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Nordette Adams is a poet, fiction writer, journalist, and reluctant literary critic. As a child, she was often chided for reading books with a flashlight after her bedtime. Contact Nordette here.

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Oprah, CNN's Anderson Cooper host Say You're One of Them book talk tonight

Tonight is Oprah and CNN's big literary event, the world's largest book discussion. The billionaire talk-show host will join Anderson Cooper and...
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Race Matters: No to Obama at schools, Van Jones saga, divisive rhetoric on health care reform

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Yesterday, a man on Twitter decided to engage the African-American Books Examiner in a political discussion, specifically a discussion about...
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Recalling How Katrina Made Us Examine Race

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Saturday, August 29, was the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina breaching the levees of city of New Orleans. That catastrophe caused Americans and...
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Tony Dungy, A Good Influence in Michael Vick's Life

Even if you're not a sports fan, you may have heard that Michael Vick, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback who served time for the "federal...
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Colin Powell on Gates, Crowley: Both Men Overreacted

Colin Powell recently spoke to CNN's Larry King and weighed in on the Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley altercation. The columnist here...
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Sotomayor hearings: Firsts from Anita Hill Scandal to Thurgood Marshall

Sonia Sotomayor, if confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, would not be the first woman or the first minority on the high court, but she would be the...
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Obama's in Africa, easy books to help you understand

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With President Barack Obama and the first family in Africa this weekend, the African-American Books Examiner has been searching high and low for good...
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Examiners on Michael Jackson books and his memorial at the Staples Center

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After the deluge of news stories about Michael Jackson due to his untimely death and more coverage to come with his memorial today at the Staples...
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Colin Powell on Republican Party and race, Obama's spending, and Michael Jackson's legacy

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Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell sat down with CNN's John King for this Sunday morning's "State of the Union" and an...
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Michael Jackson's message on a napkin--have mercy

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Some of us who grew up watching Michael Jackson from the beginning struggle now to express our feelings adequately about his untimely death. Those of...
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