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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates 0000000036544350 “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died…clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.” —To...
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781984894021 Nonfiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling auth...
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay MULTIPLE Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay are acclaimed authors known for their insightful works on contemporary social issues, with Coates focusing on racial issues an...
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey MULTIPLE Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey are celebrated authors, known for their influential works in literature and comics. Coates is renowned for his expertise in ...
Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302961763 Fiction Marvel Universe Marvel Comics Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates continues his widely acclaimed Black...
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780399590566 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House A sweeping collection of new and selected essays on the Obama era by the Nati...
W. Paul Coates
W. Paul Coates 0000000029319323 Coates Wins the 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press, specializes in republishing significant work...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution
The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway 9781642591545 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books ...
Between The World And Me
Between The World And Me Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780812993547 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House Debuted #1 New York Times Best Seller • Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bol...
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates Thumper Book Review In an effort to expand my reading to non-fiction titles, as well as the fact that the book is small in size, I read The Beauti...
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me Kam Williams Book Review “In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about american history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for h...
Huit ans au pouvoir
Huit ans au pouvoir Ta-Nehisi Coates 9782321013617 Nonfiction Présence Africaine Présence Africaine Editions Le livre rassemble une sélection des articles les plus influents du jo...
The Message
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780593230381 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict t...
Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway
Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway MULTIPLE "Susie Day, W. Paul Coates, and Eddie Conway are notable figures in literature. Conway's life inspired Coates to establish Black Classic Press, a ...
Black Panther Book 9: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part 4
Black Panther Book 9: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part 4 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302921101 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics The final volume of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ landmark run is the end of an era for...
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, And An Unlikely Road To Manhood
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, And An Unlikely Road To Manhood Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780385527460 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House An exceptional father-son story about the real...
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, And An Unlikely Road To Manhood
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, And An Unlikely Road To Manhood Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780385520362 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House An exceptional father-son story about the real...
Just Pursuit
Just Pursuit Laura Coates 9781982173760 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastatin...
Rodney D. Coates
Rodney D. Coates NONE Rodney D. Coates, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology and Gerontology and Director of Black World Studies at Miami University with extensive publications in critical race and eth...
Reading Tony Martin Matters
Reading Tony Martin Matters Rhone Fraser Article In my interview with Paul Coates about his 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, he made the point that the works of Tony Martin sh...
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them Troy Johnson Article Part of AALBC.com’s mission is to help support Black-owned websites. Historically, I've focused on sites related to books i...
Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates
Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates Todd Steven Burroughs 9781937306649 Nonfiction Diasporic Africa Press Diasporic Africa Press Created by Marvel Comics ...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
Black Panther & the Crew: We Are the Streets
Black Panther & the Crew: We Are the Streets Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey 9781302908324 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold band together to tak...
Black Panther Book 4: Avengers of the New World Book 1
Black Panther Book 4: Avengers of the New World Book 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302906498 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Where next for the Black Panther? Find out as a sensational new arc begins! Eons ago ...
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302900533 Fiction Marvel Comics Marvel Comics A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winnin...
Black Panther Vol. 4: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part Two
Black Panther Vol. 4: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part Two Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302925420 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics The shocking end of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther saga! Has T’Challa le...
Rise of the Black Panther
Rise of the Black Panther Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302908843 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Witness the early years of the man who will come to rule one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the ...
Black Panther Vol. 1
Black Panther Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302904159 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics A new era for the Black Panther begins as the kingdom of Wakanda enters its final days! Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi ...
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 3
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 3 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302901912 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics The full truth of the People’s revolution - and the power players supporting it - has been rev...
Black Panther Book 2: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2
Black Panther Book 2: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302900540 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Dark times for the Black Panther, as Ta-Nehisi Coates chronicles the fi nal days of th...
Captain America
Captain America Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302911942 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics It’s winter in America! For over 70 years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defense of our country and its people. But ...
Captain America Vol. 5: All Die Young Part Two
Captain America Vol. 5: All Die Young Part Two Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302920418 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics How Cap got his mojo back! Featuring…the Red Hulk?! Captain America has been through a ...
Captain America Vol. 4: All Die Young
Captain America Vol. 4: All Die Young Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302920401 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Ta-Nehisi Coates continues his blockbuster examination of the Living Legend with the ominous next chap...
Captain America Vol. 3: The Legend of Steve
Captain America Vol. 3: The Legend of Steve Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302914417 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics On the run from the law and pursued by a dogged Nick Fury, Steve Rogers must find a way to prove...
Captain America Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing
Captain America Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302911959 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Superstar artist Adam Kubert joins Ta-Nehisi Coates for the next dramatic development in the life...
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780399590597 Fiction One World Penguin Random House In his boldly imagined first novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World...
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
Présence Africaine
Présence Africaine Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine Editions http://www.presenceafricaine.com
Présence Africaine Editions
Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine http://www.presenceafricaine.com
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
Historically Black Colleges & Universities’ Guide to Excellence
Historically Black Colleges & Universities’ Guide to Excellence William R. Harvey 9780062863287 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An insider account on how HBCU graduates find success in the world as p...
Black Panther Book 6: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part 1
Black Panther Book 6: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302912932 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics A bold new direction for the Black Panther! For years, T’Challa has protect...
Black Panther Vol. 2: Avengers of the New World
Black Panther Vol. 2: Avengers of the New World Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302908959 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Eons ago - before Black Panthers, before Wakanda, before time itself - there were only the O...
Black Panther Book 5: Avengers of the New World Part 2
Black Panther Book 5: Avengers of the New World Part 2 Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302909888 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Klaw stands supreme! The Black Panther’s greatest foe has returned, ready for war! Ca...
Black Panther: World of Wakanda
Black Panther: World of Wakanda Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay 9781302906504 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched onl...
Black Panther Book 8: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part Three
Black Panther Book 8: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part Three Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302914462 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Has T’Challa learned what it means to be king just in time to lose his ...
Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey
Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey Julius Garvey Excerpt Foreword Excerpt by Ta-Nehisi Coates “I grew up in a household where Malcolm X was Jesus, and I guess that would make Garvey God. Gar...
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
Between the World and Me (paperback)
Between the World and Me (paperback) Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780812983814 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Also Available in Hardcover #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WIN...
The Palestine Festival of Literature
The Palestine Festival of Literature Ramallah Palestine Read An Open Letter from Participants in the Palestine Festival of Literature Ta-Nehisi Coates, Molly Crabapple, Natalie Diaz, Maaza Mengiste,...
Ta-Nehisi Coates' Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards
Ta-Nehisi Coates' Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards Literary Events
Ta-Nehisi Coates "Blows Up" AALBC.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates "Blows Up" AALBC.com Author Interviews
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates Excerpt And I could only have seen her there on the stone bridge, a dancer wreathed in ghostly blue, because that was the way they would have taken her back when I w...
Justice for Marcus Garvey
Justice for Marcus Garvey Robert Fleming Book Review Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind is a recently published collection of essays that highlights the achievements and aspirati...
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer Tony Lindsay Book Review To mix magical realism with historical fiction is a bold task. To discuss the topic of family pride from the perspective of the offspring of a slave and a ma...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Rita Lorraine Hubbard 9781524768287 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books Imagine learning to read at the age of 116! Discover th...
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman 9781137475015 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publ...
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Mehrsa Baradaran 9780674970953 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press "Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautif...
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America Aaron Robertson 9780374604981 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers One of Literary Hub’s most anticipat...
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Julius Garvey 9781506488721 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media AALBC’s founder, Troy Johnson, is a contributor to this anthology. Marcus G...
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland W. Paul Coates Book Review Black Top Wastland a Conversation With S A Cosby and Paul CoatesAug 30, 2020 06:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register S. A. Cosby has written a winning book ...
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland W. Paul Coates Book Review Black Top Wastland a Conversation With S A Cosby and Paul CoatesAug 30, 2020 06:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register S. A. Cosby has written a winning book ...
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries”
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries” Troy Johnson Article Short stories from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Botswana, and Malawi: Gambit: Newer African Writing The only ant...
Third Annual Festival Albertine
Third Annual Festival Albertine Albertine store on Fifth Avenue at 79th Street New York New York American participants will include the poet Claudia Rankine, the curator Thelma Golden, the novelist Da...
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact Troy Johnson Article This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the I...
Weekend Wealth Transfer: How Black Churches Move Billions of Dollars Out of Black Communities and How to Move It Back
Weekend Wealth Transfer: How Black Churches Move Billions of Dollars Out of Black Communities and How to Move It Back Gwen Richardson 9781539373643 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Ever...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...
Quantum Leap Publisher
Quantum Leap Publisher Troy Johnson Article http://qleappub.com/ Quantum Leap Publisher produces a range of diverse books including photographic books. Since its founding in 1990, the c...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
Owned by Several Masters
Owned by Several Masters Sojourner Truth 9781939866073 Nonfiction Padmore Publishing Padmore Publishing Her name, Sojourner, means Traveler, and now that we know that fact, we love her story even more...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
Janis F. Kearney
Janis F. Kearney 0000000046272264 Janis F. Kearney is a celebrated author, journalist, and publisher. Known for her role as a personal diarist to President Clinton, Kearney has made significant contr...
Don’t Let Them Bury My Story: The Oldest Living Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Her Own Words
Don’t Let Them Bury My Story: The Oldest Living Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Her Own Words Viola Ford Fletcher 9781737168409 Nonfiction Mocha Media Mocha Media “Every day, I have lived throu...
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World Asa G. Hilliard III, Larry Williams, and Nia Damali 9780945708025 Nonfiction Blackwood Press Blackwood Press THE WISDOM OF THE EAST THE INST...
Black Classic Press
Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Founded in 1978, by W. Paul Coates, Black Classic Press is devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about people of A...
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?”
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?” Troy Johnson Article Exploring The Feasibility Boycotting Amazon’s Bookstore In the following video, Ruth J. Morrison, ...
Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era (Hardback)
Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era (Hardback) Nigel I. Malcolm 9781496842640 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi In...
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes Troy Johnson Article Back in January of this year, I took the time to try to figure out how many Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes in the six ...
Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers
Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers Howard Rambsy II 9780813944135 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press How have African American writers drawn on bad Bl...
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9781501154287 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. Spanning over 250 years of h...
Your Black Friend
Your Black Friend Ben Passmore 9781945509032 Fiction Silver Sprocket Silver Sprocket Ben Passmore’s necessary contribution to the dialogue around race in the United States, Your Black Friend is a lett...
TURNAROUND PUBLISHER
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John F. Blair, Publisher
John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher
John F. Blair, Publisher
John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher
TURNAROUND PUBLISHER
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Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall Street
Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall Street George E. Johnson with Hillary Beard 9780316577342 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book ...
Don’t Cry for Me (paperback)
Don’t Cry for Me (paperback) Daniel Black 9781335449351 Fiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH “Don’t Cry for...
Don’t Cry For Me
Don’t Cry For Me Daniel Black 9781335425737 Fiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press “Don’t Cry for Me is a perfect song.”—Jesmyn Ward A Black father makes amends with his gay son through ...
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance Akiba Solomon 9781568588490 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group This celebration of Black resistance, from protests to art to...
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker William Jelani Cobb and David Remnick 9780063017597 Nonfiction Ecco Press HarperCollins A collection of The New Yorker’s groundbreaking writing o...
Black Panther: Long Live the King
Black Panther: Long Live the King Nnedi Okorafor 9781302905385 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN! As the Black Panther and an Avenger, T’Challa has had to save the wo...
Bianca Xunise
Bianca Xunise NONE Bianca Xunise is a cartoonist based out of Chicago, Illinois. Their work primarily focuses on the plight, joy, and daily struggles of misfits within the Black community. Bianca Xun...