More Than Words
Akon: An Author?
By Felicia Pride, TheBackList.net Singer Akon has signed a book deal with rapper C-Murder's book ...
IDA B. WELLS: SERIOUS SISTER
By Felicia Pride, TheBackList.net I didn't learn about Ida B. Wells until I was in college, which I ...
BLACK PEOPLE: LET'S GET HEALED
By Felicia Pride We pride ourselves on being strong. Shoot, we survived slavery, Jim Crow, and a ...
WHO KILLED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING?
By Felicia Pride, TheBackList.net According to EURweb.com, a new book by the brother of James Earl ...
DIDDY IN RAISIN IN THE SUN: WAS HE ANY GOOD?
By Felicia Pride, TheBacklist.net Even after performing on Broadway as Walter Lee Younger in ...
THE BLACKNESS-ONLY DIET
By Felicia Pride, TheBackList.net Author Kim McLarin recently penned a piece called "Immersion ...
ESSENCE CELEBRATES AUTHORS
Essence magazine just wrapped up its first literary awards ceremony. I heard it was a smashing ...
ON THE LINE WITH DONNA HILL
Donna Hill published her first novel in 1990. Since then she's gone on to have fifty published ...
BLACK BOOKSTORES: Dying Breed? Part 2
Not too long ago, I wrote about the potential closing of the historic African American bookstore Eso ...
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: The Power of Words
Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy. He was a freedom fighter who knew ...
BLACK PORN: IT AIN'T JUST SEX ON SCREEN
Even in the porn industry, Black folks get the short end of the stick. Okay, that was corny. But ...
BET HOST PENS DARING NOVEL
I'm back. Hello BV fam. It feels like ages since my last blog back in '07. But a sista needed a ...
NO MORE DRAMA in the '08
Is it me or did 2007 fly by like a speeding car? Actually I'm not too upset that it's over. Well, ...
BOOKS MAKE GOOD GIFTS: CHEAP AND SIMPLE
I think books make a great gift. They're relatively cheap and they can be a rather simple decision. ...
FRANK LUCAS: NEW BOOK SAYS HE'S A FAKE
There's been a lot of folks upset with how events/characters were portrayed in the film American ...
GENTRIFICATION: Is Your Neighborhood Changing?
Nathan McCall, bestselling author of MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER, has returned to the literary scene with ...
HIP-HOP: Respect the Architects
One of the beautiful aspects of the written word is that it can be a historical reference that can ...
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TAVIS SMILEY: Publishing More Books
Media personality Tavis Smiley is expanding his publishing company SmileyBooks. The imprint, which ...
THE THREE DOCTORS Reconnect with Their Fathers
We've been talking a lot about fathers. So why not continue the discussion? Rameck Hunt, Sampson ...
KANYE DROPS KANYE-ISMS IN NEW BOOK
I knew it was only a matter of time before Kanye West dropped his book. Especially since his mother ...
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