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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 706 views
    Troy

  2. 44th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ben Okri, Award Winning Nigerian Poet and Novelist

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 969 views
    Troy

  3. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

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

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

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

  5. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  6. "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
    • 1.6k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    Troy

  9. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 905 views
    Troy

  10. Guest

    Guest B,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
    CDBurns

  11. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 877 views
    Troy

  12. 33rd Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Troy

  13. BLACKS BUILT WHITEHOUSE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 959 views
    Troy

  14. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Pioneer1

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

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

  16. Video Intro to AALBC.com's Website

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. 30th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Ernest J. Gaines

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  18. http://aalbc.com/newspapers/

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 912 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  20. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 853 views
    Troy

  21. 28th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Haki Madhubuti, Poet, Activist, Educator, Publisher

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 759 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Reginald Grant,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. 4th Annual African American Children's Book Fair

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

  24. THE GREEN PASTURES,

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 733 views
    harry brown

  25. Book celebrating 1st Black President

    Chasitie,
    • 37 replies
    • 7.3k views
    Cynique

  26. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 801 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Jill Snyder,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Chasitie

  28. Brown Girls Books Celebrates Two Years

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Chasitie

  29. Writing Workshop Coming to Ohio March 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  30. RELATIONSHIPS,WHY MEN CHEAT/

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    harry brown

  31. 15th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Issues Book Review

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  32. Looking for feedback on Events Listing

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 821 views
    CDBurns

  33. Ethereal Voices

    Guest Shona Jabang,
    • 0 replies
    • 626 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Ethereal Voices

    Guest Shona Jabang,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Stripper's Twitter Tale turned Feature Flick

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.9k views
    CDBurns

  36. Writers of colour pander to the white woman

    Troy,
    • 28 replies
    • 7.3k views
    Cynique

  37. 7th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth The QBR 100 Essential Black Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  38. Promote Your Book on AALBC.com for 50 Days!

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  39. Amazon to Open Hundreds of Physical Book Stores!

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  40. Black Comic Book Festival in Harlem, NY Jan 16, 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Rochelle Spencer

  41. Chris Jackson Is Building a Black Literary Movement

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  42. Another Racist Book for Children Published #whatelseisnew

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.1k views
    CDBurns

  43. Racist Book About a White Teacher and Black Students

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  44. CHAOS OR COMMUNITY/

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 886 views
    harry brown

  45. Mrs.

    Guest Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  46. CONVICT'S CANDY: A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

    HICKSON,
    • 19 replies
    • 8.3k views
    HICKSON

  47. The Impact of Prior Knowledge or Lack thereof on Writing

    Shirley Gale,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Shirley Gale

  48. Part Three: Diversity is Not Racism, The Difficult Road through Publication for Three Mermaid Sisters

    Shirley Gale,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    Shirley Gale

  49. Part One: Diversity is not Racism, I Just Wanted Them to Look like Me

    Shirley Gale,
    • 20 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Shirley Gale

  50. Submissions for the 2014 Ernest J. Gaines $10,000 Award for Literary Excellence Being Accepted

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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