Oatmeal cookies, a rocking chair, a treasured baby doll and the smiling gentle giant with a commanding voice calling her name. To Ilyasah Shabazz, he was simply Daddy, but to the rest of the world, he was known as Malcolm X, the former felon turned Muslim Minister and human rights activist. In the years following… Continue reading “Malcolm Little”: Facts Over Fallacies, The Ilyasah Shabazz DMN Interview
Category: Authors and Books
Interviews with authors; book reviews
Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” Memoir, A MOC Preview/ST Book Review Link
….It’s been decades since Ms. Braxton was a meek and malleable college student with dreams of becoming a star, but just because her 1995, self-titled debut sold over ten million copies doesn’t mean that her path to stardom was an easy one. In fact, from the very moment Braxton experienced even a a glimpse of… Continue reading Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” Memoir, A MOC Preview/ST Book Review Link
The Beverly Jenkins Q&A: A MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
Informally known for having “The Books That Keep You Up All Night,” Avon’s Beverly Jenkins has put in over 2 decades of sex, suspense and soul into dozens of fictional novels and earned a loyal fan base because of it. Fans already know she has a new book out, but what about the process she… Continue reading The Beverly Jenkins Q&A: A MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, The MOC Preview & Knowshi.com Interview Link
In an illuminating interview with sociologist Dr. Francis Cress Welsing, Knowshi.com discussed her views of dysfunctional trends among African-Americans, and how non-whites can persevere despite the odds perpetually stacked against them.
Struggles, Successes and Celebrating Black Romance, The MOC Brenda Jackson Preview/Knowshi Interview Link
……It wasn’t always easy for Ms. Jackson, but in this in-depth chat with Knowshi, the Florida-based trailblazer discusses her triumphs, trials and what she tells new novelists about making a place for themselves on bookshelves and among their peers. KNOWSHI- It’s an honor to speak with such a pioneer in the publishing world, wow—-having written… Continue reading Struggles, Successes and Celebrating Black Romance, The MOC Brenda Jackson Preview/Knowshi Interview Link