Category: Books

10 Blessings of Betrayal: A Spiritual Journey of Rebuilding through Tragedy Author: Natasha T. Brown Release Date: February 14 Natasha T. Brown is an author, activist and award-winning communicator, who resides in the Washington, D.C. area. She is the founder of Think Brown INK, a social responsibility branding agency. Natasha is a 2015 Forty Under 40 Honoree […]

“Religion plays an important part in most people’s lives… Many of us have absolute and often blind faith in the churches we attend. But is such dedication and unconditional loyalty well-founded, or even smart? Is it good for people to live their fragile lives based on stories told to them by someone who is not […]

Kyle S. Taylor Kyle S. Taylor is a 2001 graduate of Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson, Md., and graduated from Morgan State University in 2005 with a bachelor’s in English/Journalism. He has a professional background in communications and journalism, and has had articles published in several newspapers including The Baltimore Sun, The Afro American […]

Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties, the Pulitzer Prize-winner makes frequent TV appearances, including on The McLaughlin Group as a regular member of the show’s panel of political pundits. Clarence makes his home in the Washington, DC area with his wife, Lisa, and their […]

Acclaimed author Carl Weber, president of Urban Books LLC, held a book signing to share insights on his upcoming film projects and give back to the fans that have supported him over the years. Fans gathered at Books-A-Million in Hanover, Md. on Feb. 3 to get signed autograph copies of one of Weber’s 21 books, […]

Being able to finish a task, any task, is a mark of success by anyone’s accounting. In Life Happens…But You Can Finish, the Rev. Frances “Toni” Draper and Pam Love reveal how hard it is to complete a project and break down the science of finishing. Life Happens tells the stories of 12 women who […]

“Drawing on nearly 14,000 pages of newly released FBI files, F.B. Eyes exposes the Bureau’s intimate policing of African American poems, plays, essays, and novels. Starting in 1919… secret FBI ghostreaders monitored the latest developments in African American letters… These ghostreaders knew enough to simulate a sinister black literature of their own. The official aim… […]

Melinda Robertson Melinda Robertson is an author, empowerment speaker and former teen mother. Her experience as a teen mother compelled her to write her first novel, Motherhood . . . What You Don’t Know! in an attempt to combat the teen pregnancy issue that plagues communities nationwide. Motherhood . . . What You Don’t Know! […]

A. Rod Womack • Release Date: Oct. 15, 2014 A. Rod Womack’s passion for storytelling distinguishes him from many of his contemporaries. Redwood is his first book. Womack co-owned his first company at 18 years old. His entrepreneurial experience spans numerous industries including food service, real estate development, construction, and more. In 2010 he left […]

April Ryan • Release Date: Feb. 15, 2015 April Ryan is a reporter for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN).  She is the only Black woman covering urban issues from the White House – a position she has held since the Clinton era. April is a frequent speaker on the topics of the White House, Presidency, […]

“The social challenges of our time are enormous. About one in seven U.S. residents live in poverty, and the disparity between the haves and have-nots is wider than at any point since the Great Depression… Imagine if community members across the world began planting seeds of social change, justice, and freedom. Could you be the […]