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December
2002 Contest Question #33 (Posted December 16, 2002 11:50 PM EST ) |
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| Question: This husband and wife duo are blazing new trails in the genres of sci-fi and suspense. Give their names and the titles of at least three novels each of them have published.
Answer: Click Here |
Winner: T.
Martin, Los Angeles, CA Prize:
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November
2002 Contest Question #32 (Posted November 4, 2002 8:39 PM EST ) |
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| Question: The
following 5 author's web pages were the 5 most frequently visited author web
pages on AALBC.com for the month of October 2002. Which 2 pages were
the top two (in any order)?
Walter Dean Myers,
Karen E. Quinones
Miller, Maya Angelou,
Kola
Boof,
James Baldwin Answer: |
Winner: Answered.
Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize:
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October
2002 Contest Question #31 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Why is the author of the book Through My Eyes significant? Answer: |
Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize:
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September
2002 Contest Question #31 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Name three universities where John Oliver Killens taught. Answer: |
Winner: S. Chambers, Durham NC Prize:
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August
2002 Contest Question #30 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) |
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| Question: What year was AALBC.com officially launched (provide month & year)? Answer: |
Winner:
Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize:
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July
2002 Contest Question #29 (Posted September 17, 2002 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Which publisher first published Carter G. Woodson's The Mis-Education of the Negro; and what was the year? Answer: |
Winner: Answered. Winner's Name to be Posted shortly Prize:
Format:
Paperback, 256pp. |
| June
2002 Contest Question #29 (Posted May 26, 2002 2:49 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Give us the names of all of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz's children. Answer: Click Here |
Winner: M.
Johnson, Philadelphia, PA. (Mon 5/27/2002 11:48 AM) Prize:
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| May
2002 Contest Question #28 (Posted May 26, 2002 2:47 PM EST ) |
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| Question: What is the latest book by the former Don L. Lee. Why is it important? Answer: Click Here |
Winner: Y.
Stafford, New York, NY (Mon 5/27/2002 10:00 AM) Prize:
Mass Market Paperback, 400pp. |
| April
2002 Contest Question #27 (Posted April 09, 2002 10:36 PM EST ) |
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| Question: What is Jamaica Kincaid's real name and where is she from? Answer: Click
Here |
Winner: N.
Crawford, Pritchard AL Prize: |
| March
2002 Contest Question #26 (Posted March 03, 2002 1:29 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Name two American Book Award winners who are female African-Americans. Supply the names and the titles of their award winning books. Answer: click here |
Winner: E.
Howard, Oakland, CA (Sun 3/3/2002 9:53 PM) Prize: |
| February
2002 Contest Question #25 (Posted January 24, 2002 4:36 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Name five (5) African-American syndicated cartoonists. Answer: Click Here |
Winner: P.
Ramey-McCray, Lanham, MD (Wed 1/30/2002 2:04 PM) Prize: Fall 2001 Issue |
| January
2002 Contest Question #24 (Posted January 24, 2002 4:29 PM EST ) |
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| Question: Supply the title and author's name of five (5) books, written by African-American authors, which are due for publication in February 2002 Answer: Click Here |
Winner: S.
Bashir, Brooklyn, NY (Feb 2002) Prize: by Kola Boof Paperback, 178 pages |
| #24 | January
2002 Contest
Visit http://www.aalbc.com/reviews/books.htm for a list of books to be published in 2002
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| #25 | February
2002 Contest
Robb Armstrong, Ray Billingsley, Stephen Bentley, Barbara Brandon, Charles Boyce
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| #26 | March
2002 Contest
The American Book Awards, established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation, recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Two African-American women winner were: 2001 1989
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| #27 |
April 2002 Contest Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua.
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| #28 | May
2002 Contest
AKA Haki
Madhubuti wrote
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| #29 | June 2002 Contest
The six daughters of Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X are. 1. Atallah Sahbazz
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July
2002 Contest
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| #31
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August
2002 Contest
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| #32
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September
2002 Contest
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| #33
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October
2002 Contest
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| #34
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November
2002 Contest
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December
2002 Contest
TANANARIVE DUE
-- THE BETWEEN; THE LIVING BLOOD; MY SOUL TO KEEP
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Threesome:
Where Seduction, Power and Basketball Collide
Shades
of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Yes,
Yes, Yes: The Unauthorized Biography of Destiny's Child - A Tale of
Destiny, Fame and Fortune (The Story About the Original 4 Members)
(Collector's Edition)
Two
Cities 
Good
Peoples 
Between
Lovers
For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
when the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoem
Bill
Clinton and Black America
Long
Train to the redeeming SIN