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Peggy M. Fisher
Peggy M. Fisher NONE Peggy M. Fisher, a former educator and counselor with the Philadelphia public school system, is an accomplished author recognized for her literary excellence. A retired Army Nurs...
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram MULTIPLE Drs. Barbara Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram are authors dedicated to sharing untold stories of African-American women's contribu...
Peggy E. Spiller
Peggy E. Spiller NONE Peggy E. Spiller, a Chicago-born author raised in Shreveport, is known for her novels “Real Dreams” and “For Every Love That Dies.” A Louisiana State University graduate, she no...
Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram MULTIPLE Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram are influential figures in the field of African American history, literature, and women's st...
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...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf MULTIPLE Howard Dodson and Sylviane A. Diouf are renowned authors associated with the Schomburg Center for Resea...
Judy Allen Dodson
Judy Allen Dodson NONE Judy Allen Dodson is an award-winning librarian, archivist, and children's author dedicated to teaching Black History through stories of unsung heroes. She serves as a regional...
Dave Dodson
Dave Dodson NONE Dave Dodson is a California-based freelance artist. Dave Dodson is a freelance artist based in California.
Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson MULTIPLE Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
Howard Dodson
Howard Dodson 0000000116160701 Howard Dodson is a renowned American scholar specializing in African-American history and culture. His notable roles include director of the Schomburg Center (1984-2011...
Angela P. Dodson
Angela P. Dodson NONE Angela P. Dodson is a contributing editor for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, former senior editor at The New York Times, and ex-executive editor of Black Issues Book Revie...
Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Peggy Brooks-Bertram NONE Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram is a scholar and author based in Buffalo, New York. Known for her research on Drusilla Dunjee Houston, she received recognition for publishing Houst...
Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box
Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box Angela P. Dodson 9781455570935 Nonfiction Center Street Hachette Book Group While Hillary Rodham Clinton’s defeat in her...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 4: African American Women Community Builders of Oklahoma
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 4: African American Women Community Builders of Oklahoma Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297745 Nonfiction State University of New York Press State ...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297721 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297714 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 1: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 1: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297707 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward MULTIPLE Drs Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward are the guiding teachers and founders of the Lotus Institute. They are senior Dharma teachers trained under Zen Master Thic...
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson 9798889837374 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media America has always been sustai...
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men Angela P. Dodson 9781506491110 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media The women have something to say. Are you listening? In this powe...
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward 9781888375732 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press A collection of real-life Buddhist love stories, with commentary a...
Ursula M. Burns
Ursula M. Burns 0000000445332455 Ursula M. Burns is a pioneering American businesswoman, the first black woman to become a Fortune 500 CEO at Xerox, where she served from 2009-2016. She was also Chai...
Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948
Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948 Barbara D. Savage 9780807848043 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press The World War II ...
Carl Weber
Carl Weber 0000000111497479 Carl Weber, born in 1964, is a New York Times bestselling author and renowned African American author with over 20 novels. He's also the CEO of Urban Books LLC, one of the...
Juanita Bynum
Juanita Bynum 000000004089322X Dr. Juanita Bynum, born on January 16, 1959, is a multifaceted personality - a televangelist, platinum gospel recording artist, NY Times bestselling author, TV and radi...
Pamela Thomas-Graham
Pamela Thomas-Graham 0000000120062776 Pamela Thomas-Graham, a Harvard graduate, is currently the president and CEO of CNBC Television, and founder of luxury blog Dandelion Chandelier. She has extensi...
camika c. spencer
camika c. spencer NONE Camika C. Spencer, a Dallas native, is a best-selling author known for her unique storytelling. After studying broadcasting, she discovered her writing talent at Black Images B...
Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism
Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism Maysa Akbar 9781946384249 Nonfiction Purpose Driven Publishing Purpose Driven Publishing Survived physical abuse. Witnessed community violence. Conquered the streets. ...
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever Judy Allen Dodson 9781684465361 Nonfiction Capstone Editions Capstone Press In 1968, Arthur Ashe climbed his way to the top of the tenn...
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina Judy Allen Dodson 9781499811681 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fi...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Peach When the Well Run Dry
Peach When the Well Run Dry Peggy Mercer 9781603490238 Fiction Marimba Books Just Us Books, Inc. It was summer of 1937 in Southern Georgia—a summer that nine-year-old Peach Lucas would never forget. P...
Becoming American: The African-American Journey
Becoming American: The African-American Journey Howard Dodson 9781402754074 Nonfiction Sterling Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role...
Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write To The New First Lady
Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write To The New First Lady Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9781438429182 Nonfiction State University of New York Press State University o...
Feelings to Share from A to Z
Feelings to Share from A to Z Todd Snow and Peggy Snow 9781934277003 Fiction Maren Green Publishing Maren Green Publishing Knowing how to describe our feelings is important to our emotional health. So...
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 2: Origin Of Civilization From The Cushites
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 2: Origin Of Civilization From The Cushites Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297738 Nonfiction State University of New ...
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Howard Dodson, and Sylviane A. Diouf 9780792273851 Fiction National Geographic National Geographi...
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed 9780792269823 Nonfiction National Geographic Nation...
For Every Love That Dies
For Every Love That Dies Peggy E. Spiller 9780966010893 Fiction IHC Books IHC Books Wedged between life’s moments of grief, heartache and pain are precious moments of humor, happiness and love. These ...
Lifting Voices: Voices of the Collective Struggle
Lifting Voices: Voices of the Collective Struggle Peggy M. Fisher 9780966255102 Fiction Pyramid Collections Pyramid Collections The voices of our ancestors echo down through the centuries of our stru...
Real Dreams
Real Dreams Peggy E. Spiller 9780966010817 Fiction IHC Books IHC Books The intriguing story of a man, a woman and a love that begins in some mysterious realm but manages to transcend time and space, c...
Michael I. Days
Michael I. Days NONE AALBC Mourns the passing of Michael I. Days, October 18, 2025 Michael I. Days is an esteemed editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, recognized for leading the team to numerous awa...
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold NONE Dr. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, a Louisiana native based in Buffalo, NY, is a retired educator and activist, co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute, and co-autho...
Dear Star Baby
Dear Star Baby Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Dear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome is a heartwarming, sensitive, and beautifully written picture book that addresses the delicate subject of grief and loss...
Flipflopi
Flipflopi Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Have you ever wondered where all the trash in the ocean goes? Or, how plastics in the ocean are cleaned up and recycled? Well, this is the book for you. Fli...
Looking for Happy
Looking for Happy Judy Allen Dodson Book Review “Some days, Happy is Hard to Find” as we set out on a quest in this heartfelt and hopeful picture book, Looking For Happy, which follows a ...
The Mermaid Princesses
The Mermaid Princesses Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Meet these three charming princess sisters, Anaya, Shante, and Kianna. They invite us into their underwater world with their bright and bold perso...
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library!
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Let’s take trip to the library with Mrs. Baker and her third-grade class. As we all know the library is a space filled with boo...
We Refuse to Be Silent
We Refuse to Be Silent Robert Fleming Book Review Back in 2014, after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, journalist and writer Angela P. Dodson got the idea then for her recently publi...
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America Eryka Parker Book Review We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America by Michael I...
Loida Lewis
Loida Lewis 000000008483319X Loida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-American CEO, immigration lawyer, and philanthropist. As the current chairperson of TLC Beatrice, she oversees diverse business sectors....
Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth
Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth Kingsley H. Smith 9798350912029 Nonfiction BookBaby BookBaby Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth; My True AM - FM - Satellite - an...
Cheryl Wills
Cheryl Wills NONE Cheryl Wills is an acclaimed anchor for New York 1 News, author, and public speaker. Known for her coverage of significant events like 9/11, she's also authored “Die Free: A Heroic ...
Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts 0000000081478575 Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC's “Good Morning America,” is a three-time Emmy Award winner. A cum laude graduate in communications and standout basketball player from Sou...
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams 0000000055219713 Yolanda Adams, known as “The First Lady of Modern Gospel,” is a renowned contemporary gospel artist with numerous awards, including five Grammys. Born in Houston on Aug...
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman MULTIPLE Brenda Jones, renowned for her 15-year role as communications director for Rep. John Lewis and co-author of an NAACP award-winning book, has vast experience ...
Kwesi Oginga
Kwesi Oginga NONE Kwesi Oginga, born in Guyana, is a renowned dramatist, author, and pastor. He wrote plays for Guyana's top festivals, directed plays for the president's birthday, and has penned sev...
Harlow Giles Unger
Harlow Giles Unger 0000000109206513 Harlow Giles Unger is a seasoned journalist, historian, and educator, with over 27 published books focusing on American education and Revolutionary War leaders. A ...
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America Marcus Anthony Hunter 9780190249670 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press W.E.B. DuBois immortalized Philad...
The Hood Health Handbook: A Practical Guide To Health And Wellness In The Urban Community (Volume One)
The Hood Health Handbook: A Practical Guide To Health And Wellness In The Urban Community (Volume One) Supreme Understanding, C&rsquo,Bs Alife Allah, Dick Gregory, Supa Nova Slom, Wise Intelligent, Sc...
Stacey Marie Robinson
Stacey Marie Robinson NONE Stacey Marie Robinson is the founder of Kya Publishing, where she directs operations including creating and promoting her Urban Toronto Tales novels. She holds degrees in C...
Evelyn Collins
Evelyn Collins NONE Dr. Evelyn Collins is a renowned luminary in theater, African American history, and arts education with over 35 years of experience. As CEO of Onyx Production Company and the forc...
The Publisher’s Dilemma: A Big City Tale of Privilege, Power & Murder
The Publisher’s Dilemma: A Big City Tale of Privilege, Power & Murder Darius Myers 9781087872629 Fiction Fero Scitus Fero Scitus The first book in the Black Camelot series.A shooting at the media comp...
The Publisher’s Dilemma (paperback): A Big City Tale of Privilege, Power & Murder
The Publisher’s Dilemma (paperback): A Big City Tale of Privilege, Power & Murder Darius Myers 9781700728111 Fiction Fero Scitus Fero Scitus The first book in the Black Camelot series.A shooting at t...
Wil Shelton
Wil Shelton NONE Wil Shelton, President & CEO of Wil Power Integrated Marketing, has transformed the company into a global marketing agency specialized in the beauty and grooming industries. Leveragi...
Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multi-Million-Dollar Business
Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multi-Million-Dollar Business Randal Pinkett 9781419593710 Nonfiction Kaplan Publishing Kaplan Publishing Every year, hundreds of thousands ...
Wes Moore
Wes Moore 0000000071753983 Wes Moore is an author, TV producer, and political analyst born in 1978. He's the CEO of BridgeEdU and Robin Hood Foundation, focusing on education and poverty relief. A mi...
Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons 0000000115647139 Russell Simmons is a multifaceted entrepreneur, author, and producer, widely known as the Chair and CEO of Rush Communications and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings. H...
Cynt Marshall
Cynt Marshall NONE Cynt Marshall is the first Black female CEO of an NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks. She's also a former SVP of human resources and chief diversity officer for AT&T, a cancer survivor...
Billy Carson
Billy Carson NONE Billy Carson, born in 1971, is the CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge Inc, and bestselling author of works like “The Compendium Of The Emerald Tablets.” He runs a conscious streaming TV networ...
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. NONE Dr. Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr. is an activist, author, and journalist, currently the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Previously, he s...
Samuel P. Golden
Samuel P. Golden 0000000530897514 Samuel P. Golden’s 2026 Book Tour Samuel P. Golden is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Houston and currently serves as a Senior Advisor. He is the fou...
Dashawn Taylor
Dashawn Taylor NONE Dashawn Taylor is a contemporary novelist and Rutgers graduate known for his urban edgy style. A former finalist on BET's Ultimate Hustler Show, he's also the author of 'From Pove...
The Cartel Publications, CEO, T. Styles
The Cartel Publications, CEO, T. Styles Troy Johnson Article There comes a time in every industry when a company enters into it, propelling the enterprise forward. This usually ins...
Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing
Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9781547226085 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC In Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing, I take the reader on a short tour of the history of ...
Q. B. Wells
Q. B. Wells NONE Q.B. Wells, founder of Art Official Media LLC, is a publisher of urban-themed books and media. Wells also writes for various urban literature outlets. An entrepreneur and former educ...
Deborah Day
Deborah Day 0000000066839686 Deborah Day, Founder and CEO of Ashay by the Bay, a publishing company specializing in African American and Multi-Cultural children's and adult books. Established in 1997...
Bob Johnson - The Who’s Your Caddy Interview
Bob Johnson - The Who’s Your Caddy Interview Kam Williams Interview First Black Billionaire Gives His Two Cents on Everything from Making Movies to Making Money Robert L. Johnson was b...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are (paperback): A Memoir
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are (paperback): A Memoir Ursula M. Burns 9780062879301 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir Ursula M. Burns 9780062879295 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at X...
The Condemnation Of Blackness: Race, Crime, And The Making Of Modern Urban America
The Condemnation Of Blackness: Race, Crime, And The Making Of Modern Urban America Khalil G. Muhammad 9780674035973 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press Lynch mobs, chain gang...
Dark Child: A Novel (Zane Presents)
Dark Child: A Novel (Zane Presents) Travis Hunter 9781593092443 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. When poor babies wind up missing, no one seems to care. Urban Brown is a white man who grew...
Kaven Brown
Kaven Brown NONE Kaven Brown, a multifaceted entrepreneur known for his work as an author, photographer, and producer, has been influential in the publishing and music video industry. Brown's work ra...
Ernest Morris
Ernest Morris 0000000071824075 EJ Morris, known as “The Urban Fiction Literary Guru,” debuted in the literary world in 2014 with his novel, Flippin Numbers. Raised on the tough streets of Pennsylvani...
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...
Nothing Stays the Same (Zane Presents)
Nothing Stays the Same (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593092863 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Combining suspense, high drama, and seduction, Nothing Stays the Same is about a man w...
Noire
Noire NONE Noire, a New York-based author, originated the urban erotic genre. She's an Essence bestselling author, known for works like G-Spot and Candy Licker. She's also the CEO of NOIRE Entertainm...
Rasool Berry, Maliek Blade, and Jermone Gay Jr.
Rasool Berry, Maliek Blade, and Jermone Gay Jr. MULTIPLE Rasool Berry is a teaching pastor at The Bridge Church, podcast host, and director at Our Daily Bread Ministries. Dr. Maliek Blade is the CEO ...
Tracie Howard
Tracie Howard NONE Tracie Howard, a former executive at notable companies, is an accomplished author known for her novel, 'Why Sleeping Dogs Lie'. She served on President Obama's 2008 Finance Committ...
Tallulah The Tooth Fairy CEO
Tallulah The Tooth Fairy CEO Tamara Nicole Pizzoli 9780996001687 Fiction The English Schoolhouse The English Schoolhouse Tallulah the Tooth Fairy is not only the founder and CEO of the largest teeth c...
Katrina M. Adams
Katrina M. Adams NONE Katrina M. Adams has been re-elected as USTA Chairman, CEO and President, making history as the first individual to serve a second two-year term in these roles in the associatio...
Tom Wood
Tom Wood 0000000071567072 “If you are excellent at almost anything you can succeed.” Tom Wood, a trailblazer in the banking industry, was the first Black member of a major U.S. bank's boar...
James Hickman
James Hickman NONE James “Bullet” Hickman, a national best-selling author and CEO, transformed his life from a history of institutionalization to become a successful entrepreneur. Overcoming adversit...
Janet V. Kennedy-Jacobs
Janet V. Kennedy-Jacobs NONE Janet V. Kennedy-Jacobs is a registered Church Business Consultant, specializing in compliance with federal and state regulations for churches and clergy. She is the Pres...
H. Beecher Hicks III
H. Beecher Hicks III NONE H. Beecher Hicks III is an accomplished executive and an inspiring public speaker with a background as an investment banker, management consultant, private equity investor,...