African-American

Spotlight: I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams by Tanisia Moore

As he meets ten exceptional Black men--historical and contemporary figures who have paved the way he internalizes their greatness.

7 months ago

Book Review: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand is the story of a young African-American nurse who finds herself administering trial sterilization shots to young…

2 years ago

Book Review: Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson

I enjoyed this memoir way more than I thought I would. It is entertaining, funny, introspective, extremely personal, open, as…

2 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Frank Marshall Davis

Frank Marshall Davis was an African-American poet, as well as a journalist. Mr. Davis’ poet protested the racial inequality of…

2 years ago

Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were is, in a word, fatalistic. The villagers are fighting a lost cause,– The David vs. Goliath…

3 years ago

Book Review: None of the Above by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton

Mrs. Robinson was charged to allegedly changed the grades to conform with standardized testing, & circumstances caused public schools to…

5 years ago

Book Review: An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

Chinonso is a poultry farmer living in Nigeria, when his stops the suicide attempt of Ndali, an upper class, educated…

5 years ago

Book Review: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

American Spy tells of Marie Mitchell works as an FBI intelligence officer, but cannot break into the old boys club…

5 years ago

Book Review: Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and Behind the Camera

A memoir of the prolific actor and director. Mr. Duke has been in many pop-culture classics, he is also a…

5 years ago

Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram

A historical fiction book taking place in 1793, following the life of Hercules, a slave in Mt. Vernon, as well…

5 years ago

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