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

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

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    Troy

  3. MORNING GLORY INSPIRATIONS

    Guest WILLEST WASHINGTON,
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  4. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

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  5. What Are You Reading Now?

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    Dr T

  6. 62nd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Carolyn M. Rodgers passed April 2, 2010.

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    Troy

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

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  8. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN!

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    HICKSON

  9. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

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  10. New book

    Guest Cynthia Amis Dickerson,
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  11. Romance author Brenda Jackson has written more than 100 Novels

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    Troy

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

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    Troy

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

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    Guest

  14. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

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  15. VOICE FROM THE PAST

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    Troy

  16. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

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    Troy

  17. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

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    Troy

  18. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

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    Troy

  19. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

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  20. Children's Book Series book review

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  21. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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  22. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

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  23. Book Review Request

    Guest Shervine Thompson,
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  24. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

    Guest Pamela E. Cash,
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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. New Policy for Book Reviews

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    Cynique

  30. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

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  31. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

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  32. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

    Guest By Nathan Hale Williams,
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  33. The Journey to Get the Love You Desire Begins with YOU!

    Guest Willie Muhammad,
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  34. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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    harry brown

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

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  39. Guest

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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. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
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    Troy

  43. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

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

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  45. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

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  46. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

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  47. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

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

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  49. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

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  50. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

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