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Buddy Guy: When I Left Home — My Story

by Robert Fleming

Buddy Guy: When I Left Home — My Story Robert Fleming Book Review When I Left Home, the memoir of legendary blue guitarist Buddy Guy, with support from noted writer David Ritz, traces the musician ...

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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

by Kam Williams

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Kam Williams images/41Cwx44BPeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg Film Review Brilliant Debut by Director Damien Chazelle Deconstructs a Failed Romance   Guy and Madelin...

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The Clan of Southern Man

by Robert Fleming

The Clan of Southern Man Robert Fleming Book Review Any serious student of African-American history could point to the rich, informative contents of two iconic publications: Chancellor Williams&rsquo...

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Little White Lies By Cole Riley

by Michelle Paynter

Little White Lies By Cole Riley Michelle Paynter Book Review Little White Lies is more than a pathetically sad and heartbreaking story of Melvin, a young, aspiring Black high school athlete, who wr...

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Dark Midnight When I Rise

by Paige Turner

Dark Midnight When I Rise Paige Turner Book Review The history of blacks in America remains a vast uncharted territory. While the contributions of mainstream cultures have been duly recorded, the e...

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Twenty Feet from Stardom

by Kam Williams

Twenty Feet from Stardom Kam Williams 20-feet-from-stardom.jpg Film Review Backup Singers Belatedly Get Their Props in Pop Music Documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom In Theaters: Jun 14, 2013 Limited...

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Beulah Hill

by Thumper

Beulah Hill Thumper Book Review I am sounding the alert that I just read a novel that has a strong black male character in it. Let’s imagine that I’m waving a big neon sign with...

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Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar

by Robert Fleming

Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar Robert Fleming Book Review One of the most captivating personalities on the Motown roster during its glory days, singer Mary Wells was a f...

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His Name Is George Floyd

by Robert Fleming

His Name Is George Floyd Robert Fleming Book Review In the midst of the deadly Covic-19 pandemic, the world witnessed the brutal killing of George Floyd, a 44-year-old black man, by a white Minneapol...

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The Darkling

by Robert Fleming

The Darkling Robert Fleming Book Review This debut novel, by Keoni Anderson, has all of the earmarks of one of the pulps from the golden age of science fiction, with Henry, the fresh-scrubbed ...

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Buying Time

by Idrissa Uqdah

Buying Time Idrissa Uqdah Book Review For The Love of Money Murder mysteries are fast becoming one of my favorite genres and author Pamela Samuels Young comes highly recommended. Her books ha...

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Married But Still Looking

by Kim Rose

Married But Still Looking Kim Rose Book Review This pensive musing from a rap legend neatly summarize the challenge faced by Genesis Styles, an almost 30-year-old, ex-NBA 12th man aspirant and semi-d...

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Echoes of a Distant Summer

by Thumper

Echoes of a Distant Summer Thumper Book Review In Standing At The Scratch Line, Guy Johnson created one of the most memorable protagonists in literature with King Tremain. Johnson’s second no...

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Cowards and Angels

by Robert Fleming

Cowards and Angels Robert Fleming Book Review In this slender novel, Cowards and Angels, Aileen Muhammad tries to do an almost impossible task in African American literature, to recreate a modern...

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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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IDOLeyes

by Idrissa Uqdah

IDOLeyes Idrissa Uqdah Book Review A Singer’s Life Changing  American Idol Experience Mandisa Hundley may well go down in history as the most talked about American Idol participant who di...

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The Complete Muhammad Ali

by Tony Lindsay

The Complete Muhammad Ali Tony Lindsay Book Review Ishmael Reed’s The Complete Muhammad Ali is much more than a standard biography. The work provides specific details on numerous facets that su...

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The Memory Librarian

by Robert Fleming

The Memory Librarian Robert Fleming Book Review When I think of singer-actor-fashion icon Janelle Monae, the word eclectic comes to mind. She is everywhere in the media, on every platform. Along with...

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13

by Kam Williams

13 Kam Williams images/13_movieposter.jpg Film Review Remake of French Thriller Revolves around Grisly Game of Russian Roulette 13 Click to Buy via Amazon.com Rated: R Ru...

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Fire in Babylon

by Kam Williams

Fire in Babylon Kam Williams images/westindianteam.jpg Film Review Cricket Documentary Recounts Rise and Dominance of West Indian Team   Fire in Babylon Click to order DVD via Amazon ...

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The Last Love Letter

by Robert Fleming

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...

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The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth)

by Kam Williams

The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth) Kam Williams Book Review ’I’m here to show you a few things that will enable you to have any woman you desire. Race cree...

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Passing Strange

by Thumper

Passing Strange Thumper Book Review "We were the only minority family in all of Cypress, California. When my parents moved in, before I was born, they used to have these oranges come through t...

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Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15

by Kam Williams

Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15 Kam Williams Book Review "Since the dawn of the hip-hop era in the 1970s, black people have become increasingly freer and freer as individuals, with a wid...

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Barack Like Me

by Kam Williams

Barack Like Me Kam Williams Book Review "Ray Charles said the secret to life is timing. He was right on, especially when it comes to writing a book. When I handed in this book ...

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Some of My Best Friends: A White Woman’s Journey into Racial Profiling

by Kam Williams

Some of My Best Friends: A White Woman’s Journey into Racial Profiling Kam Williams Book Review “This project grew out of my realization that I was negatively profiling young African-American...

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Fourplay: The Dance of Sensuality

by Thumper

Fourplay: The Dance of Sensuality Thumper Book Review Fourplay…the Dance of Sensuality, the latest novel by Brenda L. Thomas, is the continuing story of Sasha Boranni from Thomas’s firs...

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Nate

by Thumper

Nate Thumper Book Review I should have known better, especially with me being so fond of old sayings. ’Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.’ I love well written books about ...

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Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?

by Kam Williams

Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man? Kam Williams Book Review "We were the only minority family in all of Cypress, California. When my parents moved in, before I was born, they used to have th...

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The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays

by Shaundale Rénā

The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays Shaundale Rénā Book Review The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays was not at all what I expected. Although an avid reader, I challenged myself to enjoy ...

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The Other Woman

by Thumper

The Other Woman Thumper Book Review If you have been following my reviews and/or discussion board over the years, you probably know I’m a huge fan of Eric Jerome Dickey. I’ve read and lo...

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The Ditchdigger’s Daughters

by Paige Turner

The Ditchdigger’s Daughters Paige Turner Book Review The Ditchdigger’s Daughters is the story of Donald Thornton, a laborer, and his wife Tass, a domestic, who managed to shepherd their six ...

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Norbit

by Kam Williams

Norbit Kam Williams norbit9.jpg Film Review Na’ve Nerdy Nice Guy Search for True Love in Eddie Murphy Vehicle   Norbit Rated PG-13 for nudity, sexuality, profanity, and crude humor. Run...

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Sucka 4 Luv

by Kam Williams

Sucka 4 Luv Kam Williams sucka-4-luv.jpg Film Review Sucka 4 Luv (2014) Click to Buy or Rent This Film Unrated Running time: 84 minutes Distributor: Pierre Films Romance Film Review...

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Black Coffee

by Kam Williams

Black Coffee Kam Williams black-coffee-2014-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Fired and Dumped Dude Finds Soul Mate on Rebound in Faith-Based Romantic Romp Black Coffee In Theaters: Jan 10, 2014 Limited...

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Cover

by Kam Williams

Cover Kam Williams vivica41.jpg Film Review DVD Mystery Explores Life on the Down-Low   Cover Click to order via Amazon Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD...

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Delta Farce

by Kam Williams

Delta Farce Kam Williams delta_3.jpg Film Review Nothing Works in Ill-Conceived Army Comedy Delta Farce MPAA:Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor. Runtime: 90 min Release Date:11 May 2007 (USA) ...

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Dirty Laundry

by Kam Williams

Dirty Laundry Kam Williams dirty_13.jpg Film Review Brother on the Down-Low Outed by His Kid in DVD Comedy   Dirty Laundry (2006) Click to order DVD via Amazon Actors: Loretta Devin...

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Four

by Kam Williams

Four Kam Williams four.jpg Film Review Lust Leads to Ill-Advised Liaisons in Day-in-the-Life Drama Four September 13, 2013 (Limited) Rated R for sexuality, profanity and brief drug use Running tim...

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I’m Through with White Girls

by Kam Williams

I’m Through with White Girls Kam Williams i’m_th14.jpg Film Review Brother Cured of Jungle Fever Decides to Settle Down with a Sister I’m Through with White Girls (...

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Raisins in Milk

by Brenda M. Greene

Raisins in Milk Brenda M. Greene Book Review Raisins in Milk by David Covin is a coming of age story focused on a young girl, Ruth-Ann Weathering, who is subjected to the staunch racism and stark rea...

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I am Barack Obama

by Kam Williams

I am Barack Obama Kam Williams Book Review "This book tells a story of how a child can change the world. It creates a space where children can experience the extraordinary life of P...

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The Icarus Girl

by Paige Turner

The Icarus Girl Paige Turner Book Review Jessamy Harrison is an eight year-old, Afro-British girl, who writes haiku, reads Shakespeare, and just skipped a grade in school.  Jess’ parents...

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The Manual: A Guide to Achievement & Enlightenment in the Urban Community

by Robert Fleming

The Manual: A Guide to Achievement & Enlightenment in the Urban Community Robert Fleming Book Review In a way, this book, The Manual: A Guide to Achievement & Enlightenment In The Urban Communit...

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Well Considered By Richard Morris

by Robert Fleming

Well Considered By Richard Morris Robert Fleming Book Review Some critics have often said white authors cannot capture the soul and passion of African American characters, but that is not the case ...

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The Felix Women Series

by Idrissa Uqdah

The Felix Women Series Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Acceptance Not Required: Felix Women IV Click to order via Amazon Print Length: 58 pages (October 10, 2014) This author, Angelia Vernon M...

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Praise Song for the Butterflies

by Tony Lindsay

Praise Song for the Butterflies Tony Lindsay Book Review An effective novelist can change reality with their fiction. Many writers see and experience things that are unjust, and they react. They writ...

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Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Tony Lindsay

Sing, Unburied, Sing Tony Lindsay Book Review What Jesmyn Ward offers the reader in Sing, Unburied, Sing is an example of family. Ward creates a family that sees ghosts, a family that talks to animal...

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A Fortune for Your Disaster

by Brianna-Christine Alicea

A Fortune for Your Disaster Brianna-Christine Alicea Book Review A Fortune for Your Disaster is a powerful, resonant poetry collection about forgiveness and grappling with physical and emotional viol...

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Speaking of Summer

by Brenda M. Greene

Speaking of Summer Brenda M. Greene Book Review Mental illness in fiction provides a lens and a relatively safe space by which readers can examine its complexity and impact on the lives of the indivi...

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The Juju Girl

by Robert Fleming

The Juju Girl Robert Fleming Book Review Awarded by the 2022 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Self Published ebook in fiction by an African American author, Nikki Marsh’s The Ju...

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Post-Traumatic

by Robert Fleming

Post-Traumatic Robert Fleming Book Review Chantal Johnson’s debut novel, Post-Traumatic, confronts the emotional toll of sexual assault, a real-life survivor narrative, with the prickly residue...

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Stepping into Womanhood: A Black Woman’s Poetic Journey

by Sister Shiree Sarana

Stepping into Womanhood: A Black Woman’s Poetic Journey Sister Shiree Sarana Book Review After reading sistah Traci Brooks’ book, Stepping into Womanhood: A Black Woman’s Poetic Journey,...

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The Sun Knows Her Name

by Shanida Carter

The Sun Knows Her Name Shanida Carter Book Review “May we all remember what we were born from, and what still moves through us.” Spoiler alert: Courtney Thornton’s debut novel, The Sun Knows Her N...

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Sister Citizen: Shame

by Kam Williams

Sister Citizen: Shame Kam Williams Book Review "This book is concerned with understanding the emotional realities of black women’s lives in order to answer a political, not a personal, ques...

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Far From The Tree

by Paige Turner

Far From The Tree Paige Turner Book Review A prominent novelist once declared, "You can’t go home again", but co authors Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant have reevaluated this truism...

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Leaving Atlanta

by Thumper

Leaving Atlanta Thumper Book Review Tayari Jones enters the literary scene with Leaving Atlanta, a novel that takes place in 1979 Atlanta, Georgia during what came to be known as the Atlanta Child ...

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Touched

by Walter Benefield

Touched Walter Benefield Book Review Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "We are not makers of history. We are made by history, Dr. Matthew (Matty) Allen Green knows this all to well. On his first nig...

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The Bedroom: An Everlasting Love Story

by Robert Fleming

The Bedroom: An Everlasting Love Story Robert Fleming Book Review This slight paperback, inspired by the film, The Bedroom, packs several truths of marriage and commitment into its revealing pages....

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When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop Feminist

by Lynne d. Johnson

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop Feminist Lynne d. Johnson Book Review Hip-hop has intrinsically woven itself into the fabric of Americana. The culture, music, icons, and p...

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