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Frances Cress Welsing
Frances Cress Welsing 0000000385644851 Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, born March 18, 1935, was a renowned author and psychiatrist who developed the Cress-Welsing theory analyzing white supremacy. She beg...
The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright 9781574781625 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Osiris Pa...
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: An Author You Should Know
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: An Author You Should Know Troy Johnson Article Dr. Welsing's book the The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors [1991, Third World Press] has been a best selling book on ...
The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors
The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors Frances Cress Welsing 9781602819597 Nonfiction Afrikan World Books Afrikan World Books A collection of 25 essays examining the neuroses of white supremacy. ...
Sankofa University: Studying African-Centered History and Culture
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...
Akbar from Pyramid Books, on Frances Cress Welsing’s book, The Isis Papers
Akbar from Pyramid Books, on Frances Cress Welsing’s book, The Isis Papers Book Spotlights
Frances Mensah Williams
Frances Mensah Williams NONE Frances Mensah Williams, born in Ghana, is the CEO of Interims for Development Ltd. and Publisher of ReConnectAfrica.com. A seasoned Human Resources professional, she's l...
Frances E. W. Harper
Frances E. W. Harper 0000000109120234 Read Politics and Poetics: The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was a prominent African American abolitionist, suffragist, ...
William W. Brown, Frances E. W. Harper, and Charles W. Chesnutt
William W. Brown, Frances E. W. Harper, and Charles W. Chesnutt MULTIPLE "William W. Brown, Frances Ellen Watkin Harper, and Charles Chesnutt are renowned authors, each making significant contributio...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
Mary Frances Berry
Mary Frances Berry 0000000081621140 Mary Frances Berry, Professor of American Social Thought and History at the University of Pennsylvania, is a renowned author of nine books. With 33 honorary degree...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wal...
Mary-Frances Winters
Mary-Frances Winters NONE Mary-Frances Winters, founder of the Winters Group Inc., is a renowned diversity and inclusion consultant with over 30 years of experience. Recognized by Forbes and awarded ...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Frances Foster, Brent Hayes Edwards, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortense J. Spillers, Kimberly W. Benston, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Jesse McCarthy
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Frances Foster, Brent Hayes Edwards, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortense J. Spillers, Kimberly W. Benston, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Jesse McCarth...
Born in Captivity: Psychopathology as a Legacy of Slavery
Born in Captivity: Psychopathology as a Legacy of Slavery Rick Wallace 9781977508515 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Born in Captivity is my 19th book to reach publication, and it is a...
Politics and Poetics: The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper
Politics and Poetics: The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper Melba Joyce Boyd 9780814353080 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Frances E. W. Harper was a pioneering figur...
Short Works of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Short Works of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances E. W. Harper 9781374876163 Fiction Pinnacle Kensington Publishing Corp. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is...
Trial and Triumph
Trial and Triumph Frances E. W. Harper 9781508847038 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Trial and Triumph is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by ...
Frances Foster
Frances Foster 0000000078407303 Frances Foster has edited and authored many works, including Witnessing Slavery: The Development of the Antebellum Slave Narrative and the Norton Critical Edition of ...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wal...
Of Time and Spirit: A Tribute to My Father
Of Time and Spirit: A Tribute to My Father Maurice W. Dorsey 9781664130197 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions Of Time and Spirit: A Tribute to James Roswell Dorsey Sr. "Of Time and Spirit" is ...
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Quarto Publishing Group USA Frances Lincoln Children’s Books publishes high quality picture books, multicultural books, poetry, picture books a...
Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present Mary Frances Berry 9780807021507 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press An...
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit Mary-Frances Winters 9781523091300 Nonfiction Berrett-Koehler Publishers Berrett-Koehler Publishers This is the first book to define and exp...
Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging Across Differences
Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging Across Differences Mary-Frances Winters 9781523088805 Nonfiction Berrett-Koehler Publishers Berrett-Koehler Publishers What is impress...
Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted
Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted Frances E. W. Harper 9781554813858 Fiction Broadview Press Broadview Press Frances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned Iola Leroy to...
Minnie’s Sacrifice
Minnie’s Sacrifice Frances E. W. Harper 9781547293964 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Minnie’s Sacrifice By Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
We Can’t Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics
We Can’t Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics Mary-Frances Winters 9781523094264 Nonfiction Berrett-Koehler Publishers Berrett-Koehler Publ...
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Mary Frances Berry 9780307277053 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House “My face is black is true but its not my fault bu...
Satisfy My Soul
Satisfy My Soul Colin Channer 9780345437891 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Read an Interview with Colin About This Book I have called you here to reveal to you a truth that has bee...
Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911
Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 Melba Joyce Boyd 9780814324899 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Frances E. W. ...
Three Classic African-American Novels : Clotel, Iola Leroy, The Marrow of Tradition (Vintage Classics)
Three Classic African-American Novels : Clotel, Iola Leroy, The Marrow of Tradition (Vintage Classics) William W. Brown, Frances E. W. Harper, and Charles W. Chesnutt 9780679727422 Fiction Vintage Pen...
Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper
Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper Maryemma Graham 9780195052442 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Frances Harper was renowned in her lifetime not only as an activist who r...
William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris
William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris MULTIPLE Sure, but I'm missing the author bio you want me to summarize. Could you provide it?
Frances Clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb
Frances Clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb MULTIPLE
William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris
William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris MULTIPLE
Surya Bonaly: A Tribute
Surya Bonaly: A Tribute Carol Denise Mitchell 9798248917082 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Surya Bonaly’s story has been told before—but never like this. This tribute of...
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z Jay-Z 9781649804259 Nonfiction Assouline Publishing Assouline Publishing The Classic Edition of The Book of HOV, weighing nearly 5 punds, is presented in JAY-Z blue...
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin James Baldwin 9780870236778 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This book is a transcription ...
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...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2013 - Photos and Video
Brooklyn Book Festival 2013 - Photos and Video Troy Johnson Article
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Aesop
Aesop 0000000120317310 Aesop (c. 620-560 B.C.), the legendary creator of Aesop's Fables, was a presumed black slave from Ancient Greece. His fables popularized everyday phrases such as “don't count y...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 4th Ed.
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 4th Ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Frances Foster, Brent Hayes Edwards, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortense J. Spillers, K...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Volume 1): 4th Edition
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Volume 1): 4th Edition Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Frances Foster, Brent Hayes Edwards, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortens...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Volume 2): 4th Edition
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Volume 2): 4th Edition Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Frances Foster, Brent Hayes Edwards, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortens...
Blue in Green
Blue in Green Wesley Brown 9781953691118 Fiction Blank Forms Editions Blank Forms The latest work from the veteran novelist called “one hell of a writer” by James Baldwin and “wonderfully wry” by Dona...
Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom Glenda Armand 9780593486146 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A little girl helping her grandmother pr...
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories Tia Ross 9781839644801 Fiction Flame Tree Press Flame Tree Publishing Foreword by Temi Oh, Introduction by Dr. Sandra M. Grayson, Associate Editor Tia Ross, contributors to ...
To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American Authorship
To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American Authorship Elizabeth McHenry 9781478014515 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books “From the title...
Poems
Poems Frances E. W. Harper 9780649375066 Poetry Trieste Publishing Trieste Publishing Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest ...
Sketches Of Southern Life
Sketches Of Southern Life Frances E. W. Harper 9781376353587 Nonfiction Andesite Press Andesite Press This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledg...
Moses: A Story Of The Nile
Moses: A Story Of The Nile Frances E. W. Harper 9781376267600 Fiction Andesite Press Andesite Press This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge ...
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects Frances E. W. Harper 9781375855280 Poetry Andesite Press Andesite Press
From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings
From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings Frances Mensah Williams 9781909762275 Fiction Jacaranda Jacaranda Hoping to escape from her suddenly complicated life and revive her wilting romance, Faye return...
From Pasta to Pigfoot
From Pasta to Pigfoot Frances Mensah Williams 9781909762206 Fiction Jacaranda Jacaranda From Pasta to Pigfoot is a contemporary, multi-cultural novel that tells the story of Faye Bonsu, a pasta-loving...
Idylls of the Bible
Idylls of the Bible Frances E. W. Harper 9785519293433 Nonfiction Book on Demand Ltd. Book on Demand Ltd.
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2 Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowel...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 3rd Ed.
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 3rd Ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell,...
Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson
Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson Frances Clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb 9780471471653 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley On Althea Gibson, America’s first African American tennis champion...
Only Wet Babies Like Change: Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers
Only Wet Babies Like Change: Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers Mary-Frances Winters 9780967399317 Nonfiction Renaissance Books Renaissance Books
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris 9780195138832 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press This a...
Iola Leroy
Iola Leroy Frances E. W. Harper 9780807065198 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Iola Leroy was originally published in 1892, during a time of black disenfranchisement, lynching, and Jim Crow laws. It ...
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris 9780195065107 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Here indeed ...
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought Beverly Guy-Sheftall 9781565842564 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press The first major anthology to trace the development, from the ...
Celeste O. Norfleet
Celeste O. Norfleet 0000000044260796 Celeste O. Norfleet is a bestselling author of over 20 acclaimed novels, winner of six Romance Slam Jam awards, and recipient of the BRAB 2016 Frances Ray Lifetim...
Satisfy My Soul
Satisfy My Soul Thumper Book Review Colin Channer’s sophomore novel, Satisfy My Soul, is extraordinary! It is certainly a novel that deserves to have its praises sung by folks more knowledgeabl...
Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles: Levana’s Story
Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles: Levana’s Story Marissa Meyer 9781250073556 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the Fairest of them all? Pure evil has a name...
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute Maya Angelou 9780812997019 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around th...
Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris
Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris Terrance Dean, James Earl Hardy, and Stanley Bennett Clay 9780758255754 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Visible Lives: Three S...
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition James McBride 9781594481925 Nonfiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-d...
Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris
Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris Thumper Book Review Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris is an anthology aptly described by its title. The authors, Te...
The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition)
The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition) Victoria Rowell 9781959811770 Nonfiction Wordeee Wordeee Born a ward of the state in the State of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Colli...
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Yolanda Renee King 9781338753974 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books The granddaughter of Marti...
Birmingham, 1963
Birmingham, 1963 Carole Boston Weatherford 9781662660030 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event i...
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Friend and Sidekick James Golden, Aka Bo Snerdley
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Friend and Sidekick James Golden, Aka Bo Snerdley James Golden 9781737478546 Nonfiction All Seasons Press All Seasons Press What was it like to be a part of the s...
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy Kekla Magoon 9780062912510 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins The story of an all-black regiment’s assault on the impregnab...
Say Her Name
Say Her Name Zetta Elliott 9781368045247 Nonfiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victi...
Going Down Home with Daddy
Going Down Home with Daddy Kelly Starling Lyons 9781561459384 Fiction Peachtree Publishers Peachtree Publishers “On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcas...
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany Bill Campbell 9780990319177 Fiction Rosarium Publishing Rosarium Publishing Stories for Chip brings together outstanding authors inspired by a brilliant...
Bird & Diz
Bird & Diz Gary Golio 9780763666606 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press An award-winning author and a Caldecott Medalist improvise a playful tribute to the creators of bebop—Charlie Parker an...
Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker: With New and Selected Jazz Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker: With New and Selected Jazz Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) Yusef Komunyakaa 9780819574299 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Pulitzer Pri...
Whitney: Tribute to an Icon
Whitney: Tribute to an Icon Pat Houston 9781476711249 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and close friend, was also her longtime manager. She lives in A...
Amiri Baraka Tribute at the HBF Newark
Amiri Baraka Tribute at the HBF Newark Author Interviews
Tribute to George Clinton - October 25 2011 - Apollo Theater
Tribute to George Clinton - October 25 2011 - Apollo Theater Author Interviews
Dangote’s Ten Commandments on Money: Lessons on How to Make Money from One of the World’s Richest Men
Dangote’s Ten Commandments on Money: Lessons on How to Make Money from One of the World’s Richest Men Anosike Peter 9781466319042 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The amazing thing is t...
A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life
A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life Deval Patrick 9780767931120 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House “I’ve simply seen too much goodness in this country—and have come so far in my ow...
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara: She could be found with the people
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara: She could be found with the people Author Interviews
Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness
Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780743497121 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes ...
A Tribute to AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary
A Tribute to AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Troy Johnson Article Presented ToTROY JOHNSONIn Appreciation For YourDedication, Professionalism,Guidance, And IntegrityIn the Publishing IndustryThanks You ...
Blues Poems
Blues Poems Kevin Young 9780375414589 Poetry Everyman’s Library Everyman’s Library Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the...
Growing Up X
Growing Up X Ilyasah Shabazz and Kim McLarin 9780345444967 Nonfiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House “Ilyasah Shabazz has written a compelling and lyrical coming-of-age story as well as a c...
Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church
Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church Tonya Bolden 9780679894858 Nonfiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House In her moving homage to the Black Church, Tonya Bolden ha...
Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad
Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425174746 Fiction Berkley Trade Penguin Random House This acclaimed memoir by Bebe Moore Campbell, the bestselling author of Br...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey 0000000121272214 “Up! You mighty race, you can accomplish what you will.” Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a prominent publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and advocate for Bl...
Troy Legette
Troy Legette NONE Troy Legette is a gifted poet and writer from New Jersey, now residing in Florida. Known for his inspiring anthology, Legette's captivating written expressions are a tribute to his ...
Arlington R. Callies
Arlington R. Callies NONE Arlington R. Callies, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, is an author, experienced AAU Basketball and Track coach, and real estate broker. He has written a book about AA...