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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 MESSIAH

    harry brown,
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    • 707 views
    harry brown

  2. Book Review Requested

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

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  4. Promoting Diversity In Children's Literature

    Shirley Gale,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views
    Shirley Gale

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

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

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

    Guest DONALD R MCKENNEY,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS,,ALICE WALKER

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 917 views
    harry brown

  8. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST - Her Kind of Man

    Guest Elle Wright,
    • 1 reply
    • 992 views
    Troy

  9. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  10. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Sheryl,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Sheryl

  11. Sambos Double Shuffle: A Nigger Dance

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 4k views
    Troy

  12. 69th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Paule Marshall was born April 9, 1929.  

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 768 views
    Troy

  14. MORNING GLORY INSPIRATIONS

    Guest WILLEST WASHINGTON,
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    • 698 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. What Are You Reading Now?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Dr T

  17. 62nd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Carolyn M. Rodgers passed April 2, 2010.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  19. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN!

    HICKSON,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
    HICKSON

  20. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  21. New book

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  23. An Even Better Book Promotion Deal - the Large Book Cover

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  24. "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

  25. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  26. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 879 views
    Troy

  27. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 762 views
    Troy

  28. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  29. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 803 views
    Troy

  30. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 713 views
    harry brown

  31. Children's Book Series book review

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

  32. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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

  33. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    Troy

  34. Book Review Request

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

  35. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

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

  36. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  37. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Troy

  38. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 936 views
    Troy

  39. Canadian Black History Summit

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

  40. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Cynique

  41. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 696 views
    Troy

  42. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 951 views
    Troy

  43. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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

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

  45. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  46. "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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views
    Troy

  49. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 886 views
    Troy

  50. Guest

    Guest B,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
    CDBurns

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