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

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  2. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

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  3. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

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  4. Children's Book Series book review

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  5. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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  6. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

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  7. Book Review Request

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  8. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

    Guest Pamela E. Cash,
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  9. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

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  10. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

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  11. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

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  12. Canadian Black History Summit

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  13. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
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    Cynique

  14. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

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    Troy

  15. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

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  16. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

    Guest By Nathan Hale Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
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  17. The Journey to Get the Love You Desire Begins with YOU!

    Guest Willie Muhammad,
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  18. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

    harry brown,
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    harry brown

  19. "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,
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  20. An Afternoon of Black Books with two Black Book Pioneers - Harlem Event

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

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  22. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

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  23. Guest

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  24. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

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  25. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

    Troy,
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  26. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 881 views
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  27. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

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

    Guest William Natale,
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  29. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

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

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  31. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

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

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  33. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

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    Troy

  34. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

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

    Guest Reginald Grant,
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  36. 4th Annual African American Children's Book Fair

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

  37. THE GREEN PASTURES,

    harry brown,
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    harry brown

  38. Book celebrating 1st Black President

    Chasitie,
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    Cynique

  39. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

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  40. Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters

    Guest Jill Snyder,
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    Chasitie

  41. Brown Girls Books Celebrates Two Years

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
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    Chasitie

  42. Writing Workshop Coming to Ohio March 2016

    Troy,
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    Troy

  43. RELATIONSHIPS,WHY MEN CHEAT/

    harry brown,
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    harry brown

  44. 15th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Issues Book Review

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    Troy

  45. Looking for feedback on Events Listing

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    • 750 views
    CDBurns

  46. Ethereal Voices

    Guest Shona Jabang,
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  47. Ethereal Voices

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  48. Stripper's Twitter Tale turned Feature Flick

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 7 replies
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    CDBurns

  49. Writers of colour pander to the white woman

    Troy,
    • 28 replies
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    Cynique

  50. 7th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth The QBR 100 Essential Black Books

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