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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. Videos From the 2016 Nat'l Black Writers Conf

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  2. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

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  3. MORNING GLORY INSPIRATIONS

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  4. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

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  5. 62nd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Carolyn M. Rodgers passed April 2, 2010.

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

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  7. Share Our Books Festival Calendar Your Website/Blog

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  8. New book

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

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  10. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

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

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  12. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

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  13. VOICE FROM THE PAST

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  14. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

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  15. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

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  16. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

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  17. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

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  18. Sambos Double Shuffle: A Nigger Dance

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  19. Children's Book Series book review

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  20. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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

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  22. What Are You Reading Now?

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  23. Book Review Request

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  24. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

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  25. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

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  26. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

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  27. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

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  28. Canadian Black History Summit

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  29. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

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  30. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

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  31. New Policy for Book Reviews

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  32. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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  34. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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  35. Troy at the Kingston Book Festival

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

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  37. Your Book on two of AALBC.com's most popular pages for 50 Days

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  38. "It's the Poor Who Face the Savagery of the US 'Justice" System: The Cuban Five talk of their lives within the US working class

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  39. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

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  40. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

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  41. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

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  42. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

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  43. Will the 50th anniversary of MLK go unnoticed by Hollywood?

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  44. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

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  45. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

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  46. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

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  47. Pick Troy Johnson as "Literary Activist of the Year." 

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  48. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

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  49. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

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  50. "Success Stories, Insights by African American Men" Released

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