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Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party Literary Events
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
Henry and Bea
Henry and Bea Jessixa Bagley 9780823442843 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House Henry and Bea are inseparable, but one day Henry suddenly stops talking to his best friend. Bea knows there’s somethi...
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007 Troy Johnson Article BookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New...
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017 Troy Johnson Article 11th Annual Black Pack Party We are hosting the 11th Annual Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 31st. It w...
Black Pack Party
Black Pack Party The Frying Pan, Pier 66 at Hudson River Park, 207 12th Ave New York New York Rain or Shine! The venue is outdoors, on the water, but can be completely enclosed if necessary. The ...
Zora, the Story Keeper
Zora, the Story Keeper Ebony Joy Wilkins 9781984816917 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family’s legacy through storytelling....
And Then There Was Me: A Novel
And Then There Was Me: A Novel Sadeqa Johnson 9781250802866 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old s...
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America Troy Johnson Article 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party We are hosting the 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 11th. It is ...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson 0000000500111306 Bea Jackson is an accomplished author known for her captivating storytelling. With a writing career spanning over decades, she has penned numerous bestsellers, captivatin...
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration! Troy Johnson Article The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the B...
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party Yohuru Williams 9780822343264 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books With their collection In Sear...
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com to Exhibit at BookExpo Americahttp://events.aalbc.com/aap_bea_2006.htmAALBC.com is pleased to announce that we will be exhibi...
2009 Book Expo America Recap
2009 Book Expo America Recap Kam Williams Article African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC Check out Related Videos Book Expo America, publi...
Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale 0000000108724909 Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is a key figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He helped establish the party's ideology and Ten-Point ...
Huey P. Newton
Huey P. Newton 000000010924806X Huey P. Newton, born February 17, 1942, was a key figure in the US civil rights and Black Power movements. A co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he championed self-...
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9780520293281 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press In...
A Surprise for Willow
A Surprise for Willow Bea Jackson 9781665941099 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Lily the fairy tries to help her human friend, Willow, overcome her stage fright in this first chapte...
A Wish for Lily
A Wish for Lily Bea Jackson 9781665984010 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Willow takes her fairy friends to see the ocean in this second chapter book in the Fairies Welcome series f...
Brittany Jackson
Brittany Jackson NONE Brittany “Bea” Jackson, an award-winning illustrator and alumni of the College for Creative Studies, is renowned for her work in children's book illustration, specifically “Hair...
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party Gerald Horne 9780717808625 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an Afri...
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America) Leah Wright Rigueur 9780691159010 Nonfiction Princeton Universit...
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History David F. Walker 9781984857705 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Pant...
African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005
African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005 Book Spotlights
AA Cultural Expo 2000
AA Cultural Expo 2000 Troy Johnson Article This was the AALBC.com's second year at the National African American Cultural Expo, which is held every year at the Philadelphia Convention Center. 20...
In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr
In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr Wil Haygood 9781845131067 Nonfiction Aurum Press Ltd Aurum Press Ltd Sammy Davis, Jr was one of the most recognisable showbiz entertainers of the twenti...
Black Lit Weekend
Black Lit Weekend The Barnett - JDV by Hyatt New Orleans Louisiana This multi-day conference brings together Black-owned bookstore owners from across the country for a weekend that honors the legacy o...
Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/precious_movieposter.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best ...
Papa’s Free Day Party
Papa’s Free Day Party Marilyn Nelson 9780940975729 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa’s birthday, but Papa doesn’t know exactly when that special day is....
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines Karine Jean-Pierre 9781538777084 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s...
Versify
Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gulliver Books Harcourt Brace and Company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt Children’s Books Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Heinemann Heinemann Educ...
Black Pack Party VII - May 30th 2013
Black Pack Party VII - May 30th 2013 Literary Events
The Black Pack Party 2011 Group Shot
The Black Pack Party 2011 Group Shot Literary Events
Black Pack Party - Harlem, NY 2007
Black Pack Party - Harlem, NY 2007 Literary Events
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...
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America Saidiya Hartman 9780195089837 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press In this provocative and or...
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story Charles L. Blockson 9780983668763 Nonfiction Hippo Books Hippo Books He was not one of the signers of the Declaration of In...
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party David Hilliard and Lewis Cole 9781556523847 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books David Hi...
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics Juanita Tolliver 9781538770221 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outs...
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird 9780691228983 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press A groundbreaking...
We the Party
We the Party Kam Williams wetheparty.jpg Film Review The African-American answer to American Pie! We the Party [2012] In Theaters: Apr 6, 2012 Limited Comedy Directed By: Mario V...
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People Kekla Magoon 9781536214185 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essen...
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale 9780933121300 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Seize The Time: The Story of The Black Panther Part...
This Side of Glory
This Side of Glory Thumper Book Review This Side Of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party by David Hilliard and Lewis Cole On my continuing quest in read...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9781646140930 Nonfiction Levine Querido Levine Querido Read a PDF of the first Chapter 1, Cruisi...
We Want Freedom
We Want Freedom Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781942173045 Nonfiction Common Notions Common Notions Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his “live from death row”...
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The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered] Charles E. Jones 9780933121973 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Oakland, California, 1966-one of the nation’s most controversial political orga...
Summer Is Here
Summer Is Here Renée Watson 9781547605866 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing New York Times bestselling creators Renée Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a ...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Book Expo America
Book Expo America Javitz Center New York New York BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the North American publishing industry. It’s the best place to discover new titl...
Randall Horton
Randall Horton 0000000048702491 Award-winning author Randall Horton, known for his poetry collections and memoir, is a recipient of the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, GLCA New Writers Award, and a Nation...
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...
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion Huey P. Newton 9781609809003 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder ...
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver 0000000041873474 Kathleen Neal Cleaver, born May 13, 1945, is a renowned political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party. She was married to Eldridge Cleaver, the Par...
Lola Jaye
Lola Jaye NONE Lola Jaye, a London-born author, published her first U.S. novel in 2009. Her journey from foster child to author was shared in her 2009 essay, part of the U.K.'s Quick Reads program. L...
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition Khalid Raheem 9781070795720 Nonfiction Independen...
Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley 9780143039242 Nonfiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House Originally published in 1868—when it was...
George Padmore
George Padmore 0000000110573433 George A. Padmore, born Malcolm Nurse, was a renowned Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author from Trinidad. He was a key figure in the 5th Pan African Congress and an ...
Lori Nelson Lee
Lori Nelson Lee NONE Lori Nelson Lee, author of children's books like 'Hillary’s Big Business Adventure' and 'Danica Dramatica - Queen Me', introduces entrepreneurship to young readers. Her works are...
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom Cynthia Mckinney 9780985335311 Fiction Clarity Press Clarity Press Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressio...
Courtney’s Birthday Party
Courtney’s Birthday Party Loretta Long 9780940975835 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Courtney is very excited. Her seventh birthday is only a few days away, and her mother has planned a spec...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably active in the 1960s, she was a key figure in the Communist Party USA and the Civi...
Manning Johnson
Manning Johnson NONE Manning Rudolph Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959) was an African-American leader in the Communist Party USA who later became an anti-communist government witness ...
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party Anne Wynter 9781499814460 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Patrick wants for his birthday is a flawless FOOD party. So why does Karter arrive dr...
There Was a Party for Langston
There Was a Party for Langston Jason Reynolds 9781534439443 Nonfiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snap...
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival Reginald Major 9781574780376 Nonfiction Black Classic Press B...
Prodigal
Prodigal Chauncey Ridley Book Review David Covin’s Prodigal is a well-tuned engine of richly resonant, polysemous form firing on all cylinders: a hip, ripping thriller set in the mean streets o...
Hyena Women and Other Strange Tales of Social Chaos
Hyena Women and Other Strange Tales of Social Chaos L. E. Rainey Article Several years ago I watched a documentary about a pride of lions and a pack of hyenas living in the African savannah. By e...
A Fool Indeed
A Fool Indeed Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review To say that Charles Fuller has a lot going on is putting it mildly. The one-time ladies’ man is newly married to a woman whom he has dedicated him...
Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity
Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity Alexis Pauline Gumbs 9780822362722 Poetry Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Spill, self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black...
The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution Bryan Shih and Yohuru Williams 9781568585550 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group Brilliant, painful, enlightening, tearful, trag...
Bastards of the Party
Bastards of the Party Kam Williams bastar2.jpg Film Review Documentary Highlights the Grim Side of Ghetto Gangsta Lifestyle Bastards of the Party Film Review by Kam William...
Khalid Raheem
Khalid Raheem NONE Khalid Raheem is a community activist and author based in Pittsburgh. He has profound commitment to social justice and human development. His activism began in early 1970 when he j...
Life of the Party
Life of the Party Harmony Holiday 9781635902013 Nonfiction Semiotext(e) Semiotext(e) An archive and annotation of Black music-performance culture, produced alongside Harmony Holiday’s first solo museu...
Will You Die with Me?: My Life and the Black Panther Party
Will You Die with Me?: My Life and the Black Panther Party Flores Forbes 9780743482684 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Amid the social turmoil of the 1960s and ’70s, Flores F...
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9780743474047 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. On Election Day in 1960, a classmate of Stephanie Stokes Oliver...
Nichole L. Shields
Nichole L. Shields NONE Nichole L. Shields (1969-2009) was a celebrated poet and essayist, renowned for her impactful story-telling as a black woman. She was a two-time Gwendolyn Brooks poetry winner...
Party: A Mystery
Party: A Mystery Jamaica Kincaid 9781617757167 Fiction Black Sheep Akashic Books Included in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2019 Children’s Sneak PreviewsThree girls—Pam, Beth, and Sue—attend a party to c...
Osonye Tess Onwueme
Osonye Tess Onwueme 0000000114408785 Dr. Osonye Tess Onwueme, a University Professor of Global Letters at the University of Wisconsin, is a renowned author with several prestigious awards including t...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
House Party
House Party justin a. reynolds 9780593488188 Fiction Joy Revolution Penguin Random House Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follow a gro...
Welcome to the Party
Welcome to the Party Gabrielle Union 9780062978615 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, New York Times bestselling author...
Block Party
Block Party Gwendolyn Hooks 9781620143414 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited abo...
Skateboard Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two
Skateboard Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two Karen English 9780544582262 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Richard can’t wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a f...
Two Speckled Eggs
Two Speckled Eggs Jennifer K. Mann 9780763661687 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press A birthday party sets the scene in this sweet and relatable story for anyone who’s ever been the odd girl out...
Allie’s World: Block Party
Allie’s World: Block Party Karen Valentin 9781603490177 Fiction Marimba Books Just Us Books, Inc. Allie has waited and waited. Finally the day of the big neighborhood block party has come. At a block ...
Russell Simmons Hosts Book Party for CNN’s Soledad O’Brien
Russell Simmons Hosts Book Party for CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_199" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="photograph Steve Fenn/CNN"][/caption] Over the...
The Slumber Party Payback (Ruby and the Booker Boys #3)
The Slumber Party Payback (Ruby and the Booker Boys #3) Derrick Barnes 9780545017626 Fiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. Brought to you by Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes, eight-year-old...
Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past
Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past Bruce Bartlett 9780230600621 Nonfiction Bedford/St. Martin’s Macmillan Publishers In Wrong on Race, Bruce Bartlett sets the record straight on a hidde...
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Kam Williams block_2.jpg Film Review Conscious-Raising Concert Flick Combines Comedy and Hip-Hop Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Excellent (4 stars) Unrated ...