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Latest episodes
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Learn Baby Learn: The Shindana Toy Factory's Legacy of Black Pride
The project's motto, "Learn, Baby, Learn," sparked the development of the Shindana Toy Factory, the first Black toy company in the US, dedicated to producing dolls and games that w…
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Reflections of a Black Cowboy
The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen join the celebrated folklore of the wild West in the Reflections of a Black Cowboy series. Thro…
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AMERICAN NIGHTMARE by Kelly McWilliams
Inspired by the life of civil rights activist Walter F. White, American Nightmare tells the story of a light-skinned Black man who goes undercover to document violence against Blac…
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Black Book Talk on 08/06/26
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The Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making
Rey Ramsey is a social justice entrepreneur who brings more than three decades of experience as an executive in the non-profit, public, and private sectors. The founder and CEO of…
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All the Blues in the Sky
Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best frie…
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The Fervent Whites
The year is 1982, and the people of the Hudson Valley community of Fervent have begun to move on from a homicide that upended the once quiet town. When the former neighbors who wer…
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Ralph Remington: Penetrating Blackness
This powerful and timely collection of essays offers piercing insights into the realities of racism, sexism, homophobia, and the damaging legacy of Donald Trump's divisive presiden…
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From the Black Book Talk Vault: Avel Gordly: "Remembering the Power of Words"
[This program originally aired May 5, 2011. We rebroadcast it August 1, 2024 when Kamala Harris became the first Black woman nominated candidate for President. We are airing again…
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Black Book Talk on 03/05/26
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Everybody Reads 2026
Everybody Reads 2026 celebrates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s book, Lovely One. In addition to distributing 8,000 free copies of Lovely One through libraries and high schools, th…
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Black Book Talk on 02/05/26
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"New Ways" for 2026
New Year, new outlooks. Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill and Patricia Welch discuss favorite titles that inspire fresh points of view.
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2025 Holiday Favorites
O.B. Hill, Emma Jackson and Patricia Welch share some favorite titles. Reflecting their individual interests, suggestions range from classics, like The Mis-Education of the Negro b…
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From the Black Book Talk Vault: "We Are Each Other's Harvest" by Natalie Baszile
In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. "We Are Each Other's Harvest" brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversation…
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K. IBURA, author, TEMPEST
TEMPEST follows Veronique (a.k.a. V) who, after her parents' death in Hurricane Katrina, moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana countryside. MawMaw always said that Veronique…
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From the Black Book Talk Vault: Renee Watson and "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water"
As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expre…
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Black Book Talk on 08/07/25
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Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO
Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy, in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro. Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer fo…
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Katherine Morgan/Grand Gesture Books
Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of Portland's first all-romance bookstore. Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious. Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned…