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Sunday Dinner Publishing
Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing https://www.sundaydinnerpublishing.com/ Sunday Dinner Publishing (SDP) is an indie publishing company created by educators. F...
Sunday Dinner Publishing
Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing https://www.sundaydinnerpublishing.com/ Sunday Dinner Publishing (SDP) is an indie publishing company created by educators. F...
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation Deborah Davis 9781439169827 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this revealing s...
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation Deborah Davis 9781439169810 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this revealing s...
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) Kam Williams Article Image Awards Upstaged by Resignation of NAACP President 38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) by Kam Williams &nb...
Sunday Dinner
Sunday Dinner Angela Shanté and Seth Rogers 9781737314806 Fiction Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinner Publishing Sunday Dinners are for family, food, and fun! Sunday Dinner is a family story tha...
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams 000000011462842X Vanessa Lynn Williams, born March 18, 1963, is a multi-talented actor, singer, fashion designer and author. She made history as the first African-American Miss Am...
Angela Shanté
Angela Shanté NONE Angela was a Finalist for a 2024 National Book Award Angela Shanté is an award-winning children's book author, co-founder of Sunday Dinner Publishing, and DEI advocate in publishing...
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 ...
Mel Hopkins
Mel Hopkins NONE Mel Hopkins is an experienced multimedia journalist with a 10-year career in social and consumer news, and a skilled writer/editor with a focus on marketing communications. A former ...
Blacktrospective 2007
Blacktrospective 2007 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/why_di4.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2007 Annual Look Back at the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema by K...
Where Secrets Lie
Where Secrets Lie Mahogany Star 9780978959906 Fiction Mahogany Star Publishing Mahogany Star Publishing As someone who has spent her childhood in the fast paced environment of the city, author Mahog...
2007 Outstanding Alumni Award from Syracuse University
2007 Outstanding Alumni Award from Syracuse University Troy Johnson Article It has been almost 30 years since I first set foot on the Syracuse University Campus during, what I believe was, the 1st Em...
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...
Frankie and Friends Breaking News
Frankie and Friends Breaking News Christine Platt 9781536222098 Fiction Walker Books US Candlewick Press In a charming new chapter-book series by a social-change advocate, young Frankie emulates her j...
Milton Allimadi
Milton Allimadi NONE Milton Allimadi, co-founder and editor of The Black Star News, is an experienced journalist who previously worked for The City Sun and The New York Times. A Columbia Journalism S...
Love Don’t Come Easy
Love Don’t Come Easy J.T. Smith Excerpt After finishing my job with Lance, I hurried back home and washed up. Looking at the alarm clock on my nightstand, I saw that it was a little after three. I hu...
Nikki and Deja The Newsy News Newsletter: Book Three
Nikki and Deja The Newsy News Newsletter: Book Three Karen English 9780547406268 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Newsy news is not just regular news. It’s news that’s int...
The Unicorn Came to Dinner
The Unicorn Came to Dinner Lauren DeStefano 9781250310408 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A sweet and charming picture book about fear, anxiety, and unicorns. The unicorn smells nice,...
Dinner At Aunt Connie’s House
Dinner At Aunt Connie’s House Faith Ringgold 9781562824266 Fiction Hyperion Hachette Book Group During a dinner at the home of her Aunt Connie, an artist, and Uncle Bates, Melody discovers twelve por...
Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams
Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Shirley Sherrod is best known as the African-American government official fired in ...
Kevin M. Weeks
Kevin M. Weeks NONE Kevin M. Weeks is an acclaimed self-published Urban Fiction author known for his debut, The Street Life Series. Honored as the Best New Urban Author of 2007, his fresh approach te...
Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna 0000000123211415 Aminatta Forna, born in Glasgow and raised in Sierra Leone and the UK, is an acclaimed author with works including The Devil that Danced on the Water, Ancestor Stones,...
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes Charisse Carney-Nunes Article The Lit Bit Wall Street is in for another invasion… no, not just more protestors armed with ...
Nate Powell
Nate Powell 0000000078269174 Nate Powell, born in 1978, is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist known for “March,” the autobiography of John Lewis. A self-publisher from age 14, Powell's aw...
The Evening News - Essays And Commentaries From NPR And Other Clouds
The Evening News - Essays And Commentaries From NPR And Other Clouds S. Pearl Sharp 9780936068244 Nonfiction Poets Pay Rent, Too Poets Pay Rent, Too A selection of forty of S. Pearl Sharp’s wide-rangi...
Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster
Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster MULTIPLE Marc Lamont Hill is a media personality, educator, and entrepreneur, hosting BET News and Black News Tonight, and holding a chair at Temple University. He ...
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...
Monica Anderson
Monica Anderson 000000006312663X Monica “Dr. Moe” Anderson, DDS, is an accomplished author, motivational speaker, and dental surgeon. She penned the Essence bestseller 'When A Sistah’s Fed Up' and is...
Byron Pitts
Byron Pitts 0000000039302138 Byron Pitts is a renowned American journalist and author with ABC News. A multiple Emmy award winner, Pitts has over 20 years of experience, covering significant events l...
Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter NONE Karen Hunter, a distinguished radio host and former New York Daily News reporter, is renowned for her Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism and as the first African-American female news...
Kyra D. Gaunt
Kyra D. Gaunt 0000000061596283 Kyra D. Gaunt is a college professor, jazz vocalist, author, and songwriter specializing in race, gender, and African American music. With a career in education startin...
Lisa Sheppard Stewart
Lisa Sheppard Stewart NONE Lisa Sheppard Stewart is a New Jersey-based, award-winning writer and designer, known for her culturally-inspired books. She promotes creative expression through relevant t...
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...
Miasha
Miasha NONE Miasha, a best-selling author, known for her extravagant release parties and philanthropic work, has rapidly gained recognition in the book industry. With five novels, she has been hailed...
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...
Valjeanne Jeffers
Valjeanne Jeffers NONE Valjeanne Jeffers, a graduate of Spelman College and North Carolina Central University, is a member of the Carolina African American Writer’s Collective. She is a published poe...
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...
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...
Barack Obama at Harlem's Apollo Theater, November 29th 2007
Barack Obama at Harlem's Apollo Theater, November 29th 2007 Troy Johnson Article Barack Obama http://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htm Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem's "World ...
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article Karrine Steffans is the author of the New York Times bestsellering books The Vixen Diaries (2007) and the wildly sucessful and scandelous...
K’wan
K’wan 0000000417519140 K'wan Foye, born to a poet and painter, faced numerous rejections before his debut novel, Gangsta, was published in 2002. His subsequent novels caught the attention of St. Mart...
Clyde W. Ford
Clyde W. Ford 0000000109297208 Clyde W. Ford, NYC-born author of 13 fiction and non-fiction works, is also a psychotherapist, mythologist, and public speaker. He's received numerous accolades includi...
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) Kam Williams images/why_di4.jpg Film Review Tyler Perry Ensemble Drama Explores an Assortment of Marital Issues Why Did I Get Married? (2007) Click...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
Kickin' It Old School (2007) - Film Review
Kickin' It Old School (2007) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Patient Emerges from 20-Year Coma to Breakdance Again in Bad Taste Comedy Kickin’ It Old School Rated PG-13 for profanity, e...
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work Gwen Richardson Article African-American authors rarely receive national recognition for their work...
Michele Norris
Michele Norris 0000000047566336 Michele Norris, acclaimed host of All Things Considered, is a notable journalist and author recognized with multiple awards, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Un...
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival Troy Johnson Article Our August 23rd Newsletter is Sponsored by Knopf Expanding Awards Section Our lists of award winning books have greatly increased i...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social...
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend Charlotte North Carolina The first Author Awards were presented in 1992 as a small event held in Brooklyn, New York to recognize those authors and publishe...
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington 0000000067719053 Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and children’s book author (Boo Stew). She performs at festivals, sch...
Roy Wood Jr.
Roy Wood Jr. NONE Roy Wood Jr. is a two-time Emmy-nominated writer and producer. The comedian, actor, and podcaster is primarily known for his stand-up comedy and work as a correspondent on Comedy C...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
Bet on Black: The Good News about Being Black in America Today
Bet on Black: The Good News about Being Black in America Today Eboni K. Williams 9780306828645 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Essence Magazine 2023 Must Read Journalist, attorney, and st...
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg 0000000368562870 Whoopi Goldberg, born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, is a celebrated comedian, actress, author, and TV host. Known for her role in 'The Color Purple,' she...
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...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
Richard Prince
Richard Prince 0000000081682656 Richard Prince, a veteran journalist and recipient of the Ida B. Wells Award, is known for his news column on diversity issues, “Richard Prince's Journal-isms”, and fo...
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Kimberla Lawson Roby 0000000063897135 Kimberla’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, After 15 Books Kimberla Lawson Roby is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 24 novels,...
Mona Ombogo
Mona Ombogo 0000000062004139 Kenyan author and scriptwriter, Mona Ombogo, is known for her award-winning films and novels. With a global education and exposure to diverse cultures, her work addresses...
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones 0000000454752515 Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, is known for her work on racial injustice and the 1619 Project. A MacArthur Genius Gr...
All the Lonely People
All the Lonely People Mike Gayle 9781538720172 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group In this “warm, funny” novel (Good Housekeeping), Jamaican immigrant Hubert Bird rediscovers the worl...
Brenda Marie Osbey
Brenda Marie Osbey 000000002513556X Brenda Marie Osbey, born in 1957, is a distinguished poet from New Orleans who served as Louisiana's Poet Laureate from 2005-2007. She specializes in Afro-Francoph...
Black Star Nairobi (Melville International Crime)
Black Star Nairobi (Melville International Crime) Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ 9781612192109 Fiction Melville International Crime Melville International Crime Two cops—one American, one Kenyan—team up to track dow...
Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007]
Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007] Kam Williams Interview The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smoll...
Herb Boyd
Herb Boyd 0000000110710186 Herb Boyd Receives Social Justice Award Herb Boyd, born in 1938, is an award-winning author and journalist. He's written over 20 books and numerous articles, with notable wo...
Ifa Bayeza
Ifa Bayeza NONE Ifa Bayeza is an acclaimed playwright, producer, and theater artist. Known for works like “Amistad Voices” and “The Ballad of Emmett Till,” she's won the 2008 Edgar Award and 2007 Eug...
Matthew A. Cherry
Matthew A. Cherry 0000000500418922 Former NFL wide receiver, Matthew A. Cherry, transitioned into filmmaking after his retirement in 2007. He's known for directing over 20 music videos, his feature f...
Katori Hall
Katori Hall 0000000071268953 Katori Hall, a renowned playwright from Memphis, is best known for her Olivier Award-winning play, The Mountaintop. Other works include Hurt Village, Hoodoo Love, and The...
The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop
The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop Kyra D. Gaunt 9780814731208 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press 2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented...
Baby Boy, You Are a Star!
Baby Boy, You Are a Star! Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338672428 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney cre...
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama David J. Garrow 9780062641830 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative...
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America Priya Fielding-Singh 9780316427265 Nonfiction Little, Brown Spark Hachette Book Group A “deeply empathetic” (Publishers Week...
Lisa Jones Johnson
Lisa Jones Johnson NONE Lisa Jones Johnson is a Harvard-educated attorney, author, and CEO of NextGen Media Group. She launched a global social media platform and authored the award-nominated novel, ...
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm NONE Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm is a celebrated writer, playwright, and founder of Candace Magazine. She's received awards including the National Black Women Achievement Awards a...
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 Carl Phillips 9780374607678 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers A new collection of poems from one of America’s most essential, celebrated...
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir Troy Johnson Book Review This Review Appears in the Fall 2007 Issue of Harlem World Magazine Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, of...
America Star Books
America Star Books America Star Books America Star Books
Five Star Publications, Inc
Five Star Publications, Inc Five Star Publications, Inc Five Star Publications, Inc
Mahogany Star Publishing
Mahogany Star Publishing Mahogany Star Publishing Mahogany Star Publishing
North Star Nova Press
North Star Nova Press North Star Nova Press North Star Nova Press
America Star Books
America Star Books America Star Books America Star Books
Five Star Publications, Inc
Five Star Publications, Inc Five Star Publications, Inc Five Star Publications, Inc
Mahogany Star Publishing
Mahogany Star Publishing Mahogany Star Publishing Mahogany Star Publishing
North Star Nova Press
North Star Nova Press North Star Nova Press North Star Nova Press
Dear Star Baby
Dear Star Baby Malcolm Newsome 9781506484808 Fiction Beaming Books 1517 Media I knew something was wrong when Mama called me close. She held my hand and told me you would not be coming home with us...
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex Mr. Marcus 9780312382391 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers A provocative bedside guide to some of the most captivating sexual advice from pro-lover porn ...
Mahogany Star
Mahogany Star NONE Mahogany Star, a Brooklyn-born author, has written four books including the acclaimed 'Where Secrets Lie'. With a degree in Organizational Management, she worked in Healthcare Admi...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Kam Williams startrek-2013-blueray.jpg Film Review Read the comments now. Read our review after you see the film (there some spoilers). Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Co...
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...
Murder in Berkeley Square
Murder in Berkeley Square Vanessa Riley 9781496738684 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. Embracing the true diversity of the Regency era, award-winning author Vaness...
Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight
Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight Shannon Gibney 9781517909659 Fiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press Six-year-old Sam, with his Liberian dad and Afri...
The Days of Afrekete
The Days of Afrekete Asali Solomon 9780374140052 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel of two wo...
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner Angela Dalton 9780063015746 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins n Here Wee Read’s 2021 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books! Publisher Weekly Starred Review! "Wa...
Do You Like Pancakes?
Do You Like Pancakes? Andreia Chavis-Douglas B01188MFUA Fiction BookSurge Publishing On-Demand Publishing LLC This colorfully illustrated children’s book is about a young boy who loves to eat pancak...
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads)
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads) Tony Dungy 9781442454637 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Dungy kids learn that honesty is the best policy—even whe...
The Get ’Em Girls’ Guide to the Power of Cuisine: Perfect Recipes for Spicing Up Your Love Life
The Get ’Em Girls’ Guide to the Power of Cuisine: Perfect Recipes for Spicing Up Your Love Life Shakara Bridgers, Jeniece Isley, and Joan Davis 9781416587767 Nonfiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, In...
The Get’ Em Girls Guide to Unlocking the Power of Cuisine (The Official Get ’em Girl’s Guide)
The Get’ Em Girls Guide to Unlocking the Power of Cuisine (The Official Get ’em Girl’s Guide) Shakara Bridgers, Jeniece Isley, and Joan Davis 9780979183201 Fiction Subira Publishing Subira Publishing ...