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Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Author Interviews Learn more about Javaka Steptoe and the award winning book he illustrated and wrote, Radiant C...

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Renowned Artist Reveals the Secret to Success

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Renowned Artist Reveals the Secret to Success Author Interviews Acclaimed fine artist, Charly Palmer, reveals the secret to success and how he has benefited. Learn more about Palmer: https://aalbc.com...

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Papa’s Free Day Party: A Children's Book Set in All-Black town of Boley, Oklahoma

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Papa’s Free Day Party: A Children's Book Set in All-Black town of Boley, Oklahoma Literary Events AALBC’s Founder, Troy Johnson, hosts a conversation about the children’s book Papa’s Free Day Party wi...

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Daniel Tisdale, Artist and Founder of Harlem World Magazine

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Daniel Tisdale, Artist and Founder of Harlem World Magazine Author Interviews As publisher and founder of HARLEM WORLD Magazine, Daniel Bretton Tisdale is instrumental in the strategic positioning and...

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When I Wrap My Hair: A Child's Ode to Hair Wrapping

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When I Wrap My Hair: A Child's Ode to Hair Wrapping Author Interviews When I wrap my hair, I feel a thousand grandmothers around me. They tell me I am beautiful. They tell me I am home. When I Wrap My...

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Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop

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Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop Book Spotlights Learn more about Damon Young, and follow him to learn when Snow Drop is published: https://aalbc.com/authors/Damon-Young

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Addicted to Crack, Basketball Great Chris Washburn Tells His Story

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Addicted to Crack, Basketball Great Chris Washburn Tells His Story Author Interviews Chris Washburn, a former high school basketball phenom, tells his emotional story about losing millions of dollars ...

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Discover Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston

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Discover Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston Author Interviews Doriel Inez Larrier "unpackages" the book, Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale...

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Acrostic Poetry “Young Love” by Adam Manning

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Acrostic Poetry “Young Love” by Adam Manning Poetry & Spoken Word Acrostic Poetry “Young Love” by Adam Manning

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Quraysh Ali Lansana, Poet, Author, Educator: March 2021

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Quraysh Ali Lansana, Poet, Author, Educator: March 2021 Poetry & Spoken Word Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of 23 books of poetry, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Lansana is currently a Tulsa Ar...

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Christopher Michael Hypes AALBC

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Christopher Michael Hypes AALBC Author Interviews Poet, Publisher, and Spoken Word Artist, Christopher Michael, Hypes AALBC During the Texas Book Festival

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Victoria Rowell on the Love of Her Life and Her Memoir

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Victoria Rowell on the Love of Her Life and Her Memoir Book Spotlights The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition) by Victoria Rowell 🔗 https://aalbc.com/books/9781959811770 Born a ward of the state in ...

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The Kindergarten Shuffle - Trailer (AALBC.com Screening 9/23/10)

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The Kindergarten Shuffle - Trailer (AALBC.com Screening 9/23/10) Author Interviews Visit https://aalbc.it/kinshuff to learn more the screening The Kindergarten Shuffle follows parents Julia and Seth ...

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A clip from THE GILDED SIX BITS the film based upon a story by Zora Neale Hurston

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A clip from THE GILDED SIX BITS the film based upon a story by Zora Neale Hurston Author Interviews Also read the short story on which the film is based: https://aalbc.com/authors/article.php?id=2126 ...

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Eric Gutierrez talks about Disciples of the Street

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Eric Gutierrez talks about Disciples of the Street Author Interviews Eric Gutierrez talk about his book Disciples of the Street: The Promise Of A Hip Hop Church with AALBC.com during Book Expo America...

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QUEENIE Helps Us Sympathize With Struggling, Young, Black Women

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QUEENIE Helps Us Sympathize With Struggling, Young, Black Women Author Interviews Troy Johnson's thoughts on the Novel Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. Troy is a member of the Rainbow Book Club VI f...

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Robert Jackson & wife T.J. Butler discuss "No More Excuses"

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Robert Jackson & wife T.J. Butler discuss "No More Excuses" Author Interviews Robert Jackson & Wife T.J. Butler discuss Jackson's book "No More Excuses: Black Men Stand Up!" with AALBC.com at Book Exp...

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Raisins In Milk AALBC Bestselling Book

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Raisins In Milk AALBC Bestselling Book Book Spotlights Raisins in Milk by David Covin is a coming of age story focused on a young girl, Ruth-Ann Weathering, who is subjected to the staunch racism and ...

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Hiding In Hip Hop - On The Down Low in the Entertainment Ind

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Hiding In Hip Hop - On The Down Low in the Entertainment Ind Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9781416553397 Author Terrence Dean discusses his ...

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Hip-Hop City - Where Every Beat Tells a Story by Kim Goodlook Seabrook

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Hip-Hop City - Where Every Beat Tells a Story by Kim Goodlook Seabrook Author Interviews Created by Bronx-born poet and educator Kim GoodLook Seabrook, this colorful and nostalgic journey captures the...

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Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson

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Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson Author Interviews “Jelani’s Key is a coming-of-age story about loving relationships between a boy and his father and grandfather, his newfound friend and their Jegna w...

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A’Lelia Bundles: The Hollywoodification of Madam C. J. Walker's Story

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A’Lelia Bundles: The Hollywoodification of Madam C. J. Walker's Story Author Interviews A’Lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C. J. Walker, describes how the upcoming film on Walker’...

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Cupcake Brown "the most intense, surreal and incredible memoir"

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Cupcake Brown "the most intense, surreal and incredible memoir" Book Spotlights Cupcake Brown (https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Cupcake+Brown), at 11, regularly engaged in prostitution...

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Wil Haygood, author of "The Butler: A Witness to History"

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Wil Haygood, author of "The Butler: A Witness to History" Author Interviews Wil Haygood (https://aalbc.it/wilhaygood), talks about his biography "The Butler: A Witness to History" which tells the stor...

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Jelani’s Key Book Trailer

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Jelani’s Key Book Trailer Book Spotlights Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson (https://jelaniskey.com/) “Dramatic, daring, and authentic, Jelani’s Key is a page-turning epic chock full of culture, histor...

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Legends of Black Independent Publishing

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Legends of Black Independent Publishing Publishing & Craft Read More: https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10274-at-ibpa-pubu-black-indie-publishers-call-for-audacity-and-advocacy/ Everyone on the panel “came o...

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Jigsaw Puzzles for Sale that Features African Caribbean Heritage

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Jigsaw Puzzles for Sale that Features African Caribbean Heritage Author Interviews Very Puzzled has a very simple mission to provide children and young adults of African Caribbean heritage with produc...

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Children’s Book, Opal’s Greenwood Oasis depicts life in Greenwood before the 1921 Race Massacre

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Children’s Book, Opal’s Greenwood Oasis depicts life in Greenwood before the 1921 Race Massacre Book Spotlights Opal’s Greenwood Oasis by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Najah-Amatullah Hylton, Illustrated by...

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Angie Thomas: Hip-Hop was Her Introduction to Art and Activism

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Angie Thomas: Hip-Hop was Her Introduction to Art and Activism Author Interviews Angie Thomas explains how hip-hop resonated with her, as a young woman, even more than Black History. Learn More: https...

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T.R. Simon on her Novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground

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T.R. Simon on her Novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground Book Spotlights Here T.R. Simon on her new young adult novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground. A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hu...

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Mychal Denzel Smith Reading with Melissa Harris Perry

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Mychal Denzel Smith Reading with Melissa Harris Perry Poetry & Spoken Word Mychal Denzel Smith: Author of the book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education speak wi...

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Interviews with 2014 National Book Award Finalists

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Interviews with 2014 National Book Award Finalists Author Interviews More Information @ https://aalbc.it/nbawards2014 Here we have Interviews with attendees at the 65th National Book Awards ceremony. ...

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Jacqueline Woodson 2014 National Book Award Winner

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Jacqueline Woodson 2014 National Book Award Winner Book Spotlights Jacqueline Woodson (https://aalbc.it/jacwood) is presented with the 2014 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The awar...

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5 Reasons Reading Will Save Your Life

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5 Reasons Reading Will Save Your Life Poetry & Spoken Word An avid reader, a young writer, a library CEO (Dr. Carla Hayden), and a couple of published authors explain the importance of literacy. This...

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As The Pages Turn Book Club Literary Luncheon Fundraiser

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As The Pages Turn Book Club Literary Luncheon Fundraiser Book Spotlights Highlights from the As The Pages Turn Book Club's Literary Luncheon Fundraiser held Saturday June 28, 2014, at the Chateau of S...

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Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2...

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Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing

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Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing Publishing & Craft Walter chats with AALBC.com President Troy Johnson and author Gwynne Forester about his impact on publishing...

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Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08

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Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/trice_hickman.htm Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com...

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The Savion Sequence A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics,

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The Savion Sequence A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics, Author Interviews Learn more at: https://thesavionsequence.com Beneath the endless sands of the Sahara lies a secret, one of epic pro...

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Rainbow Book Club VI Discusses Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, June 2019

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Rainbow Book Club VI Discusses Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, June 2019 Book Spotlights AALBC’s Troy Johnson Joined the Rainbow Book Club VI’s meeting, in St. Thomas USVI, on June 1, 2019, to discu...

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Deborah G. Plant editor of BARRACOON, written by Zora Neale Hurston

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Deborah G. Plant editor of BARRACOON, written by Zora Neale Hurston Author Interviews Deborah G. Plant describes, the AALBC Bestseller, Barracoon which is true story of one of the last known survivors...

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Shomari Wills on George Stiebel Jamaica's 1st Black Millionaire

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Shomari Wills on George Stiebel Jamaica's 1st Black Millionaire Author Interviews Shomari Wills, is the author of Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and B...

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Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood, Curses Like a Sailor

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Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood, Curses Like a Sailor Author Interviews In this humorous video, Jenifer Lewis warms up the audience before describing her 2017 memoir, "The Mother of Black...

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Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work

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Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work Author Interviews Sumiko Saulson is a sci-fi, horror, and fantasy writer, graphic novelist, and the editor of Here she reads from ...

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Jennifer Baker Editor of Everyday People

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Jennifer Baker Editor of Everyday People Author Interviews Jennifer Baker is the creator and host of the Minorities in Publishing (MiP). Here she talks to AALBC, during AWP in Tampa, about Everyday P...

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Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue

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Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue Book Spotlights Author Mickey See-Asia (Michele D. Croswell) speaks with AALBC.com at the Oxford Exchange Book Fair in Tampa Flor...

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Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue

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Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue Book Spotlights Author Raven (Ruth Segarra) speaks with AALBC.com at the Oxford Exchange Book Fair in Tampa Florida on May 7, 2017 about the book s...

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Diane Cooper Sentenced to 40 Years for Crime She Didn't Commit

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Diane Cooper Sentenced to 40 Years for Crime She Didn't Commit Author Interviews Learn more about this tragic, but ultimately redemptive and uplifting story at: https://aalbc.it/dianecooper

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Lee Daniels' The Butler Official Trailer

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Lee Daniels' The Butler Official Trailer Author Interviews In theaters nationwide August 16th! Read an Interview with Direct Lee Daniels: https://aalbc.it/leedaniels From The Weinstein Company Offi...

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Kiini Ibura Salaam of "Ancient, Ancient"

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Kiini Ibura Salaam of "Ancient, Ancient" Author Interviews Kiini Ibura Salaam (https://bit.ly/kisalaam), Author of the Short Story Collection "Ancient, Ancient" Recorded by AALBC.com July 21, 2012 at ...

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Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc.

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Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc. Author Interviews Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc. and the African American Pavilion Booth at Book Expo A...

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Jackie Christie BET Television Promo

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Jackie Christie BET Television Promo Author Interviews Jackie Christie BET Television Promo. Christie is the wife NBA star Doug Christie. The Christies have a new book called No Ordinary Love: A Tru...

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Decoded by Jay-Z (Spiegel & Grau, Nov. 16, 2010)

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Decoded by Jay-Z (Spiegel & Grau, Nov. 16, 2010) Author Interviews Book reviewed: https://aalbc.it/jayzdecoded Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together...

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Poet Ntozake Shange on Mental Health

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Poet Ntozake Shange on Mental Health Poetry & Spoken Word More about Ntozake Shange: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Ntozake+Shange Here award winning poet, playwrite, Ntozake Shange ...

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Terlene Terry-Todd author Sweetie's Healthy Start

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Terlene Terry-Todd author Sweetie's Healthy Start Author Interviews More Info: https://aalbc.com/events/aa_pavilion_main_stage_bea_2010.html Terlene Terry-Todd Discusses her book Sweetie's Healthy St...

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Malaika Adero reads from the work of Toni Cade Bambara

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Malaika Adero reads from the work of Toni Cade Bambara Author Interviews Malaika Adero reads from "Luther on Auburn," a short story in Deep Sightings and Rescue Mission by Toni Cade Bambara during th...

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Sheilah Vance, author of Chasing the 400

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Sheilah Vance, author of Chasing the 400 Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/reviews/chasing_the_400.htm Filmed at the 1st National Black Book Festival by AALBC.com; Sheila...

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Kunle Oguneye discusses Children's Book Sikulu & Harambe

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Kunle Oguneye discusses Children's Book Sikulu & Harambe Book Spotlights Kunle Oguneye discusses Children's Book Sikulu & Harambe: An African Version of the Goo Samaritan Story at the National Black B...

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Kelly Starling Lyons on her book One Million Men and Me

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Kelly Starling Lyons on her book One Million Men and Me Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9781933491752 One Million Men and Me by Kelly Starling L...

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