LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Nearly 20 children from the DoReMe Daycare Center were the first to crack open the colorful new books at the Los Angeles...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — The new book Black American History, from Plantations to Rap Culture is a must-read for readers who may have an avid interest...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Most people know Dr. Ian Smith for his great fitness and diet advice that come along with his best-selling books. But the medical...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — You’re up for this. You can do it. Still, as in the new book “Housegirl” by Michael Donkor, it won’t be easy.
‘Race to Judgment’ is a reality-fiction novel dedicated to the legacy of Kenneth Thompson Brooklyn’s first Black District Attorney. SelectBooks published ‘Race to Judgment.’
OAKLAND POST — Dr. Donald H. Godbold, Ph.D., has written a memoir entitled, “Still Waters Run Deep, Family—A Life Story,” and it’s a stunning reminder that...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Police brutality in the Black community is as old as law enforcement itself. Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler speaks...
(PC World) – The world of ebook subscription services lost one of its earliest proponents late Monday evening, when Oyster—the so-called “Netflix of ebooks,” which also...
(New York Times) – Five years ago, the book world was seized by collective panic over the uncertain future of print. As readers migrated to new...
Katie Nodjimbadem, SMITHSONIAN (Smithsonian.com) – Aunt Jemima’s warm smile, pearl earrings and perfectly coiffed hair are easily recognizable in the breakfast foods aisle in grocery...
(The Guardian) – Writer Rebecca Skloot has hit back at a Tennessee parent who is trying to have her acclaimed biography of Henrietta Lacks removed from local schools, saying the...
For more than a century, descendants of enslaved Africans could be punished or put to death for learning to read or arming themselves. The strategy: Keep...
(The Washington Post) – The hallmark of public libraries — the printed book, bound by covers and centuries of page-turning — is being shoved aside by...
Krissah Thompson, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Many of the men and women who have worked in the White House residence — serving presidents...
JAKE PERLMAN, Entertainment Weekly (Entertainment Weekly)—Three days after joining the cast of the highly anticipated Star Wars sequel, Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o has found her next project. The Yale grad will...
By Lorretta Johnson Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers To those who think that teaching is an 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. job with summers off, try...
