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Shomari Wills
Shomari Wills NONE Shomari “Sho†Wills is a seasoned journalist, with work spanning CNN, Good Morning America, and more. A graduate from Morehouse College and Columbia University, he was named a ...
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 ...
Die Free - A Heroic Family Tale
Die Free - A Heroic Family Tale Cheryl Wills 9781935098409 Fiction Bascom Hill Publishing Group Bascom Hill Publishing Group A TV journalist finds the most powerful story in her own family heritage ...
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires Shomari Wills 9780062437600 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The astonishing untold history of ...
EMMA
EMMA Cheryl Wills 9781682656426 Nonfiction Lightswitch Learning Lightswitch Learning TV journalist Cheryl Wills previously gripped readers with her popular illustrated children’s book The Emancipation...
The Emancipation of Grandpa Sandy Wills
The Emancipation of Grandpa Sandy Wills Cheryl Wills 9781617178863 Nonfiction Lightswitch Learning Lightswitch Learning “This picture book comes as some textbooks characterize Africans who were kidnap...
Watergate’s Forgotten Hero
Watergate’s Forgotten Hero Adam Henig 9781476684802 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland “Absorbing…compelling biography.”—Herb Boyd, author of Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin Nearly eve...
Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher
Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher Juanita Havill 9780618152421 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The appealing young heroine of four previous picture books, Jamaica here tho...
Money Never Sleeps: A Millionaire Wives Club Novel (Millionaire Wives Club Novels)
Money Never Sleeps: A Millionaire Wives Club Novel (Millionaire Wives Club Novels) Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker 9780345525123 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House The bling is brighter, the dr...
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music Cheryl Wills 9780063050983 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins For the first time the 25 most influential women gospel singers from Sister Ros...
1st Book Library
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George C. Fraser
George C. Fraser 0000000035434555 George Fraser, CEO of FraserNet, Inc., overcame adversity to lead a global networking movement for people of African descent. Born into a large family and orphaned a...
Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison 0000000354889186 Jamaican-born Lorna Goodison, a former painter and art teacher, turned professional writer and acclaimed poet. Educated in Jamaica and New York, she has been honored w...
Olive Senior
Olive Senior 0000000110714769 Jamaican-born Olive Senior is an accomplished scholar, journalist, and editor. Educated at Carleton University and the Thomson Foundation, she's held roles at the Daily ...
Neville Dawes
Neville Dawes 0000000434837562 Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents, was a writer and educator. Raised in Jamaica, he studied at Oxford University, taught in Jamaic...
George Jackson
George Jackson 0000000140482524 George Jackson, born September 23, 1941, was a key figure in the Black Power movement and a member of the Black Panther Party. He gained prominence through his activis...
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid 0000000081560368 Jamaica Kincaid, born as Elaine Potter Richardson in Antigua, is a renowned novelist and essayist. She migrated to the US at 17, worked as an au pair, and later atten...
George Alexander
George Alexander 0000000074080876 George Alexander is the award-nominated founder of Galex Media Group, specializing in film and video production. Formerly an editor-at-large at Black Enterprise maga...
Nelson George
Nelson George 0000000115805862 Nelson George, born in 1957, is a renowned columnist, critic, journalist, filmmaker, and author of 21 books, including bestseller 'The Michael Jackson Story'. A pioneer...
George S. Schuyler
George S. Schuyler 0000000114970428 George Samuel Schuyler was a prolific journalist and cultural critic, known for his controversial shift from liberal views to conservative ones throughout the 20th...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire - The Lemonade Escapade
Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire - The Lemonade Escapade Ty Allan Jackson 9780615395173 Fiction Big Head Books Big Head Books Danny Dollar is a kid with a plan. He is out to become a millionair...
Timothy George
Timothy George 0000000083235956 Detroit-born author Timothy George, renowned for his deep fascination with African-American history, adeptly combines education with entertainment in his novels. His e...
The Real Taste of Jamaica, Rev. Ed.
The Real Taste of Jamaica, Rev. Ed. Enid Donaldson 9781894020862 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers The Real Taste of Jamaica takes food lovers and cooks the world over into Jamaic...
Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica
Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica Patrick E. Bryan 9789766402228 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West Indies Press This is the first scholarly biograph...
Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood
Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood Colin A. Palmer 9789766405915 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West Indies Press "Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journe...
Jamaica Is Thankful
Jamaica Is Thankful Juanita Havill 9780618982318 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Jamaica’s friend Kristin cannot keep her new kitten and hopes that Jamaica will be able to ...
It Begins With Tears
It Begins With Tears Akilah Monifa Book Review From Montego Bay (a.k.a. MoBay), Jamaica to Manhattan with visits in Brooklyn, Kristoff Valley, Jamaica, and Eternal Valley, Opal Palmer Adisa&rsquo...
The Black Bard Of North Carolina: George Moses Horton And His Poetry
The Black Bard Of North Carolina: George Moses Horton And His Poetry George Moses Horton 9780807846483 Poetry University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press For his humanistic r...
George E. Johnson with Hillary Beard
George E. Johnson with Hillary Beard MULTIPLE George Ellis Johnson Sr. (born June 12, 1927) is the founder of the Johnson Products Company, the maker of Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, the first Black-o...
Millionaire Wives Club: A Novel
Millionaire Wives Club: A Novel Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker 9780345486677 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House In Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s steamiest novel yet, we meet the four deliciously dra...
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Brad Meltzer 9781250130334 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s b...
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?: A Memoir George Clinton with Ben Greenman 9781476751085 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this seminal music memoir, F...
The Lost Treasures of R&B (A D Hunter Mystery)
The Lost Treasures of R&B (A D Hunter Mystery) Nelson George 9781617753169 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Nominated for the Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize for Fiction"Th...
George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton 000000006316904X George Moses Horton (1798–1884) was the first African American poet to be published in the Southern US, while still enslaved. His notable works include “The Hop...
George C. Fraser and Emma Fraser-Pendleton
George C. Fraser and Emma Fraser-Pendleton MULTIPLE George C. Fraser, CEO of FraserNet, is a leading authority on economic development and networking for African Americans. His sister, Dr. Emma Frase...
Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire (Famous African Americans)
Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire (Famous African Americans) Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack 9780766041059 Nonfiction Enslow Publishing Enslow Publishing LLC ”Don’t wait for opp...
Redbone: The Millionaire and the Gold Digger
Redbone: The Millionaire and the Gold Digger Ron Stodghill 9780060897222 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Lance Herndon was at the top of his game in 1996. At age forty-one he was a self-made millionaire...
His Los Angeles Surprise (Millionaire Moguls)
His Los Angeles Surprise (Millionaire Moguls) Sheryl Lister 9781335216915 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Romance Harlequin Enterprises Limited A millionaire with a wary heart…And a first love worth repeatin...
A Millionaire at Midnight
A Millionaire at Midnight Naima Simone 9781682814277 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing Boston socialite Morgan Lett is having a run of bad luck. Her fiancE just dumped her for her step...
Rich Girl Problems (Millionaire Wives Club)
Rich Girl Problems (Millionaire Wives Club) Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker 9780758283764 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. ""Tu-Shonda Whitaker just keeps getting better and better."" —T. Styles ...
The Millionaire Makeover
The Millionaire Makeover Naima Simone 9781682810989 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing He promised to stay away…but some promises are made to be broken. Plain-Jane computer programmer K...
The Millionaire Kids Club: Penny Power
The Millionaire Kids Club: Penny Power Lynnette Khalfani-Cox 9781932450040 Nonfiction Advantage World Press Advantage World Press Mrs. Berry’s weekend math assignment is one of the toughest ever. In f...
The Millionaire Kids Club - Garage Sale Riches
The Millionaire Kids Club - Garage Sale Riches Lynnette Khalfani-Cox 9781932450019 Nonfiction Advantage World Press Advantage World Press Mrs. Berry’s weekend math assignment is one of the toughest ev...
Who’s Afraid To Be a Millionaire?: Mastering Financial and Emotional Success
Who’s Afraid To Be a Millionaire?: Mastering Financial and Emotional Success Kelvin Boston 9780470067994 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley You don’t need to be a financial professional to achieve your financial ...
Ty Allan Jackson
Ty Allan Jackson NONE Ty Allan Jackson is a celebrated author and publisher, renowned for his children's book 'Danny Dollar Millionaire: The Lemonade Escapade.' Inspired by his son's curiosity about ...
Opal's Jim Crow Blues - Research & Share Your Family History (Part 2)
Opal's Jim Crow Blues - Research & Share Your Family History (Part 2) Troy Johnson Article Today's blog post is by guest Cheryl Wills. Cheryl, a television news anchor and reporter, has extensively ...
George E. Johnson
George E. Johnson NONE George Ellis Johnson Sr. (born June 12, 1927) is the founder of the Johnson Products Company, the maker of Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, the first Black-owned company to trade o...
Jamaica Fi Real!: Beauty, Vibes and Culture
Jamaica Fi Real!: Beauty, Vibes and Culture Kevin O’Brien Chang 9789766373979 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers Beautiful; aggressive; exuberant, talkative; humorous; resourceful;...
Thomas Glave
Thomas Glave NONE Bronx-born author Thomas Glave, educated at Bowdoin College and Brown University, is recognized for his contribution to LGBT literature. A Fulbright Scholar, he co-founded Jamaica's...
Paula Lennon
Paula Lennon NONE Paula Lennon, an English-born commercial lawyer turned writer, is known for her novel “Murder in Montego Bay.” Raised in a Jamaican family, she spent her teens in Jamaica before pur...
Jamerican Connection
Jamerican Connection Akilah Monifa Book Review First time novelist Sandra A. Ottey was born in Jamaica but lives in the United States as she has for most of her life. According to Ottey a "Jamer...
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa 9780593490617 Nonfiction Viking Penguin Random House “Since we know George Floyd’s dea...
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 ...
Daughters of the Wind: A Mythic Fantasy
Daughters of the Wind: A Mythic Fantasy Sheila Williams 9780063307988 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Book club favorite and acclaimed author of No Better Time and The Secret Women makes her first foray...
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES Synthia SAINT JAMES 9780615987620 Nonfiction Atelier Saint James Atelier Saint James A book of affirmations based on the spiritual beliefs of the Aborigine Tribes ...
Cog
Cog K. Ceres Wright 9781935738435 Fiction Dog Star Books Raw Dog Screaming Press The Ryder family is at the top of the corporate elite. Father Geren Ryder heads up a global wireless hologram company w...
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES Synthia SAINT JAMES 9780615584683 Nonfiction Atelier Saint James Atelier Saint James The first book in a series of books based on the spiritual beliefs of the Abor...
DK Biography: Annie Oakley
DK Biography: Annie Oakley Chuck Wills 9780756629977 Nonfiction DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Penguin Random House DK’s acclaimed Biography line shine the spotlight on sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ...
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (paperback)
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (paperback) Gene Barretta 9780062430182 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secre...
The Darkest Hearts
The Darkest Hearts Nelson George 9781617758096 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "We’re big fans of music mysteries here at CrimeReads, so I’m psyched for the new Nelson George…A complex mystery tha...
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Gene Barretta 9780062430151 Nonfiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret ga...
The Dagger
The Dagger Timothy George 9780985236427 Fiction MVP Publishing Group LLC MVP Publishing Group LLC Timothy George’s The Dagger emerges as a thrilling continuation of his successful novel Awaken, catapu...
Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait Of The Presidency Of George W. Bush (Focus On American History Series)
Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait Of The Presidency Of George W. Bush (Focus On American History Series) Eric Draper 9780292745476 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press ...
George Ford
George Ford 0000000100607572 George Ford, a prolific children's book illustrator, has contributed to over 30 books. He is a Coretta Scott King Award recipient for his work on 'Ray Charles' and 'The S...
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander MULTIPLE "Authors Michael Cunningham and George Alexander have made significant contributions to the literary world. Their unique storytelling and impactful ...
George Clinton with Ben Greenman
George Clinton with Ben Greenman MULTIPLE George Clinton and Ben Greenman are renowned authors, noted for their unique works. Clinton is a music legend, while Greenman is a celebrated novelist and jo...
George G. M. James
George G. M. James NONE Dr. George G. M. James, born November 9, 1893 in Guyana, was a significant historian and author who asserted that Greek philosophy originated from North Africa. He argued that...
George Clinton
George Clinton 000000011473322X Musician George Clinton, born 1941, started his career in a barbershop, forming The Parliaments. He later reconfigured the group into Funkadelic and Parliament, known ...
Jamila T. Davis
Jamila T. Davis NONE Jamila T. Davis, a former self-made millionaire and now motivational speaker, uses her experiences from rising to the top of her field, to her fall into bankruptcy and imprisonme...
Red Dirt Witch: A Graphic Novel
Red Dirt Witch: A Graphic Novel N. K. Jemisin 9781419753732 Fiction Abrams ComicArts Abrams A graphic novel adaptation of #1 New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin’s acclaimed short story “Re...
George Simmonds
George Simmonds NONE George Simmonds co-authored The Black Man's North and East Africa with Yosef Ben-Jochannan. his work explores the historical and cultural significance of African civilizations in...
His Name Is George Floyd
His Name Is George Floyd Robert Fleming Book Review In the midst of the deadly Covic-19 pandemic, the world witnessed the brutal killing of George Floyd, a 44-year-old black man, by a white Minneapol...
The Between
The Between Tananarive Due 9780063157675 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Award-winning author and Black Horror scholar Tananarive Due’s 1995 debut novel, The Between is reissued with a new fore...
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines 9780345453488 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House The grandson of slaves, born i...
We Are Not Broken
We Are Not Broken George M. Johnson 9780759554603 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group George M. Johnson, activist and bestselling author ofAll Boys Aren’t Blue, return...
Seduced
Seduced Nelson George 9780345412669 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House "[A] smart, funny, and wonderfully resonant novel … It’s the 1980s, and aspiring songwriter Derek Harper is a man ...
George E. Curry
George E. Curry 0000000109873981 George E. Curry (1947-2016) was a renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service. He also served as editor of E...
Casting the First Stone (Special Edition, 1st Curtis Black Novel)
Casting the First Stone (Special Edition, 1st Curtis Black Novel) Kimberla Lawson Roby 9781496716392 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Kimberla Lawson Roby’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Revere...
The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel (A D Hunter Mystery)
The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel (A D Hunter Mystery) Nelson George 9781617750243 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world … the book’s slim l...
Rac(E)Ing To The Right: Selected Essays George S. Schuyler
Rac(E)Ing To The Right: Selected Essays George S. Schuyler George S. Schuyler 9781572338180 Nonfiction Univ Tennessee Press Univ Tennessee Press Rac(e)ing to the Right is a great read and brings overd...
Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas
Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas MULTIPLE Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas are renowned authors. Cleaver, a former Black Panther Party leader, focuses on law and human rights, while Kat...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz MULTIPLE Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia, co-founded the African American Policy Forum with Luke Charles Harris, a ...
George Lamming
George Lamming 0000000114972132 George William Lamming (1927-2022) was a renowned Barbadian novelist and critic, celebrated for his exploration of colonialism and identity in the 20th century Caribbe...
Lynell George
Lynell George NONE Lynell George Lynell George is a journalist and essayist. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame is her first book of essays and photography, exploring the city where she grew ...
Lakita Wilson
Lakita Wilson NONE Lakita was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland. A 2017 recipient of SCBWI's Emerging Voices Award, Lakita received her MFA in writing for childr...
No Telephone to Heaven
No Telephone to Heaven Michelle Cliff 9780452275690 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House A brilliant Jamaican-American writer takes on the themes of colonialism, race, myth, and political awakening. ...
Thomas George Books
Thomas George Books Thomas George Books Thomas George Books
George Braziller
George Braziller George Braziller Inc. George Braziller Inc.
George Braziller Inc.
George Braziller Inc. George Braziller Inc. George Braziller
Thomas George Books
Thomas George Books Thomas George Books Thomas George Books
Caribbean Reasonings: The George Lamming Reader - The Aesthetics of Decolonisation
Caribbean Reasonings: The George Lamming Reader - The Aesthetics of Decolonisation George Lamming 9789766375157 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers George Lamming is one of the best...
George Hutchinson
George Hutchinson NONE George Hutchinson is the 2007 Chairman of the English Department and Booth Tarkington Professor of Literary Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. George Hutchinson is [20...
George Cain
George Cain 0000000081133884 George Cain (1943-2010) was a New York-born author known for his only book, Blueschild Baby (1970). He left college to travel across America and started his writing caree...
George Nesbitt
George Nesbitt NONE George Nesbitt (1912-2002) was a prominent lawyer and passionate civil rights activist. George Nesbitt (1912-2002) was a lawyer and civil rights activist.
Jessica George
Jessica George 0000000516371751 Jessica George, born in London to Ghanaian parents, studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. She worked in literary and theatre roles before joining ...
Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds
Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds MULTIPLE Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds