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Walter Zacharius
Walter Zacharius NONE Walter Zacharius (1923-2011) was a WWII veteran and a noted philanthropist. He co-founded Kensington Publishing in 1974, expanding the romance genre and supporting diverse reade...
Kensington
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Kensington Publishing Corp.
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The Memories We Keep
The Memories We Keep Walter Zacharius 9780758217714 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. An unexpected letter arrives in the mail, tying the present to the past, and promising a long-awaited...
Kensington - Teen
Kensington - Teen Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperba...
Kensington Cozies
Kensington Cozies Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperba...
Erewhon Books
Erewhon Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback b...
In the Eye of the Storm: My Time as Chairman of Bank of America During the Country’s Worst Financial Crisis
In the Eye of the Storm: My Time as Chairman of Bank of America During the Country’s Worst Financial Crisis Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont 9780931761997 Nonfiction Beckham Publicatio...
Julian Bond
Julian Bond 0000000110860184 Horace Julian Bond was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor, and writer. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and t...
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980
In Remembrance of Dr. Walter Rodney, Martyred on June 13, 1980 James McIntosh Article This talk was delivered by Dr. McIntosh at John Henrik Clarke House on June 7, 2015 Today our topic is Walt...
Walter E. Massey
Walter E. Massey 0000000023739132 Walter E. Massey, born in 1938, is a gifted mathematician and physicist. He was the first African American physics professor at Brown University and served as the Ch...
Mildred Pitts Walter
Mildred Pitts Walter 0000000074049983 Mildred Pitts Walter, born on September 9, 1922, in Louisiana, overcame segregation and societal barriers to become a renowned author. Despite limited access to ...
Edmund W. Gordon
Edmund W. Gordon 0000000080872108 Edmund W. Gordon is a renowned Psychology and Education professor emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University and Yale University. He's a former director at th...
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir Walter Dean Myers 9780063099920 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of legendary, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s au...
Walter White
Walter White 0000000081462565 “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Explore A.J. Baime's 2022 autobiograp...
Walter Benefield
Walter Benefield NONE Walter Benefield, a U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, is an accomplished book reviewer for AALBC.com. His passion for African American Literature and writing is driven by his ...
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley
Stan Lee and Walter Mosley MULTIPLE Stan Lee and Walter Mosley are renowned authors known for their contributions to the comic book and mystery genres respectively. Lee, a Marvel Comics pioneer, and ...
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake
Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake MULTIPLE Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald E. Westlake are renowned authors known for their influential works in mystery and crime fiction. Ed McBai...
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry
Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry MULTIPLE Walter Greason, Ph.D. is a renowned US historian, educator, and urbanist with 30 years of speaking experience. Danian Darrell Jerry, MFA, is a writer,...
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont
Walter E. Massey with Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont MULTIPLE Walter E. Massey and Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont are renowned authors, known for their insightful writings that span across various fields. Th...
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richardson
Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kimberly Richa...
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Aphrodisia Brava Kensington Hardcover Kensington Mass-Market Kensington Trade Paperback Lyle Stuart Books Lyrical Press Lyrical Shine Lyrical U...
Adam Clayton Powell
Adam Clayton Powell 0000000121314963 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a Baptist minister and the first African-American elected to Congress from New York. He represented Harlem from 1945-71. A national De...
James McIntosh
James McIntosh NONE James C. McIntosh, M.D. is a Queens-based psychiatrist and graduate of Hunter College and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He serves as chairman of the BEPAA, f...
Katrina M. Adams
Katrina M. Adams NONE Katrina M. Adams has been re-elected as USTA Chairman, CEO and President, making history as the first individual to serve a second two-year term in these roles in the associatio...
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer Troy Johnson Article by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my w...
This Year You Write Your Novel
This Year You Write Your Novel Walter Mosley 9780316065498 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group No more excuses. “Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls,” bestsel...
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley 0000000114370035 Walter Mosley, born in 1952, is a renowned author known for his detective series, including the Easy Rawlins series. Inspired by his parents and authors like Alice Walk...
Stacy Spikes
Stacy Spikes NONE Stacy Spikes, co-founder of MoviePass and founder of Urbanworld Film Festival, is an award-winning entrepreneur and former film marketing executive. Recognized as one of the most in...
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret A. J. Baime 9780358447757 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A riveting biography of Walter F. White, ...
Transgressions
Transgressions Ed McBain, Walter Mosley and Donald E. Westlake 9780765347527 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestsellers Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, and Donald Westlake each provided a...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers 0000000108718912 Walter Dean Myers, born August 12, 1937, was an award-winning author from Harlem, known for his dedication to children and young adult literature. He received numer...
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman
Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman MULTIPLE Dr. Walter Milton, Jr., a native of Rochester, NY, holds a Doctorate in leadership and policy. He's a published author, former school superintendent, a...
Walter Greason
Walter Greason NONE Walter Greason is among the most prominent historians, educators, and urbanists in the United States. He has spent the past 30 years speaking to audiences in dozens of states, on ...
Walter Pryor
Walter Pryor NONE Walter Pryor's professional career has spanned a myriad of sectors in the legal arena, having worked in both large and small law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Hill,...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
The Secret World of Walter Anderson Hester Bass 9780763671167 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson—perhaps the most famous...
Wade Nobles
Wade Nobles 0000000082420463 Dr. Wade W. Nobles is a professor emeritus at San Francisco State University and founder of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family, Life and Culture, Inc. A...
David Haynes
David Haynes 0000000072463259 David Haynes, a novelist and professor emeritus of English at Southern Methodist University, is the co-founder and board chair of Kimbilio Center for Fiction, serving fi...
Bob Johnson: The “Urban Movie Channel” Interview
Bob Johnson: The “Urban Movie Channel” Interview Kam Williams Interview Robert L. “Bob” Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, an innovative business network tha...
David Covin
David Covin 0000000084071877 David Covin was a Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento and Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He wa...
Rupert Lewis
Rupert Lewis 0000000066437652 Rupert Lewis, Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies, has dedicated 50 years to educating on Marcus Garvey and the Garvey movement. Lewis has authored a...
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II MULTIPLE Sheila Brooks, CEO of SRB Communications, leads a DC-based, award-winning ad and marketing agency specializing in multicultural markets. Clint C. Wilson ...
Joel Christian Gill
Joel Christian Gill NONE Joel Christian Gill, chairman of Strange Fruit Comics, is known for his award-winning graphic novels which focus on uncelebrated narratives from Black History. Apart from his...
Black Pulp
Black Pulp Walter Mosley, Christopher Chambers, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ron Fortier, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Tommy Hancock, D. Alan Lewis, Derrick Ferguson, and Kim...
Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel
Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel Walter Mosley 9780446617901 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Easy Rawlins comes home from work, and finds more trouble on his doorstep in a day ...
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel Walter Mosley 9781596912267 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing This bold new novel from Walter Mosley startles in both its rawness and its honest p...
Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider Stacy Spikes 9781496739575 Nonfiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. At the intersection of power, technology, and race, Stacy Spikes, award-wi...
Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider Stacy Spikes 9781496739568 Nonfiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. At the intersection of power, technology, and race, Stacy Spikes, award-wi...
Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Ghalen: A Romance in Black Walter Mosley 9780063451551 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Awa...
Touched
Touched Walter Mosley 9780802161840 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Intergalactic visions, deadly threats, and explosive standoffs between mostly good and nearly completely evil co...
Elements of Fiction
Elements of Fiction Walter Mosley 9780802147639 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers wit...
Parishioner: A Novel
Parishioner: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780802168092 Fiction Atlantic Crime Grove Atlantic, Inc. Xavier Rule Mysteries, Book 1 “Walter Mosley is on my Mount Rushmore of crime fiction.”—S.A....
Maximum Fantastic Four
Maximum Fantastic Four Stan Lee and Walter Mosley 9780785117926 Fiction Marvel Comics Marvel Comics Ushering in momentous change in comic-book illustration and ingenuity, Jack Kirby’s immense artistic...
Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making Of An African Intellectual
Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making Of An African Intellectual Walter Rodney 9780865430723 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press The following is excepted from a ...
Flight
Flight Walter White 9798682632916 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Published amid controversy in 1926, Flight focuses on the dilemma of Mimi Daquin, a light-complexioned African...
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Walter Rodney 9781788731188 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis ...
The Groundings With My Brothers
The Groundings With My Brothers Walter Rodney 9781788731157 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books “I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have g...
Monster (Graphic Novel)
Monster (Graphic Novel) Walter Dean Myers 9780062275004 Fiction HarperAlley HarperCollins A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’s New York Times bestseller Monster. Monster is a ...
Known To Evil (Leonid Mcgill, Book 2)
Known To Evil (Leonid Mcgill, Book 2) Walter Mosley 9781594487521 Fiction Riverhead Hardcover Penguin Random House The Walter Mosley and his new hero, Leonid McGill, are back in the new New Yor...
Game
Game Walter Dean Myers 9780060582968 Fiction HarperTeen HarperCollins This thrilling basketball story from New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers is a strong choice for independent readin...
Jazz
Jazz Walter Dean Myers 9780823421732 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House This smash-hit picture book of jazz music poems, from award-winning father-don team Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers, is...
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Sunrise Over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers 9780439916240 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. A powerful new novel about the heroics and horror of war from Walter Dean Myers, whose bestselling book F...
Black Betty
Black Betty Walter Mosley 9780743451789 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley’s acclaimed mystery ...
Bombingham
Bombingham Anthony Grooms 9780345452931 Fiction One World Penguin Random House In his barracks, Walter Burke is trying to write a letter to the parents of a fallen soldier, an Alabama man who died in ...
The Groundings With My Brothers (2001)
The Groundings With My Brothers (2001) Walter Rodney 9780948390029 Fiction Frontline Distribution International Frontline Distribution International In The Groundings With My Brothers, Walter Rodney c...
In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins (1920-1977)
In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins (1920-1977) Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9780195116335 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University P...
Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney 0000000098618407 Walter Anthony Rodney was born in Georgetown, Guyana on March 23, 1942. He is recognized as one of the Caribbean s most brilliant minds. Rodney attended Qu...
Walter Benefield
Walter Benefield Kam Williams Interview An avid reader, husband, father, U.S. Marine and writer, Walter says, "reading African American Literature is contagious." Reading great stories a...
Walter de Gruyter
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Kensington Books
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Kensington Hardcover
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Kensington Trade Paperback
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Kensington Mass-Market
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Ali Mazrui
Ali Mazrui 0000000119710676 “One of the Top 100 Intellectuals in the World” Ali Al’amin Mazrui (1933-2014), a distinguished Kenyan academic and political writer, specialized in African and...
Debra Lee
Debra Lee NONE Debra Lee, a recognized figure in entertainment, serves on multiple boards including Warner Bros. Discovery and Marriott International. As the former CEO of Black Entertainment Televis...
Leon E. Pettiway
Leon E. Pettiway 0000000033688893 Leon E. Pettiway, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, known for his research in crime patterns, race, and ghettoization. He has published numerous ...
Sterling D. Plumpp
Sterling D. Plumpp 0000000081297870 “You can not ever get free as a result of legislationHellip;you always have to take freedom.” Sterling Dominic Plumpp, born 1940, is an esteemed poet, e...
James Stewart
James Stewart 0000000121039797 Dr. James Stewart, a native of Cleveland & Professor Emeritus at Penn State University, is the President of ASALH’s Manasota Chapter. He held leadership roles in major ...
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold 0000000078615604 Faith Ringgold was a multi-disciplinary artist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Known for her work in painting, writing, and sculptur...
Mervyn Morris
Mervyn Morris 0000000122796976 Born in 1937, Mervyn E. Morris is a renowned Jamaican poet and scholar. A Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature, he was the...
Lewis V. Baldwin
Lewis V. Baldwin 0000000109176289 Born in 1949, Lewis V. Baldwin is a civil rights activist and professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University. Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr., ...
Robert M. Coles
Robert M. Coles NONE Robert M. Coles, born October 12, 1929, is a distinguished author, child psychiatrist, and professor emeritus at Harvard University. Robert M. Coles was born October 12, 1929 and...
Elliot Fratkin
Elliot Fratkin 0000000108584950 Elliot Fratkin, Professor Emeritus of African Studies & Anthropology at Smith College, is renowned for his extensive research on Samburu and Maa-speaking pastoralists ...
Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu MULTIPLE Desmond Mpilo Tutu, former Archbishop Emeritus of Southern Africa (1931-2021), and his daughter Reverend Mpho A. Tutu, who is the executive director of The Desmond...
Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst
Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst MULTIPLE Mbaye Lo, an associate professor at Duke University, specializes in Asian and Middle Eastern studies, while Carl W. Ernst, a distinguished emeritus professor at UN...
Allen Ballard
Allen Ballard NONE Allen B. Ballard, renowned History and Africana Studies professor at SUNY-Albany, is a Harvard Ph.D. graduate and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at CCNY. An esteemed autho...
Arnold Rampersad
Arnold Rampersad 0000000110823009 Arnold Rampersad, a renowned professor emeritus at Stanford University, is a respected author of biographies including those of Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, an...
W. D. Wright
W. D. Wright 0000000081015941 Dr. W. D. Wright, a professor emeritus of history at Southern Connecticut State University, has authored seven books on race and racism. He holds a Ph.D. from SUNY Buffa...
W. James Popham
W. James Popham 0000000109149301 W. James Popham, Emeritus Professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education, spent his extensive career teaching instructional methods and evaluation courses. Recogniz...
Wesley Brown
Wesley Brown 0000000110297977 Wesley Brown, born in 1945, is a renowned novelist, playwright, and professor emeritus at Rutgers University. Known for works like Darktown Strutters and Tragic Magic, h...
William L. Andrews
William L. Andrews 0000000108957024 William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has authored, edited, or co-edited more...
Théophile Obenga
Théophile Obenga 0000000121334075 Théophile Obenga, born in 1936 in Congo, is an eminent professor emeritus at San Francisco State University. He is a dedicated Pan-Africanist, Afrocentrist, Egyptol...
David Hackett Fischer
David Hackett Fischer 0000000081502678 David Hackett Fischer, emeritus Professor of History at Brandeis University, is a renowned author known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, 'Washington’s Cross...
Cloves Campbell, Jr. The “NNPA Chairman” Interview
Cloves Campbell, Jr. The “NNPA Chairman” Interview Kam Williams Interview Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., is the Publisher of the Arizona Informant, a family owned and operated newspaper that ...
Pressure Makes Diamonds
Pressure Makes Diamonds Valerie Graves 9781617754937 Nonfiction Open Lens Akashic Books “Pressure Makes Diamonds is an important and timely book that brilliantly details Valerie Graves’s pioneering ...
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes Robert Fleming Book Review What makes a scholar great? The easy answer is the prolonged effort of an individual to provide a la...