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Book Reviews
Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges by Byron Pitts
The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships by Hill Harper
Shooting Stars by LeBron James
Beautiful Ugly by Shelia E. Lipsey
Renegade: The Making of a President by Richard Wolffe
Reputations Fade Away by Dawayne Williams
The Hiptionary: A Survey of African American Speech Patterns with a Digest of Key Words and Phrases by Mahmoud El-Kati
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri Baraka
It’s All Love: Black Writers on Soul Mates, Family and Friends Edited by Marita Golden
Saving Our Daughters: From a Man’s Point of View, Volume 2 by Curtis J. Benjamin
Let the Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot that Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes
Triangular Road: A Memoir by Paule Marshall
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook
The Sons of Shea by by Damon DaVohn
Eight Minutes of Heaven by Travis English
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception across the Color Line by Martha A. Sandweiss
Noire presents From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies
They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black
Legends: Rare Moments and Inspiring Words by the Editors at Smiley Books
The Love Ethic: The Reason Why You Can’t Find and Keep Beautiful Black Love by Kamau and Akilah Butler
The Last Love Letter: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem by Amanda Easton
Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves by Sana Butler
Nubiah: Land of African Kings and Queens Bedtime Stories & Coloring Book
Sovereign Evolution: Manifest Destiny from “Civil Rights” to “Sovereign Rights” by Ezrah Aharone
The Other Side of Losing by Peter Brav
Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story by asha bandele
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow by Walter Mosley
A Person of Interest by Ernest Hill
Before I Forget by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Southland by Nina Revoyr
Family Affair: What It Means to Be African-American Today
Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise by Tavis Smiley
Marriage 101: Building a Life Together by Faith by Jewell R. Powell
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill
32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business by Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Gather Together in My Name by Tracey Price-Thompson
Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman
Daughters of Men: Portraits of African-American Women and Their Fathers
Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African-Americans
Yellow Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race by George M. Fredrickson
Isaac and the Bah Family Tree by Adrienne C. Wilson - (Ages 9-12)
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Choreographing the Folk: The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston by Anthea Kraut
Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope by Elizabeth Lightfoot
Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom by Cornel West
21 Nights by Prince
Going Down South by Bonnie J. Glover
Street Judge: A Novel by Judge Greg Mathis
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion by Clay Moyle
The Naked Truth: Young Beautiful and (HIV) Positive by Marvelyn Brown
Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris
In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by George Hutchinson
Cinder by Albert French
The Skull Cage Key by Michel Marriott
Be a Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love and Fatherhood edited by April R. Silver
Be a Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love and Fatherhood edited by April R. Silver
Letters to a Young Sister by Hill Harper
All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by John H. McWhorter
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Author & Celebrity Interviews
Gabby Sidibe - The “Precious” Interview
Mo'Nique - Just Give Mo'Nique the Oscar!
Gladys Knight - The “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” Interview
Quentin Tarantino - The “Inglourious Basterds” Interview
50 Cent The “Streets of Blood” Interview
Tracy Morgan - The “G-Force” Interview
Tyrese Gibson - The “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Interview
David Mann - The “Meet the Browns” Interview
Zoe Saldana - The Star Trek Interview
Will.i.Am - Will Expounds on Everything from X:Men to “Yes We Can”
Texas Battle - The Dragonball Evolution Interview
Rashida Jones - The I Love You, Man Interview
Tavis Smiley: The State of the Black Union [2009] Interview
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Lincoln on Race and Slavery Interview
List of All Actor Interviews

 

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Cathy Hughes - One on One with TV One's Media Mogul
Why My Book Club is Important to Me - Circle of Color Book Club of Jackson MS
Video - Literary Freedom Project's Spring Benefit - Hosted by AALBC.com
President Obama Addresses NAACP Convention: Well-Received Speech Stresses Education and No Excuses
Soledad O’Brien - The “CNN Presents: Black in America 2” Interview
Daryle Jenkins - Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama
Publishers Indemnity Insurance: What is it, and how do you get it?
Book Expo America Recap - African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC
asha bandele Interview with Robert Fleming
Music Impresario Ralph Mercado Passes Away
State of the Black Union: Tavis Assembles Black Luminaries in L.A. for 10th Annual Gathering
American Library Association Announces Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books for 2009
AALBC.com Bestselling Books for all of 2008
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
The African-American Film Critics Association’s Top Ten Films of 2008
A Child of the Fifties Reflects on Obama’s Win
The Best Black Book Web Sites - Updated November 3rd, 2008
Raising McCain: Republicans Rally the Base with Racist Appeal to Rednecks
Reverend Al Sharpton - The Murder in Black and White Interview
Michelle Obama Addresses Convention: Heartfelt Speech Turns Undecided’s Fears into Tears
Black in America - Over-Hyped CNN Special Fails to Measure-Up to the Buzz
Pros and Cons of Mainstream and Self-Publishing by C. Liegh McInnis
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Film & DVD Reviews
Precious - Long-Anticipated Sundance-Winner Lives up to the Buzz
I Can Do Bad All by Myself - Tyler Perry Back in Drag for a Music-Driven Morality Play
Men II Boys - Groundbreaking Documentary Features Words of Wisdom about Black Manhood
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer - Blue eyed soul at its very best
Do the Right Thing - 20th Anniversary Edition of Spike Lee Classic Out on DVD
Kamp Katrina - Documentary Examines Plight of New Orleans’ Po’ Whites Post-Katrina
Born into Brothels - Academy Award-Winning Documentary Showing at Human Rights Watch Festival
DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation - DJ Does Hip-Hop Remix of Birth of a Nation
Circus (Tsirk) - Russian Retrospective Features 1936 Film Indicting American Racism
Obsessed - Temp Stalks Happily-Married Boss in Harrowing Psychological Thriller
Star Trek - Flagging Sci-Fi Franchise Resuscitated by Eye-Popping Prequel
The Soloist - Jamie Foxx Riveting as Homeless Savant in Best Role since Ray
American Violet - Dramatization Revisits Infamous Case of Racial Profiling and Malicious Prosecution in Texas
I.O.U.S.A. (One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.) - DVD Explains Financial Crisis in Layman’s Terms
Watchmen - Long-Awaited Adaptation of Graphic Novel an Underwhelming Disappointment
The Sound of Miles Davis - Rare Classic Footage Resurfaces of Miles Davis from the Fifties
Examined Life - Cornel West & Company Weigh-In on the State of American Culture
Madea Goes to Jail - Tyler Perry’s Back in Drag for Another Modern Morality Play
A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy - Sexplicit Action Aplenty in Raw, Raunchy Romantic Romp
Looking for Lincoln - Checkered Legacy of Lincoln Revisited by PBS Series
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story - Bio-Pic about Brilliant Black Brain Surgeon Set to Air on TNT
Notorious - Warts-and-All Bio-Pic Recounts Rise and Fall of Biggie Smalls
Crips and Bloods: Made in America - Gangsta’ Documentary Graphically Recounts History of L.A. Turf War
Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey - Obama Bio-Pic Recounts Rise to the Presidency
Cadillac Records - Fanciful Bio-Pic Revisits Rise of Legendary Record Company
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt Stars in Adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic
Seven Pounds - Will Smith as Widower Wracked with Guilt
Soul Men - Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac Co-Star in Rollicking Road Comedy
The Souls of Black Girls - Provocative Documentary Examines Image of Black Females Propagated by the Media
The Black List - HBO Documentary Profiles Prominent African-Americans
Trouble the Water - Shocking Katrina Documentary Created from Real-Time, Home Movies Shot by Storm Victim
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