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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. Agrippa Hill,Revolutionary War

    harry brown,
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    • 835 views
    harry brown

  2. African American History: The Untold Stories

    Guest Yvette Long,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. 7 Books Win NAACP Image Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    Troy

  4. Book Review Request

    Guest Judy Fambrough Billingsley,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. Practicing Kwanzaa Year Round.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    harry brown

  6. 34th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

  8. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

  9. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

  10. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest Kyra Ann,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Nelson Mandela - The New Yorker Cover

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

  12. THIRD WORLD PRESS 55th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 832 views
    Troy

  13. The Changa's Safari Series

    Guest Milton Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 832 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. Requesting review of newly published children's story

    Norris,
    • 0 replies
    • 832 views
    Norris

  15. Book Review Request: Love Is Not Black or White (Author Mary Rodwell)

    Guest Mary Rodwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 831 views
    Troy

  17. Forget Big Brother We Tell DAD Everything – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    hen81

  18. A Really Cool Children's Book Series: “Little People, Big Dreams”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    Troy

  19. Review request: New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo's debut book A MOONLESS, STARLESS SKY

    Guest Odette Fleming,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. MY AUTOBIO: DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Gibran

  21. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. When A Black Woman Is The C.E.Oh.

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Slaise

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

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

  24. The Voice of a Black Independent Author

    Neal Owens,
    • 1 reply
    • 829 views
    Troy

  25. Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Milton

  26. The Alchemists of Kush by Minister Faust

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 828 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Girlz 'N the Hood: A Memoir of Mama in South Central Los Angeles

    Mary Hill-Wagner,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    Mary Hill-Wagner

  28. Black Religious Studies

    Guest Katie Gee,
    • 1 reply
    • 828 views
    Troy

  29. Celebrating. Kwanzaa .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    harry brown

  30. Moses,When Harriet Tubman Led Her People.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    harry brown

  31. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 827 views
    Troy

  32. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Slaise

  33. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    harry brown

  34. 2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners for Outstanding Literary Work Announced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Troy

  35. Writing & Producing During The Lockdown

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 826 views
    Slaise

  36. Great New Books, Bestsellers and More! (newsletter 5/31/16)

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 825 views
    Cynique

  37. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. I started an audio book series

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    richardmurray

  39. AALBC Mourns the passing of “Literary Lion” Paule Marshall

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Troy

  40. Maybe Coates, Okorafor, and Gay Can Bring Blackness to the Black Panther Universe

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Troy

  41. What Does It Profit

    Guest G. A. Blakely,
    • 1 reply
    • 825 views
    G. A. Blakely

  42. As I Listened to KWL episode 323 - the self publishing show

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    richardmurray

  43. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    Troy

  44. Nikole Hannah-Jones Books Coming in November #1619Project

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    Troy

  45. Learn from the best during Writers Week 2016!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Troy

  46. The Little Girl With the Big Voice

    Guest Adam Reingold,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Seeking Review(s) for My Action Drama Novel

    Guest Kevin M. Kraft,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Contemporary Black Romance

    Guest Taylor Love,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. The Book Club Portion of AALBC.com is Growing

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    Troy

  50. Star Wars: The Glass Abyss , starring Mace Windu , written by Steven Barnes

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    richardmurray

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