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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

    Guest Handfuls of Purpose,
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    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Ian Randle Publishers from Kingston Jamaica

    Troy,
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    Troy

  4. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

  5. 378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events & More

    Troy,
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    • 729 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    • 769 views
    Troy

  8. CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE

    harry brown,
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    • 679 views
    harry brown

  9. Children's Book Series book review

    Guest Ines Bustos,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    Guest
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  10. Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

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

  11. 51st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Chinua Achebe Passed March 21, 2013

    Troy,
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    • 934 views
    Troy

  12. Book Review Request

    Guest Shervine Thompson,
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    • 727 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

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

  14. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
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    Troy

  15. 48th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Ben Passed March 19, 2015

    Troy,
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    • 832 views
    Troy

  16. 47th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Born on this day in 1935

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Troy

  17. Canadian Black History Summit

    Guest Rosemary Sadlier,
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    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. New Policy for Book Reviews

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Cynique

  19. 45th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Freedom's Journal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 672 views
    Troy

  20. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    Troy

  21. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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

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

  23. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  24. "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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 872 views
    Troy

  27. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
    Troy

  28. Guest

    Guest B,
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    CDBurns

  29. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    Troy,
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    • 822 views
    Troy

  30. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 739 views
    Troy

  31. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 884 views
    Troy

  32. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Pioneer1

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

    Guest William Natale,
    • 0 replies
    • 647 views
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    Guest

  34. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

    Troy,
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    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  36. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 874 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  38. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    Troy

  39. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 707 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Reginald Grant,
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    • 1.1k views
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    Guest

  41. 4th Annual African American Children's Book Fair

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

  42. THE GREEN PASTURES,

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 688 views
    harry brown

  43. Book celebrating 1st Black President

    Chasitie,
    • 37 replies
    • 6.6k views
    Cynique

  44. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 742 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Jill Snyder,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Chasitie

  46. Brown Girls Books Celebrates Two Years

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Chasitie

  47. Writing Workshop Coming to Ohio March 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  48. RELATIONSHIPS,WHY MEN CHEAT/

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    harry brown

  49. 15th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Issues Book Review

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    Troy

  50. Looking for feedback on Events Listing

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 754 views
    CDBurns

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