Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Best Black Book Search Engine Period!



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 see fantastic new comers like Ebonyfly.com and the urbanbooksource.com, and of course AALBC.com.

Currently there are 50 web sites included. If you want to make sure I did not forget any sites please let me know by placing the URL here.


Saturday, December 01, 2007

Barack Obama at Harlem's Apollo Theater, November 29th 2007

Barack Obama
http://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htm

Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem's "World Famous" Apollo Theater on the evening of November 29th 2007. The event featured supporters; comedian Chris Rock, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West, and New York State Senator Bill Perkins.

Obama spoke to a standing room crowd of approximately 1,500 people. The video was taken by Harlem resident and Obama supporter Troy Johnson; founder of AALBC.com and Sr. Book Editor of Harlem World Magazine.