Legendary author Maya Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life:
her relationship with her mother in her new book, Mom & Me & Mom.
Angelou's mother, Vivian Baxter, was an indomitable spirit whose petite size
belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence ...
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HBO. CNN. BET. These cable stations have revolutionized our television
viewing experience and our culture as a whole. In 1979, cable was still an
emerging technology, but one that brothers Clinton and Carl Galloway knew
was worth pursuing.
The Galloway brothers, bot...
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Author Jonathan R. Miller writes literary fiction thrillers that include
multicultural or biracial characters and themes. His latest work,
Delivery, features a biracial Somali man who is blinded while defending his
daughter. Ambojeem, the protagonist, settles in the ...
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Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill, and Emma Jackson Ford speak with Cheryl
Waiters. In her inspiring memoir, "Blood, Sweat, and High Heels," Cheryl
Waiters chronicles her struggles and victories as an African American female
working to overcome gender and racial biases in ...
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Guest Kimberly Stowers Moreland is the author of African Americans of
Portland, a pictorial history. From hundreds of black and white and
sepia-toned photos, Moreland pieced together a slice of the local African
American narrative, one that reflects how prior to World W...
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In her book Shop, Cook, Eat: Outside of the Box, author Chrisetta Mosley
tells how she lost 170 pounds by stepping outside of the prepared food box.
The goal is to help readers reconnect with their food and take control of
their health in very own kitchen using whole, na...
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Author and academic Dr. David Imhotep discusses his book, The First Americans
Were Africans which asserts that Africans were the first Americans and that
they arrived 51,000 years prior to the Mongolians.
“Africans not only came before Columbus, but were in the Americas l...
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Author Veronica Faye discusses her latest book, Gemini Jones: My Past Came
Knocking – The Savannah Wooten Case. The novel’s lead character,
Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a
high-profile career while keeping her bipolar disorder in c...
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Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School : race and
sports in America, shares insights into the realities of race in sport
culture. Ballers of the New School is one of the first and best books to come
along that effectively explains contemporary athl...
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Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American
woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American
woman national network television correspondent, the first African American
woman to anchor a national network newscast and t...
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