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Aug- 2019 -2 AugustBirmingham Times
Neena Speer’s First Year in Law School Made Her Better Attorney — And an Author
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Speer’s mindset was that somebody is going to deal with what she dealt with and ask what law…
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1 AugustBirmingham Times
Jayla Groom Penned Book After Seeing Her Mom’s ‘Wanted’ Mugshot on Crimestoppers
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Groom, from Hueytown and a rising junior at the University of Alabama (UA), has penned a book about…
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1 AugustBirmingham Times
Mother and 7 Year-Old Daughter Encourage Girls to See Beauty; not Differences
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Dee Edwards remembers her daughter Aubrey coming home from school one day upset that she didn’t look like…
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Jul- 2019 -31 JulyBooks
Summer Book Reviews
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The truth is, though, summer’s halfway over and you’ve done everything you wanted to do so now you’re…
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30 JulyBlack History
A Fully Illustrated Edition of James’s Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time” with Photography by Steve Schapiro
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — In 1963, two of James Baldwin’s most influential essays were fused to form a bestselling book…
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26 July#NNPA BlackPress
L.A. Based Poet Shares Inspiring Story in, ‘Black Indian: A Memoir’
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — After a childhood of family secrets and a lost heritage, Shonda Buchanan set out to find the…
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15 JulyBooks
Dennis-Benn’s novel of Jamaican immigrant is magnetic, wrenching
FLORIDA COURIER — In her new novel, Nicole Dennis-Benn contrasts the deep chasm between the American dream and immigrant reality, and…
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8 JulyBooks
T.D. Jakes’ daughter releases second book on overcoming obstacles
FLORIDA COURIER — Following in the footsteps of her father, New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes, Cora Jakes Coleman has…
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8 JulyBooks
John’s Island Book Sale set for July 26-27
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Love a bargain? Come to the Charleston Friends of the Library John’s Island Book Sale on Friday, July…
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