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Never Say Never

by Idrissa Uqdah

Never Say Never Idrissa Uqdah Book Review In this drama -filled novel, Victoria Christopher Murray gives her readers a shocking story that is edgy Christian fiction, at it’s best. Miriam has ...

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The World According to Fannie Davis

by Tony Lindsay

The World According to Fannie Davis Tony Lindsay Book Review The World According to Fannie Davis is the story of a Black woman who became a numbers’ banker, which was a miraculous accomplishmen...

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Forever An Ex

by Idrissa Uqdah

Forever An Ex Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Where Does The Love Go? Only the women in Forever An Ex know for sure. The sequel to Murray’s wildly popular The Ex Files centers on the specifics of b...

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Temptation

by Linda Dominique Grosvenor

Temptation Linda Dominique Grosvenor Book Review Temptation is a refreshing literary effort by first time novelist Victoria Christopher Murray. This book has crossed the line into mainstream fiction,...

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Miles and Me

by Paige Turner

Miles and Me Paige Turner Book Review Quincy Troupe’s candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique...

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The Undefeated

by Vanessa Vanzie

The Undefeated Vanessa Vanzie Book Review ℐf you have been searching for a book that will fill a child with the greatest sense of self-worth just for being who they are, then look no further. Ta...

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Sins of the Mother

by Idrissa Uqdah

Sins of the Mother Idrissa Uqdah Book Review KARMA???? Victoria Christopher Murray is the best selling author of several contemporary novels that touch on hot topics that church people aren&#3...

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The Deal

by Idrissa Uqdah

The Deal Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Money, Money, Money, Money…Money! Who wouldn't jump at an offer of five million dollars, free and clear? The main characters in Victoria Christopher...

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The Dark Knight Rises

by Kam Williams

The Dark Knight Rises Kam Williams dark-night-rises-banner.jpg Film Review Batman Emerges from Exile to Battle Terrorist in Trilogy Finale The Dark Knight Rises In Theaters: Jul 20, 2012 Wide ...

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Kingston Noir

by Robert Fleming

Kingston Noir Robert Fleming Book Review With his first anthology for Akashic, Iron Balloons, Colin Channer, author of the celebrated novel, Waiting In Vain, showcased the full range of contempo...

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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

by Troy Johnson

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era Troy Johnson Book Review I grew up in New York City’s East Harlem during the 60s and 70s. Virtually all my peers were Bl...

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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story

by Robert Fleming

Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...

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The Gardins of Edin

by Richard Murray

The Gardins of Edin Richard Murray Book Review “What if I’m not too old to have a happy childhood now?” is a poignant line from the character Ruth in The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Le...

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Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery

by Richard Murray

Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery Richard Murray Book Review Frederick Douglass once said, “The American Government and the American Constitution are spoken of in a manner ...

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A Gardin Wedding

by Richard Murray

A Gardin Wedding Richard Murray Book Review “When we really fell for each other, the rules we were playing by changed.” These wise words from Martha, a character in A Gardin Wedding by Ro...

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The God Who Begat a Jackal

by Thumper

The God Who Begat a Jackal Thumper Book Review The great author of American letters, Albert Murray, wrote in his recently published book From The Briarpatch, ’The goal of the serious storytelle...

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Things Never Said

by Kam Williams

Things Never Said Kam Williams things-never-said.jpg Film Review Battered Wife Finds Strength in Poetry in Female Empowerment Flick Things Never Said In Theaters: Sep 6, 2013 Limited Rated R for s...

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Perfect Timing

by Tiffany M. Davis

Perfect Timing Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Brenda Jackson’s second full-length fiction work Perfect Timing, is a novel about losing, finding, and maintaining friendship and love. Mrs. Jackson ...

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Just As I Am By Cicely Tyson

by Robert Fleming

Just As I Am By Cicely Tyson Robert Fleming Book Review When I was a teen sweeping sawdust at the butchery, where I worked after school hours, my uncle hipped me to jazz and Bird, Monk, Prez, and La...

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A Prayer For Deliverance

by Thumper

A Prayer For Deliverance Thumper Book Review Christopher Chambers has returned FBI agent Angela Bivens, to the frontline in his marvelous sophomore thriller, A Prayer For Deliverance, an intense, ...

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Bourbon Street

by Thumper

Bourbon Street Thumper Book Review It has been a long while since I read a book as complex and gorgeous as Bourbon Street written by Leonce Gaiter. A novel which explores the spectrum of inner na...

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The Descendants

by Kam Williams

The Descendants Kam Williams images/thedescendants.jpg Film Review Clooney Seeks Redemption as Regretful Patriarch in Dysfunctional Family Drama The Descendants Rated R for profanity and sexua...

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Threesome

by Tiffany M. Davis

Threesome Tiffany M. Davis Book Review I must say, this book was not what I expected. The title brings to mind images of a steamy m’nage a trois, either male/female/male or the more commonly po...

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The PACMAN Plan

by Tiffany M. Davis

The PACMAN Plan Tiffany M. Davis Book Review The PACMAN plan is an ambitious debut by Sam A. Kempt. Set in the smoldering background of Austin, Texas, this book takes an eye-opening look at race, ...

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Emotions

by Tiffany M. Davis

Emotions Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Emotions certainly contained a lot of them. Love, lust, jealousy, rage’Mr. McCann left no stone unturned in this novel about relationships between both the...

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Black Cops Against Brutality

by Kam Williams

Black Cops Against Brutality Kam Williams Book Review ’Police brutality reminds me of the darkness in history when the master whipped the slaves just because he could’ There can be no mo...

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A Love of My Own

by Linda Watkins

A Love of My Own Linda Watkins Book Review Welcome Back Mr. Harris. Everybody! Yes, I mean, ev-ver-ry-bo-dy gets lonely sometimes and needs a little love. That’s what author, E. Lynn Harris,...

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A Thirst For Rain

by Tiffany M. Davis

A Thirst For Rain Tiffany M. Davis Book Review A Thirst For Rain is a multigenerational novel set in Trinidad. It is a tale about demons both real and perceived, and how deceptively simple it is to o...

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As If Nothing Happened

by Tiffany M. Davis

As If Nothing Happened Tiffany M. Davis Book Review "And in the nine years she had known Joya, since freshman year, and in the eight years they had known Yvonne, the three had never become dist...

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Every Bitter Thing Sweet

by Tiffany M. Davis

Every Bitter Thing Sweet Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Every Bitter Thing Sweet picks up where A Thirst For Rain ends. While this is the story of Odile and Rory, Ms. Carrington continues her portrayal...

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Love Don’t Come Easy

by Tiffany M. Davis

Love Don’t Come Easy Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Boy looks for girl. Boy finds girl. Boy loses girl. Boy looks for another girl. J.T. Smith puts a fresh spin on an old formula in his highly enterta...

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Relationships

by Tiffany M. Davis

Relationships Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Leonard Jenkins II’s first book, Relationships (Volume I): Lessons Before Dying, is a tale of love (finding it, losing it, keeping it) set against an ...

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Spiritual Shackles

by Tiffany M. Davis

Spiritual Shackles Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Who burned the churches? This is a question that kicks off the historically mystic journey that is Spiritual Shackles.  Set primarily in Pasadena...

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Blue in Green

by Robert Fleming

Blue in Green Robert Fleming Book Review On August 25, 1959, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis escorts a white girl to a cab, lights a cigarette outside Birdland, and a city policeman harasses the black man...

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In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom

by Robert Fleming

In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom Robert Fleming Book Review If you were politically conscious decades ago, you would have read the prison chronicles...

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The Pact

by Kam Williams

The Pact Kam Williams the_pa18.jpg Film Review Three Black Boys from Newark Overcome Odds to Become Doctors   The Pact Click to order via Amazon ...

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Best Selling DVD's for 2011

by Kam Williams

Best Selling DVD's for 2011 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/aalbcdvd1.jpg Film Review 10 Best Selling DVDs on AALBC.com for 2011 This is the Start of Part 2 (Go to Part 1)   #6 • The Black Po...

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The Myth of Race/The Reality of Racism: Critical Essays

by Kam Williams

The Myth of Race/The Reality of Racism: Critical Essays Kam Williams Book Review “From today’s perspective in a media-soaked world all too familiar with the genomic footprints of huma...

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Victory Is Assured

by Robert Fleming

Victory Is Assured Robert Fleming Book Review Larger than life, controversial scribe Stanley Crouch loved to throw shade, raise hell, and put himself laughingly in the crosshairs. In the golden age o...

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What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman

by Robert Fleming

What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman Robert Fleming Book Review This was a labor of love. Over seven years ago, it was the mission of Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown, a Harvard-tr...

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The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation

by Robert Fleming

The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation Robert Fleming Book Review South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn’s The First Eight: A Personal Histo...

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The Henry Louis Gates

by Robert Fleming

The Henry Louis Gates Robert Fleming Book Review Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the nation’s most acclaimed scholars, is a masterful jack of all trades, including educator, editor, critic and ...

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The Empire in Africa

by Kam Williams

The Empire in Africa Kam Williams the_em41.jpg Film Review Disturbing Documentary Graphically Chronicles Sierra Leone’s Civil War   The Empire in Africa Unrated In French, English and l...

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Beauty And The Beast

by Idrissa Uqdah

Beauty And The Beast Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Deatri King-Bey has stepped out of the box and given her readers a Black fairy tale in Beauty And The Beast that I really enjoyed.  Set in modern...

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Walking Among The Kudzu

by Emanuel Carpenter

Walking Among The Kudzu Emanuel Carpenter Book Review In H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson's latest book, "Walking Among the Kudzu," readers are taken on the journey of the life of Shelby ...

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Brown Glass Window

by Thumper

Brown Glass Window Thumper Book Review I’ve been waiting a long time for this and it is a privilege and a pleasure to state that Devorah Major’s new novel Brown Glass Window  is out ...

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The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership

by Robert Fleming

The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership Robert Fleming Book Review With this defiant publication, The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership, Dr. Christopher C. Bell, Jr....

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Black Pulp

by Robert Fleming

Black Pulp Robert Fleming Book Review In his succinct introduction, award-winning novelist Walter Mosley, creator of the noted private eye Easy Rawlins, explains the appeal of fiction printed i...

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Sympathy For The Devil

by Thumper

Sympathy For The Devil Thumper Book Review I wasn’t expecting such an excellent, non-stop reading novel when I embarked on Christopher Chamber’s debut novel, Sympathy For The Devil. I wa...

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ASCLEPIUS

by Robert Fleming

ASCLEPIUS Robert Fleming Book Review Someone is killing all of the doctors opposed to the monopoly of the big drug companies. Those committed to the world of alternative medicine become aware of the ...

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Love in the Age of Dragons

by Robert Fleming

Love in the Age of Dragons Robert Fleming Book Review Fatima R. Henson’s Love In The Age Of Dragons has all of the best ingredients of fantasy, speculative fiction, and science fiction. There i...

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I Am New Orleans

by Robert Fleming

I Am New Orleans Robert Fleming Book Review American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher Kalamu ya Salaam, a leading citizen of New Orleans’s 9th Ward, has always been a booster for the Cresce...

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Kickin’ It Old School

by Kam Williams

Kickin’ It Old School Kam Williams kickin6.jpg Film Review Patient Emerges from 20-Year Coma to Breakdance Again in Bad Taste Comedy   Kickin’ It Old School Rated PG-13 for profanity, ethn...

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Man of Steel

by Kam Williams

Man of Steel Kam Williams man-of-stelle-poster.jpg Film Review Superman’s Roots Explored in Riveting Reboot of DC Comics Series Man of Steel In Theaters: Jun 14, 2013 Wide Rated PG-13 for pro...

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My Brother

by Kam Williams

My Brother Kam Williams my_bro3.jpg Film Review Big Brother Cares for Mentally-Challenged Sibling in Moving Melodrama   My Brother Click to order via Amazon THEATRICAL RELEASE Mar 16, 2007 Li...

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Notorious

by Kam Williams

Notorious Kam Williams jamal_17.jpg Film Review Warts-and-All Bio-Pic Recounts Rise and Fall of Biggie Smalls Notorious Rated R for nudity, drug use, graphic sexuality, ethnic slurs and p...

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Perfect Stranger

by Kam Williams

Perfect Stranger Kam Williams perfec8.jpg Film Review   Reporter Goes Undercover to Crack Murder Case in Convoluted Crime Yawner Perfect Stranger Release Date:13 April 2007 (USA) Rated R for pr...

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You Got Served

by Michael Dequina

You Got Served Michael Dequina yougot8.jpg Film Review Michael Dequina’s Review of You Got Served   You Got Served (PG-13) Buy The Soundtrack Anyone who buys a ticket for Y...

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Anonymous

by Kam Williams

Anonymous Kam Williams images/anonymous.jpg Film Review Intriguing Whodunit Suggests Shakespeare Was a Fraud Anonymous Rated PG-13 for violence and sexuality. Running time: 130 minutes Di...

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Balls of Fury

by Kam Williams

Balls of Fury Kam Williams balls_8.jpg Film Review Balls of Fury Film Review by Kam WilliamsRated PG-13 for profanity, crude behavior and sex-related humor. Running time: 90 minutes ...

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Every Woman’s Man

by Thumper

Every Woman’s Man Thumper Book Review Yeah, it’s unusual for me to read a book with a title like, Every Woman’s Man, a novel by Rique Johnson. I don't normally go for the sister girl...

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Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History and Culture

by Robert Fleming

Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History and Culture Robert Fleming Book Review Dr. Burnett Kwadwo Gallman’s Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History And Culture, is a...

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Veracity and Verse

by Denolyn Carroll

Veracity and Verse Denolyn Carroll Book Review “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for...

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Total Eclipse of the Heart

by Thumper

Total Eclipse of the Heart Thumper Book Review After reading Zane’s new novel, Total Eclipse of the Heart, I have to admit, I have been sleeping on Zane.  The novel is the s...

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Melancholia

by Kam Williams

Melancholia Kam Williams melancholia.jpg Film Review Siblings React Differently to Impending Extinction-Level Event in Apocalyptic Adventure Melancholia [2011] Rated R for sexuality, profanity a...

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How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex 12 Ways to Balance Mind

by Kam Williams

How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex 12 Ways to Balance Mind Kam Williams Book Review “Although we spend the bulk of our waking hours working, we often underestimate the impact of work on our ...

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Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living

by Kam Williams

Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living Kam Williams Book Review “I’m aware that, for black men today, racism is still an obstacle that causes tremendous anger and suffering… Whether...

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Strongholds

by Idrissa Uqdah

Strongholds Idrissa Uqdah Book Review The second book in the Blessed Trinity trilogy by best selling Christian fiction author, Vanessa Davis Griggs is a story full of the challenges that c...

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Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God

by Kam Williams

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God Kam Williams Book Review “Why is it becoming increasingly acceptable to kill unarmed black children? Why are they so easily perceived as...

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From Dusk To Dawn

by Idrissa Uqdah

From Dusk To Dawn Idrissa Uqdah Book Review The opening chapter of From Dusk To Dawn by first-time novelist Niambi Brown Davis reads like your average romance novel, but this reviewer found ...

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God Ain’t Blind

by Idrissa Uqdah

God Ain’t Blind Idrissa Uqdah Book Review God Is Getting Tired And So Am I I think you have to really love the books and the characters in the God Don't Like Ugly series to still be reading th...

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How Could My Husband Be Gay?

by Kam Williams

How Could My Husband Be Gay? Kam Williams Book Review Have you ever ignored any red flags regarding your mate? "How Could My Husband Be Gay?" may cause you to never make that mistake agai...

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Abide With Me

by Paige Turner

Abide With Me Paige Turner Book Review Warning: The following comments reveal a conflicted and divided point of view, a la the characters who populate the novels of E. Lynn Harris. Readers are ad...

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Conversation with the Mann

by Thumper

Conversation with the Mann Thumper Book Review Not since Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man has a first person narrative novel struck me with such a poignant sense of completeness and satisfaction a...

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Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL

by Amanda Robinson

Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL Amanda Robinson Book Review Atlanta is one of the most popular cities in this country. This metropolis is one of the few epicenters dripping Black ...

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Penitentiary Tales: A Love Story

by Robert Fleming

Penitentiary Tales: A Love Story Robert Fleming Book Review When I was growing up, I heard about boys and girls, men and women from my Hood going to The Big House. One of the girls I dated had an inm...

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Read Until You Understand

by Robert Fleming

Read Until You Understand Robert Fleming Book Review With a solid array of books to her credit, Farah Jasmine Griffin has possibly written one of the artistic highlights in the national book marketpl...

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Palmares

by Robert Fleming

Palmares Robert Fleming Book Review No less than the esteemed late novelist Toni Morrison, the chief editorial gatekeeper of Random House, was stunned by the narrative power of Gayl Jones’ firs...

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Duende

by Robert Fleming

Duende Robert Fleming Book Review Poet Quincy Troupe’s literary magic has elevated him to the forefront of modern American writers. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he, the son of a catcher in the ...

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The Black Dancing Body

by Rondall Brasher

The Black Dancing Body Rondall Brasher Book Review This book actually came to my attention last month on the home page of African American Literature Book Club. Troy had it in the revolving new titl...

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Pariah

by Kam Williams

Pariah Kam Williams pariah1.jpg Film Review Latent Lesbian Summons Courage in Out-of-the-Closet Drama Pariah [2011] Written & Directed By: Dee Rees Rated R for profanity and sexuality. Run...

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Waiting for Superman

by Kam Williams

Waiting for Superman Kam Williams images/classroom.jpg Film Review Scathing Expose’ Chronicles Failings of Public Educational System   Waiting for Superman Cli...

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The Express

by Kam Williams

The Express Kam Williams rob_br10.jpg Film Review Rob Brown Stars as Late Gridiron Great in Bittersweet Bio-Pic The Express (2008) Rated PG for violence, mature ...

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A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy

by Kam Williams

A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy Kam Williams a_good15.jpg Film Review Sexplicit Action Aplenty in Raw, Raunchy Romantic Romp   A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy Click to order...

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Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the_se11.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best (and...

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Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/thehelpposter.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Bl...

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