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December 2000 Contest
Question #12 (Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)

Question:
Who am I?
Hint: My Initials are J. K.

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson (Thu 1/4/01 11:17 AM)

Prize:
Volunteer Slavery (Two Cassettes)

Jill Nelson, Read by Karen Allen / Audio / Warner Books, Incorporated / September 1994

November 2000 Contest
Question #11 (Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)

Question:
Who am I?
Hint: She is a gem of a poet.

Answer: Click here

Winner: Z. (Thu 1/18/01 12:53 PM)

Prize:
A Lesson Before Dying (2 Cassettes)

Ernest J. Gaines, Read by Jay Long / Audio / Random AudioBooks / September 1997

October 2000 Contest
Question #10 (Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)

Question:
Who am I?
Hint: I'm really behind this site!

Answer: Click Here

Winner: T. W. Rodriguez, GA (Wed 1/10/01 10:15 PM)

Prize:
Volunteer Slavery (Two Cassettes)

Jill Nelson, Read by Karen Allen / Audio / Warner Books, Incorporated / September 1994

September 2000 Contest
Question #9 (Posted December 19, 2000 12:29 AM EST)

Question:
Who am I?

Answer: Click Here

Winner: Nandi Crawford, Prichard, Alabama (Tue 12/19/00 5:13 PM)

Prize:
A Lesson Before Dying (2 Cassettes)

Ernest J. Gaines, Read by Jay Long / Audio / Random AudioBooks / September 1997

August 2000 Contest
Question #8 (Posted July 24, 2000 11:36 PM EST)

Question: Visit this page http://aalbc.com/books/naacp.htm and provide us with the winners of the NAACP award winning books for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's titles. You must also provide the source of your answer
Hint: I'll sweeten the pot. Whoever digs up this information will also get a copy of Mosaic magazine, Black Issues Book Review AND the September 2000 and October 2000 prizes!

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson (Thu 1/4/01 2:05 PM)

Prize: One copy of the newly released:

Not A day Goes By
by E. Lynn Harris

Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date: July 2000

July 2000 Contest
Question #7 (Posted July 24, 2000 11:30 PM EST)

Question: On the right is Mosaic Magazine publisher Ron Kavanaugh. Who is the brother on the left?

Answer: Click Here

Winner: L. Stewart for New York, NY (Mon 7/31/00 9:42 AM)

Prize: One copy of the newly released:

Not A day Goes By
by E. Lynn Harris

Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date: July 2000

June 2000 Contest
Question #6 (Posted May 29, 2000 2:51 PM EST)

Question: Identify this author

Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Carter from Los Angeles, California (Wed 6/7/00 2:04 PM)

Prize:
Nov-Dec 1999 issue of:
OBR: The Black Book Review
A magazine published 5 times a year, which focuses primarily on the review of books by black authors.

May 2000 Contest
Question #5 (Posted May 29, 2000 2:51 PM EST)

Question: Identify this author

Answer: Click Here

Winner: C. Warner from Sterling, VA (Wed May 31, 2000 6:43 AM)

Prize:
April - June 2000
Issue of:
Dialogue Magazine
A Quarterly Magazine Discussing African-American Art, Literature, Film and other Cultural Issues

April 2000 Contest
Question #4 (Posted April 6, 2000 10:57 PM EST)

Question: Identify this author

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HINT: (posted May 9th 2000 11:43 PM EST)
This author's book was once selected for the AALBC's, "Coffee Will Make You Black", online reading group the

Answer: Click Here

Winner: L. Bolton from (Mon 7/31/00 11:44 AM)

Prize:
January - February 2000
Issue of:
Black Issues Book Review

New Voices, New Visions

March 2000 Contest
Question #3 (Posted March 12, 2000 10:35AM EST)

Question: Identify this author

Answer: Click Here
Most Common incorrect answer: Jill Nelson

Winner: R. Smith from Albany, GA. (Monday, March 20, 2000 10:37 AM)

Fall/Winter Issue Prize:

The Fall/Winter 1999 issue of
Mosaic Literary Magazine

February 2000 Contest
Question #2 (Posted February 13, 2000 9:18 PM EST)

Question: Identify This Author:

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Answer: Click Here

Winner: A. Roberson from Tucker, GA. (Feb 16, 2000 11:57 AM)

Prize:

The Race Is Not Given
(Click learn more about this book)

Author: Frank E. Dobson
Publisher: SterlingHouse Publishers
Date Published: February 1999

Bonus January 2000 Contest!
Question #1 (Originally Posted Jan. 6 2000 - 11:28 PM EST, Question Revised - Jan. 19, 2000 - 12:54AM EST)

Click here for answer

Prize: Two (2) Tickets to the opening of the play:
THE SEVENTH SON: A play about the life and death of Tupac Shakur Click here for more information

Winner: F. Kenner (Fri 1/21/00 1:02 AM)
Name two (2) of the POETS in this photo (If you are the photo you can't play!)

Bonus Prize: The book Tough Love: Cultural Criticism and Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur Click here learn about the for bonus prize

Winner: Kimani, Glenn Dale, MD (Fri 1/21/00 11:56 AM)
Where was the photo taken? (Hint: You'll find the answer somewhere on the AALBC web site)

#1 & Bonus Question	Question #1 Poets From left to right 1 - Laini Mataka, 2 - Toni Blackman, 3 - Vanessa Richards, 4 - Sonia Sanchez, 5 - Tracie Morris , 6 - Imani Uzuri Bonus Question Photo Taken at: New Jersey Performing Arts Center Sacred Circle Spoken Word 3 Day Festival and Conference Oct.29-31-99 Rehearsal Banquet Hall Back to top
#2	Author, Astrophysicist, Neil De Grasse De Tyson Back to top
#3	Author-Professor-Griot-Poetess-Soul Singer, Camille Yarbrough Back to top
#4	Arthur Flowers, Author of Another Good Loving Blues Back to top
#5	Author, Poet, Ishmael Reed Back to top
#6	Author, Elizabeth Nunez Back to top
#7	Fab Five Freddie, Hip-Hop pioneer, former host of Yo! MTV Rap Back to top
#8	Click the links below for more information Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Blues: For All the Changes by Nikki Giovanni (William Morrow) Outstanding Literary work, Non fiction Yesterday, I Cried by Iyanla Vanzant (Simon & Schuster) Outstanding literary work, Children's If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringold (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Back to top
#9	Author Maya Angelou Back to top
#10	Troy Johnson, AALBC.com Founder and webmaster Back to top
#11	Sapphire Author of Push Back to top
#12	John Keene author of Annotations Back to top