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The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy Shirley Strawberry 9780345525505 Nonfiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Listen up, ladies! Shirley Strawberry...
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk Kam Williams Book Review "I’ve been Shirley’s partner in radio for over ten years now… I am amazed by how she manages to balance her personal and...
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress Alicia D. Williams 9780593123683 Nonfiction Anne Schwartz Books Penguin Random House Discover the inspiring story of Shirley Chis...
The Imperfect Marriage: Help For Those Who Think It’s Over
The Imperfect Marriage: Help For Those Who Think It’s Over Tracy Strawberry and Darryl Strawberry 9781476738741 Nonfiction Howard Books Howard Books A marriage guidebook for the not-so-perfect marriag...
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm 0000000021812965 Shirley Anita Chisholm January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 was the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1969 and was re-elected six times until she...
Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534463523 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three starred reviews! “History shines” (School...
Shirley Neal
Shirley Neal NONE Shirley Neal is a renowned journalist, author, and documentarian specializing in Pop Culture, Africa, and Black Identity. Noted for her Forbes Africa cover story on Oprah Winfrey, s...
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal MULTIPLE Kiyah Wright, a two-time Emmy Award-winning hairstylist and entrepreneur, has over 20 years of experience in hair care. Shirley Neal is a renowned journalist an...
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm Katheryn Russell-Brown 9781620143469 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A picture biography of educator and politician Shirley Chisho...
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics Juanita Tolliver 9781538770221 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outs...
Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change
Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change Tameka Fryer Brown 9781728420080 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Shirley Chisholm was a natural-born fighter. She didn’t like to be bossed and ...
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois 0000000080402579 Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896-1977) was an African Methodist Episcopal minister's daughter from Indianapolis. In 1951, she married W.E.B. Du Bois in their secon...
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 ...
Unbought and Unbossed
Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm 9780063160873 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and m...
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party
Liberated Territory: Untold Local Perspectives on the Black Panther Party Yohuru Williams 9780822343264 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books With their collection In Sear...
Who Was Shirley Chisholm?
Who Was Shirley Chisholm? Crystal Hubbard 9780593750261 Nonfiction Penguin Workshop Penguin Random House Read all about the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in this empowering addition to t...
Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition
Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition Shirley Chisholm 9780980059021 Nonfiction Take Root Media Take Root Media Unbought and Unbossed is Shirley Chisholm’s account of her remarkable...
Shirley Perry-Church
Shirley Perry-Church NONE Shirley Perry-Church, an educator, author, and artist, has written her debut book, The Hunt for the Magic Pearl, to inspire struggling young readers. With degrees in Psychol...
Tanya Shirley
Tanya Shirley NONE Jamaican author and lecturer Tanya Shirley is a graduate from the University of Maryland with an MFA in Creative Writing. Her work is featured in various publications and anthologi...
Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford
Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford MULTIPLE Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford are active North Carolina residents involved in anti-prison initiatives, publishing projects, and advocating for street or...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale 0000000108724909 Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is a key figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He helped establish the party's ideology and Ten-Point ...
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax!
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax! Troy Johnson Article As a book seller, my primary goal is to connect readers with books that they will enjoy and learn from. Having a reader thank me for introduci...
The Last Love Letter
The Last Love Letter Robert Fleming Book Review Amanda Easton, the author of The Last Love Letter, has a history of letter writing going back to her college days when she sometimes said the...
Grandpa! Tell Us a Story Drinking from Ancient Wells the Story of the Game Black People Play/Trilogy Book One: The Game’s Soul
Grandpa! Tell Us a Story Drinking from Ancient Wells the Story of the Game Black People Play/Trilogy Book One: The Game’s Soul Orchester Benjamin Excerpt If you dig deep en...
Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Fighting Shirley Chisholm James Haskins 9781944455309 Nonfiction LibraryPress@UF UF Press and George A. Smathers Libraries Shirley Chisholm’s dynamism, intellect, and devotion led her to become the fi...
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm J. P. Miller 9781731638038 Nonfiction Discovery Library Discovery Library LEADERS LIKE US: In this illustrated biography, elementary-aged readers will learn about the early life and ...
Shirley Chisholm: Teacher and Congresswoman
Shirley Chisholm: Teacher and Congresswoman Catherine Scheader 9780894902857 Nonfiction Enslow Publishing Enslow Publishing LLC A biography of, Shirley Chisholm the first black woman to run for presi...
Excerpt: Afrocentric Style
Excerpt: Afrocentric Style Shirley Neal Excerpt From the “Hair” Chapter From the “Fashion” Chapter
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party
Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party Gerald Horne 9780717808625 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an Afri...
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017 Troy Johnson Article 11th Annual Black Pack Party We are hosting the 11th Annual Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 31st. It w...
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9780520293281 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press In...
Huey P. Newton
Huey P. Newton 000000010924806X Huey P. Newton, born February 17, 1942, was a key figure in the US civil rights and Black Power movements. A co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he championed self-...
A Letter to My Father
A Letter to My Father John W. Griffin 9781401026936 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions A Letter to My Father is an eye-popping personal reflection of a son who desperately needs to deeply purge himse...
The Red Letter Plays
The Red Letter Plays Suzan-Lori Parks 9781559361958 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group "In the Blood" is an extraordinary new play…It is truly harrowing…we can...
The Willie Lynch Letter And The Making of A Slave
The Willie Lynch Letter And The Making of A Slave Kofi Ghanaba and Oyafunmike Ogunlano 9781930097223 Fiction Lushena Books Lushena Books AALBC.com Note: Despite the popularity of this title on our web...
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books Troy Johnson Article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Troy Johnson: troy@aalbc.com Gwen Richardson: grichardson@cu...
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Shirley Chisholm 9780063160828 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President ...
A Long Way from the Strawberry Patch: The Life of Leah Chase
A Long Way from the Strawberry Patch: The Life of Leah Chase Carol Allen with Leah Chase 9781455625031 Fiction Pelican Publishing Company Pelican Publishing Born in 1923 in Madisonville, Louisiana, Le...
Strawberry Spring
Strawberry Spring Ruth P. Watson 9781593096809 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From beloved author Ruth P. Watson comes the latest historical novel following Carrie Parker and her family ...
Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: 25th Edition
Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: 25th Edition Norma Jean and Carole Darden 9781540748973 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Spanning over a century of African-American life and culture, th...
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines Karine Jean-Pierre 9781538777084 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s...
Papa’s Free Day Party
Papa’s Free Day Party Marilyn Nelson 9780940975729 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa’s birthday, but Papa doesn’t know exactly when that special day is....
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History David F. Walker 9781984857705 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Pant...
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)
The Loneliness Of The Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics And The Pursuit Of Power (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America) Leah Wright Rigueur 9780691159010 Nonfiction Princeton Universit...
Letter Machine Editions
Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions
Letter Machine Editions
Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. 9780063425811 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s essay Letter from Birmingham Jail, pa...
Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes
Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes Erika Council 9780593236093 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A love letter to the Southern bis...
The Willie Lynch Letter and The Destruction of Black Unity
The Willie Lynch Letter and The Destruction of Black Unity Willie Lynch 9781592323005 Fiction Black Wallstreet Black Wallstreet AALBC.com Note: Despite the popularity of this title on our website, the...
A Letter To My Father
A Letter To My Father Linda Watkins Book Review I had high expectations of debut autobiography, A Letter to My Father, by John W. Griffin, mainly because of my love for autobiographies and also due ...
Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture
Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture Shirley Neal 9780063080836 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Cult...
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb Veronica Chambers 9780803730892 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House Veronica Chambers is the award-winning author of many books for children and adults, including Mama’s...
The Hunt for the Magic Pearl
The Hunt for the Magic Pearl Shirley Perry-Church 9781480814813 Fiction Archway Editions powerHouse Books The Hunt for the Magic Pearl is the first in a series of planned books that will be filled wit...
The Courage To Hope: How I Stood Up To The Politics Of Fear
The Courage To Hope: How I Stood Up To The Politics Of Fear Shirley Sherrod 9781451650945 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In the summer of 2010, Shirley Sherrod was catapulted into a med...
Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois
Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois Gerald Horne 9780814736487 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twenti...
The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear
The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear Kam Williams Book Review “In the summer of 2010, Shirley Sherrod was catapulted into a media storm that blew apart her life…...
Juanita Tolliver
Juanita Tolliver NONE Juanita Tolliver is a veteran strategist and analyst of politics and culture, well-known for her work as an on-air political analyst, a contributing host on Sirius XM Progress,...
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland Robyn C. Spencer 9780822362869 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In The Revolution Ha...
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!
The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration! Troy Johnson Article The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the B...
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party
This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party David Hilliard and Lewis Cole 9781556523847 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books David Hi...
We the Party
We the Party Kam Williams wetheparty.jpg Film Review The African-American answer to American Pie! We the Party [2012] In Theaters: Apr 6, 2012 Limited Comedy Directed By: Mario V...
Black Pack Party
Black Pack Party The Frying Pan, Pier 66 at Hudson River Park, 207 12th Ave New York New York Rain or Shine! The venue is outdoors, on the water, but can be completely enclosed if necessary. The ...
A. Leon Higginbotham
A. Leon Higginbotham 0000000083213597 Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. (February 25, 1928 – December 14, 1998), was born in Ewing Township, NJ. He grew up during the Great Depress...
Todd Steven Burroughs
Todd Steven Burroughs 0000000140773292 Todd Steven Burroughs is a journalist, historian, and author with a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Maryland. He has co-authored and contributed t...
Passing into Light
Passing into Light Sharon Ewell Foster 9781590520666 Fiction Multnomah Penguin Random House The characters that readers loved in Riding Through Shadows are at it again! Mother and Ma Dear, Tony Taylor...
Welcome to the Party
Welcome to the Party Gabrielle Union 9780062978615 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, New York Times bestselling author...
Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide
Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide Joy-Ann Reid 9780062305268 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Barack Obama’s speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the ...
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party
Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party Anne Wynter 9781499814460 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Patrick wants for his birthday is a flawless FOOD party. So why does Karter arrive dr...
There Was a Party for Langston
There Was a Party for Langston Jason Reynolds 9781534439443 Nonfiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snap...
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party
Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. 9781646140930 Nonfiction Levine Querido Levine Querido Read a PDF of the first Chapter 1, Cruisi...
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People Kekla Magoon 9781536214185 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essen...
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior
Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird 9780691228983 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press A groundbreaking...
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion
The Huey P. Newton Reader, 2nd Edtion Huey P. Newton 9781609809003 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder ...
We Want Freedom
We Want Freedom Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781942173045 Nonfiction Common Notions Common Notions Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his “live from death row”...
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America
The 2016 Black Pack Party & BookExpo America Troy Johnson Article 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party We are hosting the 10th Anniversary Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 11th. It is ...
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition
The Philosophy and Platform of the New Afrikan Independence Party: The Political Education and Community Organizing Series: Module #1: Booklet Edition Khalid Raheem 9781070795720 Nonfiction Independen...
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom Cynthia Mckinney 9780985335311 Fiction Clarity Press Clarity Press Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressio...
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The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered] Charles E. Jones 9780933121973 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Oakland, California, 1966-one of the nation’s most controversial political orga...
Courtney’s Birthday Party
Courtney’s Birthday Party Loretta Long 9780940975835 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Courtney is very excited. Her seventh birthday is only a few days away, and her mother has planned a spec...
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale 9780933121300 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Seize The Time: The Story of The Black Panther Part...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably active in the 1960s, she was a key figure in the Communist Party USA and the Civi...
George Padmore
George Padmore 0000000110573433 George A. Padmore, born Malcolm Nurse, was a renowned Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author from Trinidad. He was a key figure in the 5th Pan African Congress and an ...
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver 0000000041873474 Kathleen Neal Cleaver, born May 13, 1945, is a renowned political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party. She was married to Eldridge Cleaver, the Par...
Manning Johnson
Manning Johnson NONE Manning Rudolph Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959) was an African-American leader in the Communist Party USA who later became an anti-communist government witness ...
This Side of Glory
This Side of Glory Thumper Book Review This Side Of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party by David Hilliard and Lewis Cole On my continuing quest in read...
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox Marti Dumas 9798889641155 Fiction Rebel Girls Rebel Girls A school election. A mysterious mailbox. And a letter from … Cleopatra? Middle school is so weird. That’s t...
The Willie Lynch Letter And the Making of A Slave
The Willie Lynch Letter And the Making of A Slave Willie Lynch 9798668277940 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published AALBC.com Note: Despite the popularity of this title on our website...
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter David Chariandy 9781635572872 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing "This is a beautiful meditation on what it means to be among a ...
A Letter for My Mother
A Letter for My Mother Nina Foxx 9781593095321 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Thirty-three female writers share their essays and letters—hilarious, heart wrenching, and everything in bet...
Open Letter to Chris Brown
Open Letter to Chris Brown Kevin Powell Article Open Letter to Chris Brown by Kevin Powell March 23rd, 2011 Dear Chris: I really did not want to write this open letter, and would have prefe...