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Scholastic and the National Urban League Celebrate Early Literacy Program Read and Rise With Family Read Aloud

Octavia Butler, "World-Class" Science Fiction Author, Dies at 58

Activists Protest at NAACP Image Awards Over ‘Boondocks’ Nomination

Sen. Clinton Cosponsors Resolution on Black History Month

Mercer to Speak at Symposium on Black British Aesthetics

Sea Island Writers Retreat – On the Road – Coming to Atlanta

Southern Cooking Author Edna Lewis Dies at 89

Toni Morrison Attends Philadelphia Opening of "Margaret Garner"

Toni Morrison to Speak at New York Historical Society

Senator Barack Obama Wins Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album

ALA Mourns Loss of Civil Rights Pioneer Coretta Scott King

Brooklyn Academy of Music to Host Literary Evenings

Recommendations for Black History Month

Frey Fiasco Sheds Light on Publishing's Culture of Trust

Regional Shortlists for Africa Commonwealth Writers Prize Announced

New Jersey School Board Strikes Book With Slur From Black History Month Reading List

AOL Black Voices Teams Up With The HistoryMakers for Celebrity Video Clips

BREAKING NEWS: Coretta Scott King dies at 78

ALA announces winners of Coretta Scott King Awards for children's books

Martha Southgate reviews Margo Jefferson's On Michael Jackson

Black Literature Professor Responds to "Their Eyes Were Reading Smut"

African photographer's exhibit begins

Oprah plans show on James Frey book controversy on January 26

2006 African American Pavilion Invites Exhibitors For Book Expo America

Book Critics nominate Andrea Levy's Small Island, Zadie Smith bypassed

Amber Books in Japanese book deal

The Color Purple sets new record at the Broadway

Oprah Selection Called a Fraud Based on Lies
Invisible Universe Foundation holds Speculative Fiction Conference/Fundraiser 2006 in New York City

Syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary gets personal finance show on TV One

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