New Book Offers No-Nonsense, Take-Charge Tips for Nice Girls
March 8, 2018
Some people believe nice girls finish last, but that’s not Tiffany Okafor’s philosophy.
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books
The Ten Best Black Books of 2017
December 28, 2017
The Ten Best Black Books of 2017
Rev. Walter Tucker III Holds Book Signing At The Sentinel
December 14, 2017
“From Compton to Congress – His Grace For My Race” tells the story of Tucker’s fall and rise to grace and triumph.
Carline Smothers creates Zoe Beautee and the Little Reader’s Collection
July 27, 2017
Multicultural children’s book series introduces children to the richness of the Haitian Culture.
(Part 7) DA Jackie Lacey speaks on family and up bringing
March 23, 2017
“My dad, he loved talking about history,” -DA Jackie Lacey
The 10th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair Draws Thousands
August 24, 2016
More than 150 authors, writers, storytellers, poets, spoken word performers, vendors and exhibitors attended this year’s fair
The Ten Best Black Books of 2015
December 29, 2015
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Male Frames African-Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003 by Roland Leander Williams, Jr. The Face That Changed It All A Memoir by Beverly Johnson America The Black Point of View by Tony Rose After the Dance My Life with Marvin Gaye by Jan Gaye Undivided A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace by Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon Stand Your Ground Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas The Presidency in Black and White My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race
Sanaa Lathan to produce and star in Omar Tyree’s ‘Flyy Girl’
June 25, 2015
Sanaa Lathan will executive produce and star in the film adaptation of Omar Tyree’s classic book trilogy, “Flyy Girl”.
Lathan, who partnered with Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films to produce the film, will play the lead role of beautiful, smart and spoiled Tracey Ellison.