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(Manhattan Beach, CA – January 18, 2023) – At this year’s Independent Book Publishers Association’s annual conference, IBPA Publishing University, the conference will explore the theme of what it means to “Navigate, Innovate, Elevate” within the independent book publishing industry. The theme is a meaningful reference to IBPA’s 40th anniversary, which the association is celebrating in 2023, and its role in the past four decades advocating for, and helping independent book publishers to build long term, successful businesses. With this theme in mind, IBPA is excited to announce that one of the three keynote presentations at the conference taking place May 4-6 i…

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https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/reparations-california-legislative-black-caucus-rcna137057 Leave it up to Black bootlicks and shills to undermine Black folks. Cash payments to FBA/ADOS should be a cornerstone of any type of reparations package. Too many Black politicians and entertainers are sellouts and the most dangerous folks among us. Those Black folks work overtime upholding the system of white supremacy at the expense of our people.😎

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Chicago's legendary Democratic Mayor Richard M. Daley who was the consummate political "boss", once made the statement that "all politics are local". And so they are. The Democratic party takes a lot heat from its right wing detractors, not to mention its perennial black critics who claim its leaders take the black vote for granted, while never addressing the needs of rank and file voters. A patented argument that can be refuted. Chicago's local Democratic machine was running on all cylinders this past election Tuesday as black voters turned out in big numbers rewarding the black candidates and white supporters who have served them well in the past, leaders r…

Author, professor, pundit, blogger, and NPR host Jimi Izrael called Kola Boof “the angry transxual Colonel McBragg of the Twitter game.” The man has a way with words (if not a perfect memory for the military rank of cartoon characters). Man, that takes me back to childhood! John Kass of the Chicago Tribune said years ago that Joe Harris based his Commander McBragg character in part on the Baron von Münchhausen stories. Remember how Lloyd Bentsen told Dan Quayle, "You're no Jack Kennedy." Well, Kola, you definitely are a Münchhausen.

Subject: TwistedSista Ad Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:26 PM Please remove the TwistedSista ads from AALC. I come to your site to purchase books, not to view ads designed to stir up hair issues within the black community. Please keep your ads limited to those directly related to books. Concerned Visitor [Editor's Note: an alias] -------------- On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Troy Johnson <troy@aalbc.com> wrote: Hey Concerned Visitor, I appreciate you taking the time to email me your feelings about the Twisted Sista ad campaign on AALBC.com. I have no control over authors or publishers decisions to place ads on AALBC.com. Indeed, book…

The Only One Chapter 13 Time passed, the second week being a replay of the first one, - Tuesday a replay of Monday, all to the chagrin of Carole Everly who was forced to watch Troy Briggs and Debbie Marlowe play out their mating game. Then, it was Friday again and, with her being a glutton for punishment, Friday wasn’t something Carole was inspired to thank god for since this one would be Troy Briggs’ last day at her branch office. A study in wistfulness, Carole sat there in the bustling cafeteria of her work place, the setting that had been the backdrop of a drama which for 6 weeks had played itself out around a table top littered with crumbs. Her role i…

Not long ago in the news, there was coverage of a person being attacked by a shark. The news anchor said something to this effect: "We're seeing more and more of this. Is it because of all the sharks or is it because of all these underwater cameras?" You know what? That is too real. Cameras /satelites everywhere, watching everything EXCEPT the more important things it seems. If more lives are being lost in the streets of Chicago than in the "conflict" involving Afghanistan and if there are cameras all around, where does our logic take us in such a situation? When drugs are being shipped in by these planes, we don't see or hear about this, yet we see the effects of …

WAITING TO SEE HOW MANY BLACK PREACHERS ARE ON THE NEWS TALKING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.. THERE ARE 3 BLACK PREACHERS IN PRISON FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES, NOT TALKED ABOUT.. BLACK PREACHERS DO NOT CONFRONT GANGS , OR DRUG GANGSTERS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES,YET THEY HAVE FAITH LIKE JOB/// /THEY ARE A DISGRACED ALONG WITH NAACP AND BLACK POLITICIANS........./THEY CANNOT TAKE ON GANGS BUT THEY WANT BLACK VOTES AND MONEY.////

BLACK POPULATION IN AMERICA IS 13.1 PERCENT.YET CIGARETTE SMOKING,BLACK PEOPLE SMOKE KNOWING THE HEALTH PROBLEMS..THE DRUGS....BLACK PEOLE USE DRUGS KNOWING THE ADDICTION PROBLEMS,SELLIG DRUGS,KNOWING THEY GET LOCKED U IN PRISON....SEX//HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX KNOWING OF AIDS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.....BLAK MEN HAVING CHILDREN NOT CARING ABOUT CHILDREN THEY ALREADY HAVE///THE BLACK RELIGIOUS.. BIBLE READERS,THEY CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS THE COLOR OF GOD OR CHRIST, BELIVING THEY ARE WHITE SPIRITUAL CONFINDMENT////////WHAT PERCENT OF BLACK CHURCHES ARE CONTROLLE BY PREACHERS.PREA…

I've never heard this Brother speak live before, but he is certainly in the tradition of John Clark. I visited a store a book store in Virgina Beach, Positive Vibes, a couple of years ago and asked them was what was selling very well. I purchased one, &do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> &do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>

THE MURDERER OF 3 PEOPLE AT THE JEWISH BUILDINGS ,IS A NEO NAZI KKK LEADER.WHO WAS BEHIND BARS FOR HAVING HAND GRENADES AND OTHER WEAPONS PILED UP FOR WAR,/..THIS MURDERER SAID THAT ADOLF HITLER WAS GREAT AND WHITE PEOPLE ARE A 3RD WORLD RACE,JEWS ARE KILLING WHITE PEOPLE.I DONT THINK THESE WHITE PEOPLE HE KILLED WERE JEWISH...THIS IS A HATE CRIME..THE MURDERER OF JORDAN DAVIS WAS NOT CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME ,HIS MUSIC WAS LOUD, ,HE HATING BLACK PEOPLE.ZIMMERMAN HATE BLACK PEOPLE,BEFORE HE MURDERED TRAYVON MARTIN..PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE U. S. GOVERNMENT CONCER…

AFTER THE VERDICT,NOT GUILTY FOR THE WHITE POLICE KILLING MICHAEL BROWN,FERGURSON,MISSOURI//PROTESTING CONTINUES/WHITE POLICE THINK BLACK MALES ARE CRIMINALS AND CAN BE RACIALLY PROFILED//BLACK REPUBLICANS THINK BLACK MALES IN THE INNER CITY COMMUNITIES ARE CRIMINALS/DR. BEN CARSON THINKS BLACK MALES DO NOT HAVE RESPECT FOR THE LAW.//HIS SONS ARE NOT RACIALLY PROFILED///BLACK REPUBLICAN PREACHER JESSE LEE PETERSON SAID TRAYVON MARTIN WAS A POT SMOKING THUG// FUTURE OF BLACK PEOPLE NOT JUST MALES,BLACK REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING POOR MALES MURDERED,BY WHITE POLICE,,BLACK DEMOCRATS CONDONE BLACK ON BLACK VIO…

"ALL DEF DIGITAL is a YouTube MCN brought to you by Russell Simmons, showcasing the best in comedy, music, and entertainment news." I just learned about this video reading an interview of Marc Polite on BMoreNews.com. It looks like Simmons published this video on his youtube channel back in 2013. Many people took offense to the video, ultimately resulted in Simmons having the video pulled. I was not aware of this video until today. I wasn't offended by this video, any more than I've been offended by any of the other nonsense, Simmons has produced. What actually puzzles me is that anyone though this skit was the least bit funny. This video…

Hello, all--this is my first post. It's an honor to be here. I'm researching for a project, and trying to find the name of the African-American actress in this scene? Any help would be appreciated. My email is pomotexan@yahoo.com

I was watching Candace Owens interviewing a pro Second Amendment AfroAmerican man named Maj Toure and it reminded me of the exchange between Troy and myself about how AfroAmerican communities around the nation differ and how those who grew up in the Industrial Midwest in the 1970s had a different experience than those who grew up on the Eastcoast at the same time. I don't agree with everything he says but if you watch the video from where I started it (20 minute mark) to the next 10 minutes or so he goes deep into how "Black Culture" has been twisted and turned since the 1990s and how Hip Hop was used as a tool to help change the image of Black culture for the wor…

Derek Chauvin's Third-Degree Murder Charge Dropped in Connection to George Floyd's Death The third-degree murder charge filed against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in connection with the death of George Floyd was dismissed by a Minnesota judge on Wednesday. The decision issued by Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill said that charges against Chauvin of unintentional second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter will remain. In the decision—which was made public on Thursday—Cahill wrote that "probable cause does not exist" for the third-degree murder charge that was filed against Cha…

https://ariseusa.com/speaker/kevin-jenkins/ https://medicalracism.childrenshealthdefense.org/filmmaker/kevin-d-jenkins/ https://zero-sum.org/segregation-2-0-a-conversation-with-kevin-jenkins/ Thoughts? Perspectives? Suggestions? Solutions?

This post asks a very hypothetical question. How can Republicans increase their share of POC (People of Color) voters? A lot of points I made in previous posts will be reiterated. A person of color is someone who is not considered traditionally white, meaning they are not of predominately European origin. This includes blacks, Asians, and the majority of Hispanics. Sometimes it even incudes darker Caucasians such as Arabs and Indians. They really can't do it by their policies, especially with the party leaning…

My answers to the following Valentine's Day 2023 questions are in the link, but the questions are the following What medium or style of art are you most obsessed with? What love-themed artwork(s) do you believe are the most powerful, and why? Has love or obsession inspired you to create a work of art? If so, share it in your comment and talk about how the feeling inspired it! https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2225&type=status

@Chevdove The conflict in Sudan is not a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia. It is violent battle between two men who were once friends. However, both men fear the prospect of free elections in Sudan. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan is the Sudanese army general who has ruled Sudan since Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a series of revolutionary protests in 2019. In August of that year, Burhan became head of the Sovereign Council and de facto ruler of Sudan. The Council was comprised of civilian and military leaders that were supposed to oversee a transition towards elections, according to a news report from Al Jazeera. But Burhan, who dissolved…

Troy, so are you trying to tell me that THIS man- ....is the "leader" of Black America??????

I am glad I can say in my lifetime i saw none of the above win, cause many people chide that as a false option and i don't think it is. https://news.yahoo.com/nevada-hold-presidential-primaries-caucuses-050306654.html NONE OF THE ABOVE! Now the communal question is why are so many black people opposed to the concept of none of the above?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2038534/dire-wolves-cloned-extinction-scientists In this episode of dumb sh8t scientists do, a company has supposedly brought back the extinct dire wolf. The article details how they did it. There is a mention of bringing back the wooly mammoth too. Scientists have been cloning animals for a long time. As far as we know, most of the cloned animals do not survive for very long. However, if these animals are being used to produce GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and whatnot for human consumption, it probably doesn't matter how long they live. I digress... …

At the 7:15 Minute Mark, Brother Nuri Muhammad gives an excellent observation of Black students in the public educational system:

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New York Times Fade to White By ISHMAEL REED Published: February 4, 2010 The blacks who are enraged by “Precious” have probably figured out that this film wasn’t meant for them. It was the enthusiastic response from white audiences and critics that culminated in the film being nominated for six Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an outfit whose 43 governors are all white and whose membership in terms of diversity is about 40 years behind Mississippi. In fact, the director, Lee Daniels,said that the honor would bring even more “middle-class white Americans” to his film. Ishmael Reed on AALBC.com http://aalbc.com/authors/ishmael.htm

Last Wednesday, Chicago Black Hawks won the NHL’s coveted Stanley Cup and Chicago went wild. White people were in a state of euphoria, the likes of which I had never witnessed. Black folks? Not so much. On Friday a white horde descended upon the city as hockey enthusiasts from near and far showed up to witness the ticker tape parade paying tribute to the conquering heroes. And the attendance at the victory rally that followed was estimated to be over a million! Incredible. This was an interesting phenomenon in that the silence emanating from the black community was as loud as the roar of the white-faced crowd clad in bright red jerseys,all caught up in a frenzy …

What won't Lady GaGa come up with next??? What day comes after March 31st?

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD/ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE DIVINE RULES OF CONDUCT GIVEN BY GOD TO MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.THE BLACK CHRISTIANS UNDERSTANDING..THE KORAN- THE KORAN IS THE SCARED TEXT OF ISLAM GIVEN BY GOD /ALLAH/ TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMED DURING HIS LIFE AT MECCA.MECCA THE HOLIEST CITY OF ISLAM...EVERY RIGHTEOUS PERSON, THE CHRISTIANS AND THE MUSLIMS ARE LIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE KORAN FOR RIGHTEOUS LIVING.YET, SO MUCH WAR, VILENESS AND CONFUSION FROM THE RIGHTEOUS LIVING CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ON GOD'S PLANET EARTH.....,THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE KORAN ARE BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS BEHAVIOR CONDUCT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT CREATOR...…

"There were two kind of slaves. There was the house negro and the field negro. The house negro, they lived in the house, with master. They dressed pretty good. They ate good, cause they ate his food, what he left. They lived in the attic or the basement, but still they lived near their master, and they loved their master, more than their master loved himself. They would give their life to save their masters house quicker than their master would. The house negro, if the master said "we got a good house here" the house negro say "yeah, we got a good house here". Whenever the master would said we, he'd say we. That's how you can tell a house negro. If…

Each morning with a cup of coffee I skim the newspaper, read my email from the previous day and review and reacting to activity on my social media and these discussion boards. Today I got started around 5:30AM and will probably finish these activities around 10 AM before starting the "real work" of AALBC.com. Normally these thing take about two hours today was a little longer because I've placed various versions of this article on Facebook, and Google+ This morning on Facebook I noticed my wall had a "suggested post" an euphemism for a paid ad I suppose. I also had to block a couple of "people" spamming my fan page. I previously blocked people from posting on m…

Students from the Global Awareness through Hip Hop Culture program share their thoughts on mainstream rap music's influence on youth and the music industry's role in promoting negative messages. More information at The Global Awareness through Hip Hop Culture

ACCORDING TO PASTOR MANNING, BLACK CHURCH WOMEN GIVE THEIR RENT MONEY TO PREACHERS,WHEN THEY JUMP AND DANCE/PREACHERS HAVE A WITCH DOCTOR DANCE NOT HOLY GHOST DANCE... PASTOR MANNING IS COMEDY// I DO AGREE PREACHERS ARE PIMPS/WITH WOMEN,WHO SEEM TO BE PROSTITUTES.//BISHOP EDDIE LONG,HE IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE,AND HE MARRIED TO THE BLACK MALES,HE PAID OFF,HE IS A HYPOCRITE AND BIGAMIST.//////BLACK CHURCH IS DEAD/BLACK PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY IS DEAD.......///

On The News, Video Of A White Police Saying We Only Kill Black,People. Last Year In Georgia A White Police Officer Stopped,A White Woman For A DUI,White Woman Said She Was,Afraid To Reach For Her Phone,White Police Told Her We,Only Kill. Black People ..Racist Police Was Put On,Administrative Duty.. White Police Have Been Fired, For ,Being ,Klan Members,Klan A Terrorist Organization..White Police Were Fired In Georgia Last Year For Targeting Black .Drivers,This Year In Georgia White Police Fired For Stomping A Black Man On The Ground...Black Police Association Silent..As The Idiot President,Showed On The News Saying There Are Some Good,People Among The Neo Nazi That Mar…

Film. Maker. Spike. Lee. Vocally. Slams. Trump . At. The,Cannes. Film. Festival.. Talking. About. Trump, Supporting. Neo. Nazi. In. Charlottesville. Last. Year..The,Movie,Black. Klansman. ,Is. About. A. Black. Detective,A. Jewish. Detective. Together. Infiltrate. A. Ku-Klux. KLAN. Cell. In. Colorado...Spike. Lee. Says,Black,White,Brown. We. All. Live. On. The. Planet,Trump,Has. The. Nuclear. Code,I. Go. To. Bed. Thinking,About. It....When. The. Sports. Talkers. Talk. About,Colin. Kapernick ,Protesting ,They. Will. Not. Talk. About,White. Police. Fired. For. Being. KLAN. Members...The,News. Show. Another. Black. Man. Jumped. On,By. White. Police. They. Don't. Ta…

The. Purpose. Of. The. Census-2020. Have. Politicians. Involved. In. Communities. Federal. Dollars,For. Education. Schools,Businesses,Medicaid. Money. To. Rich. White. Schools,White. Communities,Poor. Inner City. ,Schools. And. Communities. Will. ,Remain. The. Same ... Black ,Political. Are. Not. Involved. In,Black. Communities. They. Do. Not. Clean. Up. Black. Communities. Or. Mentor. Black,Children. Before. They. Get. To. High. School. Preachers. Steal,Millions. Of. Church. Money,That. Could. Create. Businesses,Scholarships. Schools.. Coronavirus. Is. In,Prince. George. Washington D. C,Area. Wealthy. Black. People. Live,Political ,Highly. Educated,Black. Bus…

You are a magician and life is an alchemical working. You have the following elements the physical world, time, mind, heart and intuition. Some challenges involving moving physical objects, like well moving. Some challenges repeat over time. So you use your mind, heart and intuition to deal with issues in time and space. If you can change your perspective, your approach or how you combine the elements you will succeed. And if you don't succeed at your task but it changes you , then you have been more successful in your failure since you have learned to master your moods.

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Donald Trump got so angry in the White House when some things did not work out the way he wanted, he took to throwing plates in a rage. Ha ha ha. No wonder a few folks at his former Amen headquarters of Fox News have been taking on-air shots at him. Well, I bet what former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson revealed earlier Tuesday, June 28, is gonna make Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch positively giddy. For those not paying attention, ( and it seems many who love the smelly elephant party are not ), Murdoch is now so over Trump, he and others feel it is safe to take on the incompetent fool at last. 'Coz they done got themselves a younger and more savvy Whi…

Here are some question for Black History Month 2023, I answered them at the following link. What Black artists have inspired you, and what about their work do you find inspiring? What are some of your favorite artworks that depict African American culture? In what ways do you think art can be used to foster understanding and appreciation across cultures? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2226&type=status

What is wrong with these devils?! The videos is clearly computer generated, but works. I found this on TikTok, or later when I logged into TikTok the video just started playing. These socials media websites make it virtually impossible to go in with blinders on...

For those in the northern hemisphere, I hope they began Autumn surrounded by loving ones with a full plate of food. For those in the southern hemisphere, i hope they began spring, surrounde by loving ones and beautiful gardens

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/marilyn-mosby-former-top-prosecutor-baltimore-convicted-mortgage-fraud-rcna137646 Marilyn Mosby rose to national prominence when Freddie Gray died while in the custody of Baltimore police. Mosby has gone from prosecutor to being convicted of mortgage fraud. Amazing that she spent time becoming educated in law only to do something stupid. I hope she doesn't go to prison. Since she'll never practice law again, maybe she could become a consultant or educator. Help a future generation of young folks.😎

The optics of this sh8t are terrible. Of course, racist white folks are delighted to see these young men being deported and treated as sub-humans. It won't be too funny if/when they start rounding up political enemies and other citizens and sending them to a prison in El Salvador. I'm curious to see how far the American people will let this BS go on before they say enough.😎

March Equinox , GOOD NEWS CALENDAR Today is the beginning of spring in 2026, it happened about 10:06 am eastern standard time. The equinox is when day and night have equal time. This is as nights get shorter while days get longer in the northern hemisphere or days get shorter to nights get longer in the southern hemisphere to the June Solstice, which is the the longest day in the northern hemipshere or longest night in the southern hemisphere enjoy the stories

Brother Manning Marable just passed away after a long battle with lung complications. He was only 60 years old. But the scholary contributions he made cannot be understated. I, like so many other black Americans, knew little if anything about this brilliant black scholar. Sadly, he did not see the final publication of his meticulously researched and documented biography of Malcolm X (which has just been released). His biography of our Shining Black Prince (given by Ossie Davis) should be at the top of your books to get list. This is one of numerous videos of brother Manny at Democracy Now. Manny Marble and Malcolm X