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Debra Williamson Talks about book Concealed Deception at the National Black Book Festival ...

Author Terence Dean discusses his latest book: Hiding In Hip Hop - On The Down Low in the Entertainment Industry from Music to Hollywood. Film by Troy Johnson, AALBC.com June 2008 About the Book: About the Book A riveting memoir, Hiding In Hip Hop, uncovers a hidden and well-known unspoken secret. Deep within the confines of Hip-Hop is a prominent gay sub-culture. A world that industry insiders are keenly aware of, but choose to ignore. From the testosterone of men striving to be on top and ...

Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at Book Expo America 2008 Due is the American Book Award-winning author of nine books, ranging from supernatural thrillers to a mystery to a civil rights memoir. Her newest novel, Blood Colony (June 2008), is the long-awaited sequel to her 2001 thriller The Living Blood and 1997's My Soul to Keep, a reader favorite that Stephen King said "bears favorable comparison to Interview with the Vampire." Blood Colony continues the saga of African immortals with ...

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson of HBO's The Wire fame has penned a Memoir, with veteran author David Ritz, called Grace After Midnight. Snoop is interviewed here by Troy Johnson of AALBC.com, the largest web site dedicated to promoting the work of Black authors and their books. http://aalbc.com/reviews/felicia_snoop_pearson.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 1500 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. ...

The Official Harlem Launch Party for the book the Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson Hosted by: Mrs. Mayme Hatcher Johnson (Bumpy's 93-year-old widow) & Eric "Von Zip" Martin of the Zip Code Restaurant and Lounge). This book corrects the many inaccuracies in the motion picture American Gangster. ...