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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. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  2. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Sheryl,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Sheryl

  3. Sambos Double Shuffle: A Nigger Dance

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Troy

  4. 69th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Paule Marshall was born April 9, 1929.  

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 751 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Troy

  6. MORNING GLORY INSPIRATIONS

    Guest WILLEST WASHINGTON,
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    • 685 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. What Are You Reading Now?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Dr T

  9. 62nd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Carolyn M. Rodgers passed April 2, 2010.

    Troy,
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    • 752 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  11. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN!

    HICKSON,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.6k views
    HICKSON

  12. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  13. New book

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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

    Guest Handfuls of Purpose,
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    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  18. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 858 views
    Troy

  19. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 749 views
    Troy

  20. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  21. 54th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Writer, Feminist,Toni Cade Bambara March 25, 1939

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 787 views
    Troy

  22. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 698 views
    harry brown

  23. Children's Book Series book review

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

  24. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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

  25. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 959 views
    Troy

  26. Book Review Request

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

  27. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

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

  28. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  29. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 847 views
    Troy

  30. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 918 views
    Troy

  31. Canadian Black History Summit

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

  32. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Cynique

  33. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 687 views
    Troy

  34. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 937 views
    Troy

  35. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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

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

  37. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 836 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Troy

  41. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    Troy

  42. Guest

    Guest B,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  43. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    Troy

  44. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    Troy

  45. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 912 views
    Troy

  46. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Pioneer1

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

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

  48. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Guest
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  49. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  50. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

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    • 0 replies
    • 892 views
    Troy

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