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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. It's not a question of bookselling…It's the raising of consciousness

    Troy,
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    Troy

  2. It’s about to go down. Help get this money to the Children

    daniellegfny,
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    • 912 views
    daniellegfny

  3. It’s Time To Call Out White Supremacists Attacks On Black Governor Candidate

    daniellegfny,
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    • 742 views
    daniellegfny

  4. Iyanla Vanzant is Disliked by Some -- Who Knew?

    Troy,
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    • 4.4k views
    CDBurns

  5. Iyanla's Vanzants book now #1 NY Times bestseller

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  6. J. Tremble's novel Secrets of a Housewife, is no a Movie on BET

    Troy,
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    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  7. Jacinda Townsend Wins 16th Annual Ernest Gaines Book Award for Mother Country

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    richardmurray

  8. Jackal. Erin Adams

    harry brown,
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    • 379 views
    harry brown

  9. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 937 views
    Troy

  10. Jacob's Rite of Passage Family Series Review Request

    Guest Jamie Leigh,
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    • 827 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Jacob’s Cabin – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
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    hen81

  12. Jacqueline Jones LaMon Elected President of Cave Canem Foundation

    Troy,
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    • 957 views
    Troy

  13. Jacqueline Woodson makes 2014 National Book Awards Long List

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 6.1k views
    Troy

  14. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  15. Jamaica Kincaid, Sterling D. Plumpp, Armond White Win American Book Awards

    Troy,
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    • 6k views
    Troy

  16. James Baldwin - The Cross of Redemption

    Thumper,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  17. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video + Transcript

    richardmurray,
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    • 2.1k views
    richardmurray

  18. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.2k views
    Maurice

  19. James Baldwin, The Price of the Ticket documentary

    Maurice,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Maurice

  20. Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Troy,
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    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  21. Jeff Johnson, Ni-Ni Simone, Go On Girl Book Awards, Black Comix on The Book Look

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  22. Jeffery Renard Allen's novel Cover NY Times Book Review

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  23. Jemele Hill article in The Atlantic about black athletes leaving white schools plagiarized?

    Kareem,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    Kareem

  24. Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal–Winning Illustrator, 1939–2021

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Mzuri

  25. JET Magazine Goes From Print to Digital Only

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.8k views
    Troy

  26. JOB POSTING: Harlequin Kimani, Assistant/Associate Editor

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  27. John A. Williams, A Remarkable Writer Passes

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  28. John Edgar Wideman Self Publishes

    Tina,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. John S. Mbiti Book Provides an African Centered Understanding of Religion

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    Troy

  30. John. Carlos. Story,.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 767 views
    harry brown

  31. Johnny Temple of Akashic Books interviews Troy D. Johnson

    Troy,
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    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  32. Johnny Temple, Naomi Campbell & Today's Publishing

    Kola Boof,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Troy

  33. Join #TheBookAwardCelebration! on June 28, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  34. Join AALBC.com at the Kingston Book Festival March 4-11, 2018

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  35. Join Enoch Pratt Free Library in Celebration of International Women’s History Month

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  36. Join the #ReadingBlack Movement

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  37. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

    Michelle D. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 676 views
    Michelle D. Jackson

  38. Joy Comes in the Morning: Book Review

    Guest Monet,
    • 0 replies
    • 796 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION,
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    • 1k views
    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

  40. Julius Bernard Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018)

    Troy,
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    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  41. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2k views
    B.L. Brown

  42. Juneteenth Books.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 408 views
    Troy

  43. Juneteenth Poetry- The Freeman's Complaint

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 442 views
    richardmurray

  44. Juneteenth,Celebrating.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 642 views
    harry brown

  45. Just finished reading The Underground Rail Road Records...

    BiauncaWilliams,
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    • 2.8k views
    Anonymous

  46. Just in time for the holidays...Join "The Conversation"

    KALD,
    • 2 replies
    • 949 views
    KALD

  47. Just saying hello

    Guest Always_Lurking,
    • 2 replies
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    Troy

  48. Kalyani Magazine - A Literary Print Magazine by Women of Color

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Troy

  49. Kasi Lemmons to Write and Direct Film Adaptation of Maaza Mengiste’s the Shadow King

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  50. Kassa Tome Cover image

    richardmurray,
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    • 151 views
    richardmurray

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