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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  2. "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

  3. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  4. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 854 views
    Troy

  5. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 747 views
    Troy

  6. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  7. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 786 views
    Troy

  8. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 697 views
    harry brown

  9. Sambos Double Shuffle: A Nigger Dance

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Troy

  10. Children's Book Series book review

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

  11. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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

  12. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 955 views
    Troy

  13. What Are You Reading Now?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Dr T

  14. Book Review Request

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

  15. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

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

  16. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  17. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Troy

  18. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 915 views
    Troy

  19. Canadian Black History Summit

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

  20. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 686 views
    Troy

  21. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views
    Troy

  22. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Cynique

  23. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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

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

  25. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  26. Troy at the Kingston Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 890 views
    Troy

  29. "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

    Guest Jim Altenberg,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 867 views
    Troy

  31. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

  32. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 762 views
    Troy

  33. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Pioneer1

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

    Guest William Natale,
    • 0 replies
    • 667 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 909 views
    Troy

  36. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  37. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 889 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  39. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Troy

  40. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 724 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Reginald Grant,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Guest

    Guest B,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  43. 4th Annual African American Children's Book Fair

    Guest Reginald F. Lewis Museum,
    • 1 reply
    • 914 views
    Troy

  44. THE GREEN PASTURES,

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 700 views
    harry brown

  45. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 772 views
    Troy

  46. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. White Man's Disease

    Dr T,
    • 18 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Dr T

  48. Writing Workshop Coming to Ohio March 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  49. Brown Girls Books Celebrates Two Years

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Chasitie

  50. RELATIONSHIPS,WHY MEN CHEAT/

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    harry brown

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