Run for the White House Between Barack Obama's declaring his candidacy for the Presidency and...
An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help by Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH)
An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help by Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) Kam Williams Interview An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help http://www.abwh.org On behalf of ...
You Know Better
You Know Better Kam Williams Interview [ Reviews Home ] [ AALBC Home ] [ Buy Any Book] Ansa's New Novel Strays from the Mark You Know Better Tina McElroy Ansa Click to order via Amazon ...
Trice Hickman - Interview
Trice Hickman - Interview Kam Williams Interview Trice Hickman's sophomore novel promises more sizzle just in time for the summer By Leah Mullen As soon as I turned the last page...
Uncle Yah Yah Part I & II 21st Century Man of Wisdom - Book Reviewed by Carol Taylor
Uncle Yah Yah Part I & II 21st Century Man of Wisdom - Book Reviewed by Carol Taylor Kam Williams Interview Uncle Yah Yah 21st Century Man of Wisdom - Part II Click to order via Amazo...
The “Politics: Another Perspective” Interview
The “Politics: Another Perspective” Interview Kam Williams Interview Wilmer J. Leon, III is a political scientist whose primary areas of expertise are Black Politics American Government, and P...
Julianne Malveaux: “Are We Better Off” as a Result of Obama’s Presidency?
Julianne Malveaux: “Are We Better Off” as a Result of Obama’s Presidency? Kam Williams Interview Dr. Julianne Malveaux has long been recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She ...
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Troy Johnson Interview Race does play a major factor with what’s going on between President Obama and Congress.”—April Ryan ...
AALBC.com Interview with Jeff Chang
AALBC.com Interview with Jeff Chang Kam Williams Interview Kam Williams: Hi Jeff. Thanks for the time and congratulations on the NAACP Image Award nomination for Who We Be. You used to ...
Alice Walker The “PBS American Masters” Interview
Alice Walker The “PBS American Masters” Interview Kam Williams Interview Alice Walker has been defined as one of the key international writers of the 20th Century. She made history as the fi...
Touré: Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now
Touré: Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now Kam Williams Interview Touré - The “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?” Interview Born in Boston on ...
Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview
Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 15, 1970, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is a lecturer at the University of Hawaii’...
Assessing the State of the Black Digital Press
Assessing the State of the Black Digital Press Kam Williams Interview Troy Johnson is the President of AALBC.com, LLC, whose main property is the website AALBC.com, for which Troy is the foun...
Jasmine Guy - The “October Baby” Interview
Jasmine Guy - The “October Baby” Interview Kam Williams Interview Jasmine in Bloom Born in Boston on March 10, 1962, Jasmine Guy is a Renaissance woman with dancer, actress,...
Interview with Bakari Kitwana
Interview with Bakari Kitwana Kam Williams Interview Bakari Kitwana Bakari Kitwana has been the Executive Editor of The Source, the Editorial Director at 3rd World Press, and a music rev...
Award-winning Author and Journalist asha bandele
Award-winning Author and Journalist asha bandele Robert Fleming Interview An award-winning author and journalist, asha bandele first attained recognition when she penned her ...
Anika Malone: A New Voice in Women’s Fiction
Anika Malone: A New Voice in Women’s Fiction Leah Mullen Interview Reprinted Courtesy of Writersandpoets.com, LLC Late last year I talked to two authors Carl Weber and Toni Lee who both ...
Valjeanne Jeffers Interview
Valjeanne Jeffers Interview Derrick Ferguson Interview Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College and North Carolina Central University, and a member of the Carolina African American ...
Kim Taylor
Kim Taylor Mel Hopkins Interview African American History Matters A master quilter looks back to the past and weaves ancestral history into textile art designs. The ancient West African t...
Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview with AALBC.com
Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview with AALBC.com Kam Williams Interview Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview Born in New York City on December 9, 1961, arch-conservative Ann Coulter is the auth...
Blair Underwood - The "G" Interview
Blair Underwood - The "G" Interview Kam Williams Interview Blair Underwood The "G" Interview with AALBC.com Blair Underwood was born in Tacoma, Washington on August 25, 1964, but raised ...
Bob Marley is Still Catching Fire
Bob Marley is Still Catching Fire Kam Williams Interview BOB MARLEY IS STILL CATCHING FIRE by Christopher John Farley author of "Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley." Bob...
Bow Wow - The "Lottery Ticket" Interview
Bow Wow - The "Lottery Ticket" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born Shad Gregory Moss in Columbus, Ohio on March 9, 1987. Bow Wow was a precocious kid who started rhyming as a toddler, and ...
Author Brenda Thomas Attracts Vast Media Attention
Author Brenda Thomas Attracts Vast Media Attention Kam Williams Interview [ AALBC.com Home ] [ Buy Any Book] Author Brenda Thomas Attracts Vast Media Attention by Audra Shiver...
Don Cheadle - Brooklyn's Finest Interview
Don Cheadle - Brooklyn's Finest Interview Kam Williams Interview Donald Cheadle might be the best actor around yet to win an Oscar. His only Academy Award nomination came in 2005 for his po...
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The “The African Americans” Interview
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The “The African Americans” Interview Kam Williams Interview Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The “The African Americans” Interview Born in Keyser, West Virginia on Septe...
“In My Own Words”© (IMOW) Flavor Flav, The Real Man Behind The Clock And Sunglasses
“In My Own Words”© (IMOW) Flavor Flav, The Real Man Behind The Clock And Sunglasses Kam Williams Interview "In My Own Words"© (IMOW) Flavor Flav, The Real Man Behind The Clock And Sunglasses ...
Gabrielle Union - The "Good Deeds" Interview (February 2012)
Gabrielle Union - The "Good Deeds" Interview (February 2012) Kam Williams Interview Gabrielle Union - The "Good Deeds" Interview One of today’s hottest stars, Gabrielle Union continues...
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Jones LaMon Kam Williams Interview Jaci LaMon JaciWrites@aol.com Jacqueline Jones LaMon is a poet and writer. Her work has appeared in various publications inclu...
Jayne Cubbage
Jayne Cubbage Kam Williams Interview A well-experienced journalist, Jayne Cubbage has a broad ranging career in electronic and print media. She has covered sports, business, entertainment an...
Juan Williams - The "Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate" Interview [August 2011]
Juan Williams - The "Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate" Interview [August 2011] Kam Williams Interview Juan Williams Un-Muzzled Juan Williams was born in Panama on April 10, 1954, but ...
Linda Watkins
Linda Watkins Kam Williams Interview Linda Watkins, a Cincinnati native transplanted to Indianapolis, is a poet and writer. Poems from her chapbook, "Let me Shake your Leav...
Marlon Wayans “A Haunted House” Interview (2013)
Marlon Wayans “A Haunted House” Interview (2013) Kam Williams Interview Marlon Wayans “A Haunted House” Interview Multi-talented Marlon Wayans graduated from the prestigious High School of Per...
Meagan Good The "Deception" Interview
Meagan Good The "Deception" Interview Kam Williams Interview Meagan Good The “Deception” Interview Meagan Good stars in NBC's midseason drama "Deception" as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San Franc...
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Kam Williams Interview April D. Ryan is veteran journalist who has been a White House correspondent for the past 18 years. Besides coverin...
Russell Simmons - The "Success through Stillness" Interview - March 2014
Russell Simmons - The "Success through Stillness" Interview - March 2014 Kam Williams Interview Rap Mogul Reaps Benefits from Meditation Regimen Photo Credit David Shankbone Master entrepren...
Russell Simmons - Shares His Vision for Occupy Wall Street
Russell Simmons - Shares His Vision for Occupy Wall Street Kam Williams Interview Hip-Hop Pioneer Shares His Vision for the Occupy Wall Street Movement Russell Wendell Simmons was born in Qu...
Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams
Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Shirley Sherrod is best known as the African-American government official fired in ...
Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview (2014)
Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview (2014) Kam Williams Interview Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview Since retiring from the NFL, Terry Crews has traded in his helmet and cleats to purs...
Tiffany Davis
Tiffany Davis Kam Williams Interview Tiffany M. Davis is a self-proclaimed wordsmith. Her first novel, Sandtrap, is due to be released in 2002. Tiffany has done book reviews for Aalize.com...