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The Before Columbus Foundation presented the winners of the 35th annual American Book Awards. The winners in 2014 were Andrew Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers a…

Panelists talked about how to define Black literature and Black literary classics, and how the traditions of the Black Arts Movement and the Umbra Movement influenced the Black literary trad…

On a panel titled “From Negro to African American: Is There a Limit to Identity Politics?” three authors discussed when or should being Black cease to be relevant to African-American people…

From the Harlem Book Fair in New York City, Salome Thomas-El was interviewed about his book “I Choose To Stay.” Ishmael Reed, author of "Another Day at the Front", responded to audience tele…

Panelists talked about the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, focusing on African-American perspectives. They discussed the search for meaning, the character of patriotism, racism and …

Participants spoke about U.S. policy and conditions in America and abroad under the Bush administration. They talked about a variety of issues including policy toward Israel, military operat…

Mr. Reed talked about his collection of essays Another Day at the Front: Dispatches from the Race War, published by Basic Books. According to Mr. Reed, African Americans have been at war wi…

Authors discussed the changes in African-American Literature in the past 50 years. At the end of the program they answered questions from the audience.

The authors read from and discussed their new works. They also responded to audience questions. Mr. Reed recently compiled his Reed Reader.Ms.Jordan wrote Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood.

Ishmael Reed’s book, "Airing Dirty Laundry", explored the thesis that the mainstream media portrayal of African-Americans was inaccurate and racist. Professor Walter Williams, Georgetown Uni…