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Black Literature

Readers tell us about your favorite and not-so-favorite books. Authors and Publishers share information about your books. This forum is open to everyone interested in discussing anything related to books by, or about, Black people.

  1. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 850 views
    Troy

  2. Black America's Guide to: Financial Peace of Mind Yo!

    Guest Jay Jay Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 988 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Is this what Dr. Frances Cress Welsing would want?

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  4. National Black Writers Conference: November 11 – 14, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  5. Mamba Mentality ,How. I Play! Kobe Bryant!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  6. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  7. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  8. FRONTLINE: Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 933 views
    Troy

  9. Have you read THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  10. STUBBS: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  11. HICKSON: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  12. A. Hitta Valentine.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 998 views
    harry brown

  13. EXCERPT FROM MR. GHETTOHEAT, A MEMOIR BY HICKSON!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  14. Decisions by Caillen Fort

    Guest Caillen Fort,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. THE ADVENTURES OF HICKSON: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 132 replies
    • 29.8k views
    HICKSON

  16. Cape Town Curios available for pre-order!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  17. Book Review Request

    Guest Shinita Kimbrough Miles,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. New Picture Book Oh Brother, Little Brother

    Guest Candid Brandon,
    • 0 replies
    • 964 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. The Introduction of Body and Soul

    David doc Robertson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    David doc Robertson

  20. Black Man. Preferred.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  21. Commitment, Service, Betrayal

    Brenda Frazier,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Brenda Frazier

  22. A New Poetry Collection Worth Checking Out

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 959 views
    Troy

  23. Read My Blog

    Ken,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  24. AALBC Mourns the Passing of NBA Legend Kobe Bryant

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 975 views
    Troy

  25. Looking for New Releases by Indie Authors

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Word Lovers

  26. Review Request: Horse of a Different Color: The Tallest Kid in the Class

    Guest Toshia Stelivan,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Oprah Book Club Picks Since 1996

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. New Book--BLACK CYANIDE/white pill

    Anonymous,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Blacks,Blues,Black

    Maurice,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Maurice

  30. Review Request; a family tree, Taking Root

    David doc Robertson,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    David doc Robertson

  31. Review Request: A Black Women's History of the United States

    Guest Beacon Press Publicity,
    • 0 replies
    • 894 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler's Diary

    Lashonda B,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Lashonda B

  33. Taste For Change: The Girl, The Snake And The One Who Returned

    Guest Kenechukwu Obi,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Review Request

    Guest R.S. Basi,
    • 0 replies
    • 877 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Review request of Penitentiary Tales: a Love Story

    EA Luetkemeyer,
    • 0 replies
    • 932 views
    EA Luetkemeyer

  36. The NAACP Image Awards for Literature Have Been Announced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 981 views
    Troy

  37. Review Request: Sydney's First Piggy Bank series

    Guest Ithream Auntie I Blackmon,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Other Side. Of The Pillow .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  39. How Mary Walker Learned to Read at the age of 116!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 922 views
    Troy

  40. AALBC Bestselling Books December 2019

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 874 views
    Troy

  41. For review WICKED ENCHANTMENT: Selected Poems by Wanda Coleman

    Joshua Bodwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Joshua Bodwell

  42. Troy Johnson Interviewed by E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  43. Today Only: Free eBook of Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  44. The Relentless Promotion of Amazon Is Bad for Everyone

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Maurice

  45. Look for Books Dealing with Colorism

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  46. Merry Christmas folks and a very prosperous new year

    Maurice,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Maurice

  47. New Book Available "Brotherhood of Secrets & Lies"

    Guest LashondaB,
    • 0 replies
    • 758 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. An. Intellectual Portrait, Maulana Karenga !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 951 views
    Troy

  49. The Magic March

    Guest Christie Sever,
    • 0 replies
    • 743 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Celebrating. Kwanzaa .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 839 views
    harry brown

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