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Part of the John Henrik Clarke Enhanced History Project
Part of the John Henrik Clarke Enhanced History Project Author Interviews Tony Browder is the curator of the John Henrik Clarke Enhanced History Project, a 16‑mural, 8,000‑year African history exhibit...
Dr. John Henrik Clarke - A Great and Mighty Walk - Watch This Film!
Dr. John Henrik Clarke - A Great and Mighty Walk - Watch This Film! Troy Johnson Article "...the first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa."-Dr. John Henr...
John Henrik Clarke
John Henrik Clarke 0000000109007688 Dr. John Henrik Clarke was born January 1, 1915 in Union Springs, Alabama and died July 16, 1998 in New York City. His family came from a long line of sha...
Michael Bradley with John Henrik Clarke
Michael Bradley with John Henrik Clarke MULTIPLE Michael Bradley with John Henrik Clarke
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa John Henrik Clarke 9781574780475 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy...
John Henrik Clarke And The Power Of Africana History: Africalogical Quest For Decolonization And Sovereignty
John Henrik Clarke And The Power Of Africana History: Africalogical Quest For Decolonization And Sovereignty Ahati N. N. Toure 9781592216277 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red ...
The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner
The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner John Henrik Clarke 9780933121959 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner was originally published in 1968. Edited b...
John Henrik Clarke: Master Teacher
John Henrik Clarke: Master Teacher Barbara Eleanor Adams 9781617590122 Nonfiction A & B Book Dist Inc A & B Book Dist Inc Featuring a forward by Dr. Leonard Jeffries The purpose of this book is to of...
The Iceman Inheritance: Prehistoric Sources of Western Man’s Racism, Sexism and Aggression
The Iceman Inheritance: Prehistoric Sources of Western Man’s Racism, Sexism and Aggression Michael Bradley with John Henrik Clarke 9781879831001 Nonfiction Kayode Pubn Kayode Pubn This revied version ...
Breena Clarke
Breena Clarke 0000000116790578 Breena Clarke, a Washington D.C. native and Howard University alumnus, is a renowned author known for her debut novel, an Oprah Book Club selection 'River, Cross My Hea...
Notes for an African World Revolution: Africans at the Crossroads
Notes for an African World Revolution: Africans at the Crossroads John Henrik Clarke 9780865432703 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the late...
Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution
Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution John Henrik Clarke 9780865432710 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the late outstanding ...
African People in World History
African People in World History John Henrik Clarke 9780933121775 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Dr. John Henrik Clarke s African People in World History inaugurates the Black Class...
New Dimensions in African History
New Dimensions in African History John Henrik Clarke 9780865432277 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press From the Nile valley to the new world, science invention and tec...
Debate: Should Black Youth Join the U.S. Armed Forces
Debate: Should Black Youth Join the U.S. Armed Forces Should Black Youth Join the U.S. Armed Forces bebated by DR. SAM ANDERSON- Mathematician and activist Dr. William Seraile- Historian and Educatio...
Who is Greater, Fannie Lou Hamer or Condoleezza Rice?
Who is Greater, Fannie Lou Hamer or Condoleezza Rice? “Who is Greater, Fannie Lou Hamer or Condolezza Rice?” Who is Greater, Fannie Lou Hamer or Condoleezza Rice? If you are asking you...
Black American Short Stories (American Century Series)
Black American Short Stories (American Century Series) John Henrik Clarke 9780374523541 Fiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers The success of John Henrik Clarke’s American Negro Short Stories, fir...
Corridors of Nostalgia: Poetry by Cheryl Clarke
Corridors of Nostalgia: Poetry by Cheryl Clarke Cheryl Clarke 9780978902308 Poetry Suspect Thoughts Press Suspect Thoughts Press Corridors of Nostalgia is the fifth collection of poetry by prominent o...
Cheryl Clarke
Cheryl Clarke 0000000383377198 Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947, is a lesbian poet, essayist, and a Black feminist activist. Her work emphasizes African-American women's literature and black lesbian fe...
Haki R. Madhubuti, Founder Third World Press
Haki R. Madhubuti, Founder Third World Press Author Interviews Haki R. Madhubuti discusses the book he published who are celebrated in The Clarke Enhanced History Project at the Thurgood Marshall Cent...
Hope C. Clarke
Hope C. Clarke NONE Brooklyn-based Hope C. Clarke is a single mom, JP Morgan Chase employee, and entrepreneur who spends her spare time writing and self-publishing fiction novels. Known for her “movi...
Who Betrayed the African World Revolution?: And Other Speeches
Who Betrayed the African World Revolution?: And Other Speeches John Henrik Clarke 9780883781364 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press This collection of speeches covers an array of topics fro...
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists Troy Johnson Article Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (Jan 26, 1935 – May 25, 2009), Dr. Yosef “Dr. Ben” Ben-Jochannan (Dec 31, 1918 - March 19, 2015), and Dr...
Living as a Lesbian
Living as a Lesbian Cheryl Clarke 9781938334061 Poetry A Midsummer Night’s Press A Midsummer Night’s Press Poetry. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. LIVING AS A LESBIAN is Cheryl Clarke’s paean ...
My Life in Search of Africa
My Life in Search of Africa John Henrik Clarke 9780883781784 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press The author, one of the foremost scholars on Africa, fought to legitimize African history for...
William Loren Katz
William Loren Katz 0000000115886981 Bill Katz (1927-2019) was a prolific author and lecturer, known for his contributions to African American history. A graduate of Syracuse University and New York U...
Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No?
Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? A Debate on Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? If you are asking yourself, “Why is this question d...
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism John Henrik Clarke 9781617590306 Nonfiction EWorld Inc EWorld Inc Dr. Clarke has again crushed myths of the ...
The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005
The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005 Cheryl Clarke 9780786716753 Poetry Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Lauded by luminaries such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne...
Breena Clarke and Amy Newmark
Breena Clarke and Amy Newmark MULTIPLE Amy Newmark is the author, editor, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Breena Clarke, a distinguished Black scholar and novelist, penned the ...
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Maxine Beneba Clarke NONE Maxine Beneba Clarke, an Afro-Caribbean author and slam poet, wrote The Patchwork Bike and When We Say Black Lives Matter, aimed at explaining the concept of Black Lives Mat...
A History of Black Americans
A History of Black Americans William Loren Katz 9780153718861 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “Bill Katz is one of the few members outside of our community who has made ...
Chancellor Williams
Chancellor Williams NONE Dr. Chancellor James Williams (1898-1992) was a pivotal scholar in the study of Nile Valley Civilization. Born to former slaves, he became an acclaimed author, university pro...
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...
Africa and the Discovery of America
Africa and the Discovery of America Leo Wiener 9781617590023 Nonfiction EWorld Inc EWorld Inc New Introduction by Dr. John Henrik Clarke By Leo Wiener, Professor of Slavic Language and Literature At ...
Malcolm X: The Man and His Times
Malcolm X: The Man and His Times John Henrik Clarke 9780865432017 Nonfiction Africa Research and Publications Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press The full impact of Malcolm X, his personality and h...
Black Heritage: Slave Trade and Slavery v. 2
Black Heritage: Slave Trade and Slavery v. 2 John Henrik Clarke 9780030841545 Nonfiction Holt Rinehart & Winston Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Archive of Style: New and Selected Poems
Archive of Style: New and Selected Poems Cheryl Clarke 9780810147607 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press Award-winning poet and essayist Cheryl Clarke’s illustrious career has span...
When We Say Black Lives Matter
When We Say Black Lives Matter Maxine Beneba Clarke 9781536222388 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press In a powerful, poetic missive, award-winning author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke celebra...
Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History and Culture
Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History and Culture Robert Fleming Book Review Dr. Burnett Kwadwo Gallman’s Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History And Culture, is a...
Ayebia Clarke Publishing
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Ayebia Clarke Publishing
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Michael Clarke Duncan - The "Green Lantern" Interview [2011]
Michael Clarke Duncan - The "Green Lantern" Interview [2011] Kam Williams Interview From The Green Mile to Green Lantern Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012) was born in Chic...
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593230572 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Donate a Copy The 1619 Project to the Literary Freedom Project A dramatic expansion ...
Greenwood Art Project
Greenwood Art Project NONE The Greenwood Art Project, an initiative of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre Centennial Commission, aims to unite Tulsa through art, raising awareness of Greenwood's history and the...
Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model
Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model Menah Adeola Eyaside Pratt 9780230109575 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers Critical Race, Feminism, and Education provid...
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History Pat Zietlow Miller 9780593524909 Nonfiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A poignant picture book ...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
The Patchwork Bike
The Patchwork Bike Maxine Beneba Clarke 9781536200317 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press It has a bent bucket seat, bashed tin-can handlebars, and wood-cut wheels — and riding the patchwork bik...
Infidelity
Infidelity Pat Tucker 9781599830131 Fiction Urban Soul Kensington Publishing Corp. A chance encounter reunites former college sweethearts Clarke Hudson and Persha Townsend after a ten year separation....
“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement
“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement Cheryl Clarke 9780813534053 Poetry Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press The politics and music of the sixties and early seventies ha...
Rosa Guy
Rosa Guy 0000000111564547 Rosa Guy, born in Trinidad in 1925, was an influential Harlem-based writer and activist. A co-founder of the Harlem Writer's Guild, she was also a member of the Black nation...
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs 9781574780499 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press A Lie of Reinvention is a response to...
John Conyers III
John Conyers III NONE John Conyers III, as the son of former Congressman John Conyers, Jr., and former City Council President Monica Conyers, John brings a unique perspective to community service and...
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World Dave Zirin and John Wesley Carlos 9781608461271 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, Outstandi...
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project Greenwood Art Project 9780997494075 Nonfiction [NAME] [NAME] Publications An Impulse to Keep is published on the occasion of the Greenwood Art Project, an ini...
Little John Crow
Little John Crow Ziggy Marley and Orly Marley 9781617759802 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books After being abandoned by his animal friends, Little John Crow must come to terms with what it means to b...
River, Cross My Heart: A Novel
River, Cross My Heart: A Novel Breena Clarke 9780316899987 Fiction Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group Five-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a seemingly haunt...
Narratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women
Narratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women Cheryl Clarke 9780913175002 Poetry Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press First published in 1982 by Clarke, Narrativ...
Angels Make Their Hope Here
Angels Make Their Hope Here Breena Clarke 9780316254007 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Russell’s Knob is not paradise. But already in 1849 this New Jersey highlands settlement is...
Black and White Airmen: Their True History
Black and White Airmen: Their True History John Fleischman 9780618562978 Nonfiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Here is the true history of a friendship that almost wasn’t.Jo...
Born on the Water: The 1619 Project
Born on the Water: The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson 9780593307359 Nonfiction Kokila Penguin Random House The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequenc...
Who Was Frank Yerby?
Who Was Frank Yerby? Eugene Stovall Article Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 — November 29, 1991) Frank Yerby was an African American writer who gave the world a body of ...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope Breena Clarke and Amy Newmark 9781611590838 Nonfiction Chicken Soup for the Soul Chi...
By My Precise Haircut
By My Precise Haircut Cheryl Clarke 9781944585013 Poetry Hilary Tham Capital Collection The Word Works Poetry. African & African American Studies, Women’s Studies. LGBT Studies. THE HILARY THAM CAPITA...
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting Book Spotlights More About Breena Clarke: https://aalbc.it/breena
Best Lesbian Erotica 2003
Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 Cheryl Clarke 9781573441612 Fiction Cleis Press Cleis Press 24 sex stories by some of the best-known lesbian authors writing erotica today. Past books include notables such a...
Experimental Love: Poetry
Experimental Love: Poetry Cheryl Clarke 9781563410369 Poetry Firebrand Books Firebrand Books Cheryl Clarke is perhaps the pre-eminent African-American lesbian poet writing today. With a heady command ...
Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry
Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry Cheryl Clarke 9780932379672 Poetry Firebrand Books Firebrand Books Book by Clarke, Cheryl
A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories
A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories Bettye Collier-Thomas 9780807027837 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press An Esquire “Best Christmas Book to Read During the Holidays” A Festi...
Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Yosef Ben-Jochannan 0000000084792068 Born in Gondar, Ethiopia, Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan (December 31, 1918 - March 19, 2015), or “Dr. Ben”, as he is affectionately known devoted th...
John Lewis
John Lewis 0000000114586629 Born to sharecroppers, John Robert Lewis became a key figure in the US Civil Rights Movement. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a speaker at...
Jerica D. Wortham, Project Director, Greenwood Arts Project
Jerica D. Wortham, Project Director, Greenwood Arts Project Author Interviews Jerica describes the book, An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project by the Greenwood Art Project. Learn more here: https...
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing Christopher D. Burns 9780970195296 Nonfiction C. B. Publishing C. B. Publishing One Hour To Wealth was the first book in a serie...
Please Donate to the Literary Freedom Project
Please Donate to the Literary Freedom Project Troy Johnson Article The Literary Freedom Project (LFP) and Mosaic magazine are fighting to keep immersive reading, literary arts, expository writing...
John S. Mbiti
John S. Mbiti 0000000110268607 “The Father of Contemporary African Theology... Canon John Samuel Mbiti, a Kenyan-born Anglican priest, is a renowned theologian, educator, and author. Formerly a...
My Father’s House: An Ode to America’s Longest-Serving Black Congressman
My Father’s House: An Ode to America’s Longest-Serving Black Congressman John Conyers III 9780063336810 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this moving work, part clear-eyed assessment, part memoir, t...
From the Browder File, Vol. Ill: A Browder Perspective
From the Browder File, Vol. Ill: A Browder Perspective Anthony Browder 9780924944116 Nonfiction The Institute of Karmic Guidance The Institute of Karmic Guidance Anthony T. Browder’s life unfolds like...
John Woman
John Woman Walter Mosley 9780802128416 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A convention-defying novel by bestselling writer Walter Mosley, John Woman recounts the transformation of an ...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [2011] - Film Review
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [2011] - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Fincher Makes First-Rate Adaptation of Grisly Swedish Crime Saga The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Rated R for rape, t...
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...
Garvey & Garveyism is Back in Print / 100 Anniversary of UNIA
Garvey & Garveyism is Back in Print / 100 Anniversary of UNIA Troy Johnson Article Garvey and Garveyism, a well known classic that has been out of print for more than 3 decades, is essential for read...
Esther Cooper Jackson on Freedways Magazine
Esther Cooper Jackson on Freedways Magazine Author Interviews Esther Cooper Jackson (August 21, 1917 – August 23, 2022) was the founding managing editor of Freedomways: A Quarterly Review of the Free...
Black Voices
Black Voices Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X 978045152782...
When Africa Awakes
When Africa Awakes Hubert Henry Harrison 9780933121560 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In this collection of articles, Harrison advocates an independent Black political thrust and a...
Ivan Van Sertima
Ivan Van Sertima 0000000063040713 Born in Guyana, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima was a literary critic, linguist, anthropologist, and writer who won the Clarence L. Holte Prize for his work, They Came Before C...
Esther Cooper Jackson
Esther Cooper Jackson 0000000037560491 Esther Cooper Jackson (1917-2022) was a co-founder and managing editor of Freedomways magazine from 1961-1985, a significant publication featuring writers like ...
Me and Momma and Big John
Me and Momma and Big John Mara Rockliff 9780763643591 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Momma is a stonecutter at the cathedral called Big John — and little John and his sisters can’t wait to ...
Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters
Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters Irwin A Tang 9780967943343 Nonfiction Paul Revere Books Paul Revere Books I hate the gooks, said John McCain, I will hate them as long as I live. Senator ...
John A. Williams
John A. Williams 0000000081606231 “…arguably the finest African-American novelist of his generation.” John Alfred Williams (1925-2015), a renowned author and professor, had a distin...
An Interview with John A. Williams
An Interview with John A. Williams Dennis A. Williams Interview John A. Williams (right) and Dennis A. Williams Originally published in FORKROADS, A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature, Wint...
John Lewis
John Lewis Denise Lewis Patrick 9781665907880 Nonfiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Get to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 R...
Andrew Salkey
Andrew Salkey 0000000109378518 Felix Salkey was a Panamanian-born author dedicated to Jamaican culture. Raised in Jamaica, he became a prominent figure in the London community of West Indian writers ...
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593232255 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and a...
The 1619 Project (paperback): A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project (paperback): A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593230596 Nonfiction Random House Publishing Group Penguin Random House #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER...
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard 9780520383814 Nonfiction University of California Press University of Californi...
All Stories Are True: History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman
All Stories Are True: History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman John Edgar Wideman and Tracie Church Guzzio 9781617038334 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press ...
Angel of War: Spiritual Recollections of an Insurrectionist, Osborne Perry Anderson
Angel of War: Spiritual Recollections of an Insurrectionist, Osborne Perry Anderson Kwando M. Kinshasa 9781662466069 Nonfiction Page Publishing, Inc. Page Publishing, Inc. This novel addresses the exp...