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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. Black Pack Party 10th Anniversary Celebration (May 2016)

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 947 views
    Troy

  2. BLACK MESSIAH

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 729 views
    harry brown

  3. Book Review Requested

    Guest Louie T. McClain II,
    • 0 replies
    • 947 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Cassava Republic Press: A Bright Star in the World of Black Books

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  5. Under One Roof: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor’s Battle to Integrate Spring Training

    Guest Adam Henig,
    • 0 replies
    • 631 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Promoting Diversity In Children's Literature

    Shirley Gale,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Shirley Gale

  7. Thinking Outside the Box to Promote Literacy

    Shirley Gale,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Shirley Gale

  8. HOW TO SOLVE 99 PERCENT OF LIFES PROBLEMS BY DONALD R MCKENNEY

    Guest DONALD R MCKENNEY,
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    • 868 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS,,ALICE WALKER

    harry brown,
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    • 951 views
    harry brown

  10. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST - Her Kind of Man

    Guest Elle Wright,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  11. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trampling of the Weeds

    Guest Lajuanda Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Why Critical Review is Important

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.4k views
    Mel Hopkins

  13. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Sheryl,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Sheryl

  14. 69th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Paule Marshall was born April 9, 1929.  

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 790 views
    Troy

  15. Videos From the 2016 Nat'l Black Writers Conf

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
    Troy

  16. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  17. MORNING GLORY INSPIRATIONS

    Guest WILLEST WASHINGTON,
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    • 714 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. 62nd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Carolyn M. Rodgers passed April 2, 2010.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    Troy

  20. Zane is a 213 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Author!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  21. Share Our Books Festival Calendar Your Website/Blog

    Troy,
    • 20 replies
    • 9.4k views
    Troy

  22. New book

    Guest Cynthia Amis Dickerson,
    • 0 replies
    • 885 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Romance author Brenda Jackson has written more than 100 Novels

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  24. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  25. "The House that God Built" ($23.95) and "Handfuls of Purpose" ($19.95) - $24

    Guest Handfuls of Purpose,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  26. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  27. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 920 views
    Troy

  28. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    Troy

  29. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  30. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    Troy

  31. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views
    harry brown

  32. Sambos Double Shuffle: A Nigger Dance

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 4k views
    Troy

  33. Children's Book Series book review

    Guest Ines Bustos,
    • 0 replies
    • 832 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

    Guest Cynthia D. Toliver,
    • 0 replies
    • 639 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Troy

  36. What Are You Reading Now?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Dr T

  37. Book Review Request

    Guest Shervine Thompson,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

    Guest Pamela E. Cash,
    • 0 replies
    • 654 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Troy

  40. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 881 views
    Troy

  41. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    Troy

  42. Canadian Black History Summit

    Guest Rosemary Sadlier,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 708 views
    Troy

  44. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 973 views
    Troy

  45. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views
    Cynique

  46. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

    Guest By Nathan Hale Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  47. The Journey to Get the Love You Desire Begins with YOU!

    Guest Willie Muhammad,
    • 0 replies
    • 623 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  49. Troy at the Kingston Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  50. An Afternoon of Black Books with two Black Book Pioneers - Harlem Event

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 899 views
    Troy

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