Black Literature

Book Review of Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery by Leah Schanke @Leah Schanke from Richard Murray https://aalbc.com/book-review/freedom-at-dawn-robert-smallss-voyage-out-of-slavery #bookreview #book #freedomatdawn #robertsmalls #leahschanke #rmaalbc #aalbc #richardmurray #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr

Buy a book, not a slave. This is a touchy subject, so work with me. Hip HiP Hurray! It’s Black History Month. But slow your roll Gym Shoes, what’s it all about? I get so tired of the multiple questions. You know, like , which of the following was the first black man on the moon: A) John H. Johnson John Hope Franklin C) Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable D) Jesus Okay, that’s a trick question but Mr. DuSable died a pauper, but yet, he is remembered as a symbol of African American ingenuity and self-reliance. Boy, that’s something to remember. Here’s another great question. Who was the first “woman” Heavyweight Champion? A) Maggie Lena Wal…

I'm not sure what changed to allow the recent deluge of spammers to affect the board. To make matter worse, last night as I was deleted spam posts and accounts I made the unfortunate mistake of approving about 40 accounts that were clearly bogus. Because of another technical issue I'm unable to delete those accounts right now, but I will shortly. Thanks for your patience and to those of you that notified me of the problem.

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70 .Years Ago, April.15, 1947. Jackie Robinson --.Integrated,Baseball.. .Amazing. He Was Not. Assassinated --...He,Was Involved Civil. Rights And Social .Issues -After,Playing Baseball. There Are Several .Books About Him...

Atlanta. ATL. The Rising Phoenix. The City too Busy to Hate. The Black Mecca. Capital of the Deep South. There, between flitting shadows and full moons, exists another world filled with dark creatures, demons, and immortals. Only a thin veil separates the Atlanta you know from this mysterious realm. Nine brave authors risk it all to reveal the crossroads of Southern charm and the Black Fantastic. Y'all ready? Milton Davis and MVMedia have done it again! Terminus is a one of a kind, powerful, and engaging look into the hidden wonders of Atlanta, GA. Known the world over as “HOTlanta,” the site of the 1996 Olympics, and the home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., T…

I am respectfully requesting a review for my novel THE TRUTH ABOUT GRETCHEN. I, Alretha Thomas, am the author. ISBN-13: 978-0578511627 Publication Date is June 18, 2019. Gretchen Holloway, in her final year of graduate school, is in the throes of auditioning actors for her thesis film, inspired by a murdered young football star who has haunted her dreams for two years. Gretchen believes making the movie will be cathartic. But instead of freeing her, embarking upon the film production unleashes a sequence of events that lead Gretchen to conclude that she’s the reincarnation of the young man. Regina Wilson has always wanted to be an actress. When her …

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It's time again for Writer Beware's annual look back at the schemes, scams, and assorted crazy shit we encountered in 2020 (and I'm not even talking about the pandemic). https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2021/01/writer-beware-2020-in-review-not-that.html?m=1

Netflix is going to be streaming a film version of Nella Larson's novella Passing(1930). The story is set in New York City circa late 20s/early 30s. It tells the fictional story of two very light skinned friends Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry. Irene stays within the black community and marries a black man. Clare passes for white and marries a racist white man. Much of the novel focuses on Clare attempting to conceal her identity from husband. For those who have not read the book or looked at the Netflix film, I don't want to be a spoiler and give away to much of plot. But like many trag…

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Since this video was taken Obama has traded in Dr. West for Reverend Sharpton. Obama has also failed to live up to much of what he promised on the campaign trail, to a crowd of adoring supporters in Harlem's Apollo theater. The audience was virtually 100% Black. My oldest daughter and I were part of the audience. I apologize for the quality of the video but the words are loud and clear, It is fascinating to listen to the statements now more than 5 years later. While West's strong support of Obama was strong, he fully recognized Obama was no Dr. King, or Malcolm X. More interesting is what Barack said, about what he was going to do to support the Black communi…

Marita Golden, Co-Founder & Interim Executive Director of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and Tope Folarin, Hurston/Wright Foundation Board Member and Winner, 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing introduce the foundation's 25th year of service, and a new $25,000 Indiegogo campaign. This crowdfunding effort will raise $25,000 toward's Hurston/Wright's operating expenses, and the creation a literary and cultural center for accomplished and aspiring Black writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hurston-wright-25-years-of-serving-black-writers

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32nd Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair Collectors, book lovers and curious people everywhere will have an opportunity to browse among, and purchase fine, rare and valuable books, maps, ephemera, postcards and related materials at the 32nd Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair. Exhibitors from across the country will be bringing their treasures for the community of collectors, admirers, and newcomers interested in starting, enhancing, or learning about the fascinating world of rare books and paper. Basic Facts: ● Our schedule is: Friday August 5, 2016 from 2:00 pm through 8:00 pm and Saturday, August 6, 2016 from 10:00 am through 5:00 pm. ● The Fair will be hel…

Hello! My name is Cerece Rennie Murphy and I am the author of six books, including the upcoming historical romance titled, To Find You. I am posting here to respectfully request a review for this upcoming title. To Find You is a riveting love story about two souls trying to find each other through time. I have included a brief summary of the book below. Review copies are available in paperback, as well as ebook format (Mobi and Epub). I thank you in advance for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Cerece Rennie Murphy Book Title: To Find You ISBN: 978-0-9856210-7-0 Publication Date: November 29, 2016 Syno…

ALL THE PRETTY ROSES: A TALE OF BITTERSWEET LOVE AND BETRAYAL, adapted from a screenplay by Sarah Jane Heidelberg THE BOOK All the Pretty Roses is set in a Southern University with a popular poetic atmosphere where everybody who so desires is allowed to pop their literary cherry and participate in the emergence of Slam Poetry Readings in Mississippi, attend musical jam sessions, and attend special events that bring the promise of new love. You wonder if any studying takes place with all the excitement. Mercedes, the embodiment of "Love" meets campus Romeo and poet, "Bitter" and their whirlwind affair leads to heartbreak as it dawns on him that he, a…

I am soooo in love with black people! Your presence, your beauty, your strength, your persistence, your forgiving heart, your pain, your my hero and I fall in love with you over and over again. As a self-published author, I started writing my fourth book. This book contains letters expressing my experiences. After writing my 12th letter, I began to ask myself: 'How can I share these letters on a broader scale - I came up with Wall Hangers and thought of you. I'd like to share an example of one Wall Hanger dedicated to our Black Beauties. Others can be viewed on my website: https://www.DeeMillerInspired.com Dear Black Beauty, My love for you runs to the end…

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100 New Audio Books You’ll ♥ When I started my boycott of Amazon over a year ago. I was fully prepared to completely give up my stream of income from selling books online. The boycott forced me to consider other options and that was one of the top 3 things I ever did with this website! I not only did selling books directly dramatically increase my revenue through online book sales, I also get my customer information which Amazon kept for themselves -- never sharing with affiliates. Sure, it is much more labor intensive physically, and administratively, selling books directly, but the revenue, from book sales, is an order of magnitude higher -- m…

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Hello AALBC, I would like to introduce my latest book, a non-fiction book, Protecting Yourself: How Data Theft can Impact You. I'm reaching out to request a review and to share more details with you: Title: Protecting Yourself: How Data Theft can Impact You Age: Adult Author: Danielle Spencer ISBN-13: 979-8990244146 Publication Date: October 15, 2024 Synopsis: Are you concerned about the amount of personal and private data available about people online, or wonder how much data a person can learn about you? Do you wonder if obtaining personal data violates your privacy? If so, you are ready to learn about Data Theft. In this…

Title: Steep: A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey Author: Craig Yorke Publisher: Flint Hills Publishing Pub Date: April 23, 2025 Page Count: 176 ISBN, Format, Price: 9781953583987, PB, $16.99 About the Book: Steep traces an odyssey from a gritty Boston neighborhood to a neurosurgical practice in Middle America. It’s more about the price of success than the weight of bigotry – a story of resilience and self-discovery that will resonate with anyone who has wrestled with their past as they chased the American Dream. The word “steep” has two meanings: the adjective that conjures a precipitous cli…

ESSENCE bestselling author D T Pollard is on stage at Majestic Theater during the African American Read-In in Dallas, TX talking about his book Obama Guilty of Being President While Black.

Her words drew me closer. I couldn't wait to rest in her arms. Her voice had the mezmerizing tone of sweet drops of rest; rain lighty dropping on peddles out side my window. I called her my Goddess. This is not a Harlequin romance novel. It's about meeting someone who had touched my heart. She was beautiful on the outside but her words were my aphrodisiac. She expressed herself with the fearlessness of a wise queen. Her voice, although soft, aroused my soul like the anticipation on the night before Christmas. Heaven must be like this, it surely must be like this. I surmised that she could have chosen any man as her constant companion, which forced me to ask, wh…

A Backpack Journalist's View of Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore If you have never been to Busboys (several locations in the DC Metro area), it is well worth checking out.

You can also learn more about the 2015 Award winning books ----------- The Hurston/Wright Foundation is accepting submissions for the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The foundation is re-instituting the category of debut fiction. The submission period is from the first Monday in October (October 5th) to the first Monday in December (December 7th). Submissions must be received by the Hurston/Wright office by Monday, December 7th for consideration for the 2016 awards. No submissions will be accepted after that date. The premier award to Black authors from the community of their peers, the Legacy…

I need your vote. Pick Troy Johnson as "Literary Activist of the Year." Please try to do it now, today is the last day to cast a vote--I know I've been lackadaisical in promoting this.

Hello... My name is Jessica Potts and my firm represents Isha Johnson, author of No Greater Love, No Greater Loss. (ISBN13: 978-0692694657) published April 22, 2016. I would like for her book to be considered for review. Her mission is to help one other person who may have gone through a tragedy. No Greater Love, No Greater Loss is Isha Johnson’s captivating journey of losing her child at the hands of a loved one. Johnson invites the reader to experience her struggles with depression, grief after the accident, and her battle with guilt and self worth. Throughout the book the reader is able to identify with Johnson, as she taps into her courage and resilience to rega…

Hey y'all! A few years ago I joined AALBC in order expose my writing to more black readers. After falling off a few years, I'm back. Black Speculative Fiction, or what many call Afrofuturism these days, has been growing steadily during that time, so much so that many of the recent winners of such prestigious scifi and fantasy awards such as the Hugo and Nebula have been black writers, specifically black female writers. And with the release of Black Panther in February, many black readers have been asking where they can find books with the same feel as the movie. It's my hope to expose you to such books and the authors who write them. I hope that eventually AALBC will…

SNAPSHOTS IS A BOOK OF 365 GET UP. GET OUT, AND GET SOMETHING AFFIRMATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR! GET IT FREE UNTIL MIDNIGHT . https://amzn.to/2GkRuZ7 SNAPSHOT FOR TODAY February 6 Your mind is a garden where you plant the seeds from which your fears grow. You sow them in the top soil of your ignorance, water them with your tears, cultivate them in your heart, and then wait on them to grow big enough to eat you. Ali- Think. Go back. Find your lie or your myth. Each of us has a specific lie or myth that is the instrument of our own personal defeat. This is the thread from which everything else is built. Find i…

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Monday, August 10, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (Est) Zoom In On A F.R.E.S.H. Conversation presents and evening with Mr. Troy Johnson, the founder and webmaster of AALBC.com (The African American Literature Book Club), and President of AALBC.com, LLC. He started AALBC.com in October of 1997, and today it is the oldest, largest, and most frequently visited website dedicated to books written by or about people of African descent. . Join us as we discuss literature, literacy, marketing and strategies for succeeding during this time of COVID 19. Follow the Zoom link credentials below. Need additional information? Please email afreshconversation@gmail.com Joi…

Author Wé McDonald Published: 2018 Wé McDonald (pronounced “way”) is a black New York City-born singer-songwriter who had a star-making turn on the hit NBC TV show The Voice. She drew national attention in 2016 as she rose to the top of the competition under the guidance of Alicia Keys. A thoughtful teenager who learned to respect and value differences at an early age, Wé revealed on The Voice that she experienced bullying and body-image issues while growing up. Since then, she has become a national advocate for young people facing similar challenges while pursuing a career in music. As a result of these experiences, Wé authored the children's book, The Little Girl W…

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New release--VICTORS: A Novel of Love, War and Jazz by Heather Buchanan. Based on the true story of the Harlem Hellfighters, an all-black military regiment in World War I who were also jazz musicians. Hero Sgt. David Pierce must choose between love and duty. He battles racism from his American fellow soldiers while also fighting the German enemy. Will he win on all fronts? Order on am*zon: https://www.am*zon.com/Victors-Novel-Love-Jazz-Saga/dp/1734827335/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NO8PRT4RYEST&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ry5f0mAjQrips6l4Ed2aZiZPm9ToxuFKJBfKS72dpD_GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.e_3qxvpkjEYJr96pIJtu3B7SOKh-aZFBcE6atZWEa0E&dib_tag=se&keywords=Victors%3A+A+Novel+o…

Hello AALBC, I would like to introduce the second book in my Digital Assassins book series, "DIGITAL ASSASSINS II: Taking the fight to the Judicial Branch of Government." I'm reaching out to request a review and to share more details with you: Title: DIGITAL ASSASSINS II: Taking the fight to the Judicial Branch of Government Age: Adult Author: Danielle Spencer ISBN-13: 979-8990244108 Publication Date: May 16, 2024 Synopsis: DIGITAL ASSASSINS II follows Danielle Spencer's attempts to use the judicial system to uphold the rule of law by shining a light on those individuals using federal government resources to digitall…

Shameless begging: I got money, I need an editor [Carey] “Your family stories are always so touching. You should write a book” - PPR_Scribe “Your life reads like an excerpt from a Novel that I would not only buy but stand in a long line that wraps a corner, just for the Author's signature. WOW - Now that's what I call a Testimony” - Free Spirit People will pat you on the back and I may be the biggest sucker in town, but I need an editor. I need an editor. I will pay $5 - $10 a page for editing. $300-$500 up-front. I accept the risk. I’d send the first $300-$500 along with a few pages. I believe the stories are okay, but I know they need a little cl…

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The United States is nearing a crossroads that may determine if we have a chance to reclaim the promise of the American dream or slide closer to a two-tier society of rich and poor. http://www.amazon.com/Beans-Caviar-America-Selling-ebook/dp/B008MYXTS6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1342793879&sr=1-1&keywords=beans+or+caviar

Highlights from the As The Pages Turn Book Club's Literary Luncheon Fundraiser held Saturday June 28, 2014, at the Chateau of Spain Restaurant, in Newark NJ. As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark Literary Luncheon Fundraiser Saturday June 28, 2014, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Donation $30 Chateau of Spain Restaurant 11 Franklin Street Newark, NJ 07102 Confirmed Authors include: 2014 NAACP Image Award Winning Author Pamela Samuels Young (Keynote), RM Johnson, Eva Tremains, Sadeqa Johnson, William Frederick Cooper, Pat G'Orge-Walker & Al Saadiq Banks Plus AALBC.com's Founder, Troy Johnson, will be there too! A day filled with great auth…

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Winning Books: http://aalbc.org/books/hw-award-winning-books.php?year=2015 This is on the new version of AALBC.com. Still playing around with layout, but one goal is to record all the the books that have been awards by entities that celebrate Black books. You can always discover a great read from the awards. Despite the accomplishments of these writers and their awards, they are still not as well know as they should be.

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In my research of top Black websites, I stumbled across a video on The Root, in which Idris mentions he is directing a film on a book that "everybody read," called Yardie. by Victor Headley Well I did not read it, and I figured some of you all have not read it either. If you are into Urban fiction it really sound like something you'd want to check out. The film is in post production and is scheduled to be released in 2018. I'm sure I'll publish a review.

Practicing The Principals Of Kwanzaa Year Round. It Says 17 ,Million People Celebrate Kwanzaa World Wide. Practicing Kwanzaa Principals Can Guide And Uplift Decisions And Actions,Daily. If 17 Million People Practice World Wide,None ,Or Not Many In This Country. Book By Gwynelle Dismukes ...

It's Black Speculative Fiction Month! This month we celebrate the Black Fantastic by supporting our creators and their events throughout the Diaspora! If you've never read a Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Afrotuturism, Africanfuturism, African Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasty, Horror book or graphic novel by a Black author, this is your month. I encourage all my friends to read, support an author by writing a review, attend a Black Speculative Fiction event, share a book, event, and/or an author with friends. This is our month, so let's celebrate!

🔥 NEW RELEASE 🔥 Studio Host O.W. Showe invites audience members to guess the special Biblical guest during modern reenactments and lively interview segments. “Guest Who?!” is a 5-episode Christian audio series that streams weekly (01-29 August 2020) exclusively on owshowe.com. Episode 02 - C.E.Oh. HINT – “… warned him, you may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” (Genesis 2: 16-17) Audio Miniseries: Guest Who?! (5 episodes) Release Date: 01 August 2020Streaming: owshowe.com (01-29 Aug 2020)Director & Exec Producer: …

Deesha has made a limited number of signed copies of her National Book Award Finalist book of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. She has shared this on social media, but I could not, in good conscious, not share this information here. These copies will not last long for this first edition, with the AALBC Bestseller seal applied, (the book is already a bestseller for October).