Black Books, Black Voices

VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Amiri Baraka is one of the most prolific African American writers of the 20th century. He is an acclaimed poet and the Obie-winning playwright of Dutchman. His long list of writing credits includes: Blues People; Home; Social Essays; Black Fire; Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka /
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Three Largest Africa-American Book Sites Join Force to Promote Black Literature
January 7, 2008For Immediate Release MEDIA INQUIRIESTroy Johnson, AALBC.com, (866) 603-8394Gwen Richardson, Cushcity.com, (281) 444-4265Ron Kavanaugh, MosaicBooks.com, (718) 530.9132THREE LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOOK SITES JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE BLACK LITERATUREHOUSTON, TX AALBC.com, Cushcity.com and MosaicBooks.com, the three largest and most established web sites focusing on African-American
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Microsoft Encarta africana
Multimedia CD-ROM encyclopedia of Black history and culture.

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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

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Cyclying from Harlem to Willow Grove, PA
I’ve made this trip a couple of times in the past. This year I took a slightly longer northern route. It was much more hilly but much more scenic. It took me a little more than 11 hours to over the 114 miles. I basically rode from sun up to sun down. Some of my trek is recorded on twitter: http://twitter.com/aalbc
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OK y’all this is big. Cheryl Woodruff, founder and former associate publisher of One World, Random House s multicultural imprint, has been named president and associate publisher of SmileyBooks.This will be an opportunity for Us to publish the kind of Black books we’ve all be claiming that the German conglomerates will not publish. Now I know it will not be easy and Smiley Books is not going to
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The Best Black Book Search Engine Period!
http://thebestblackbooksearch.com Ok, despite the pretentious descriptor this is really a good way to query and learn about web sites that focus on books written by Black authors.I gathered all of the good web sites that I ve come across and restricted the Google search engine to return results from them. The sites include venerable institutions like Cushcity.com and Mosaicbooks.com, you ll also
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Video Interview with Farai Chideya
I just upload a video interview with Farai Chideya. It was shot at the AALBC.com Gallery in Harlem. Ron Kavanaugh of MosaicBooks.com did the interview. Farai Chideya is a multi-media journalist who has worked in print, television, and online. Five years ago she founded PopandPolitics.com, an online journal of news and opinion for a diverse national and international audience. She is currently a
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Race Relations Abstracts
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 40,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.

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Troy still has a few tricks
Last year I started working out again. As I lost weight and got a little stronger, I started doing some of my old gymnastics moves in the gym during my warm up (I was on Syracuse University’s gymnastics team in 1984).It took me months of trying to get this particular move back. I kind of take it for granted; but I noticed some time ago that it really impresses people, so I figured I’d make some
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