African-american stories, books, poems, and more

A group of black men steal a statue with hilarious consequences. Read More

Tags: african-american

The Sweetest Dark Angel

By Emilia Crow

Book / Romance

February 10, 2018

Shelves: 1

An asshole bad girl named Max Smith finds love, friends, and murder. Read More

Tags: romance, thriller, cult, african-american

I love the way I act

By Themykki

Book / Other

January 23, 2018

Shelves: 2

A 13 year old has to spend a summer with her ex- friend and he is a pain in the neck he doesn’t think girls aren’t as good as boys. Go along with her as she tries to prove he is wrong! Read More

Tags: african-american, mykaela-sanders

Black woman

By Axenilliagenus

Poem / Memoir

December 03, 2017

Shelves: 1

Outwitting the stereotype... Read More

Tags: pride, stereotype, self-love, african-american

Fast Punk

November 15, 2017

Shelves: 2

Four streetwise Caribbean-American teens from Brooklyn seek fame and fortune in the gritty 1970's music scene. The band makes questionable decisions while riding the roller coaster of burgeoning fame. They struggle with finding that secluded path to certain stardom and million dollar success. Eventually, the… Read More

Tags: caribbean, young-adult, african-american, brooklyn, 1970s

Song of Sonya

November 15, 2017

Shelves: 2

Sonya Love grapples with crushing grief and just anger at the death of her big brother, an innocent young Black man gunned down by a White police officer. Struggling to understand what happened, Sonya loses her joy of singing and decides to give up on her future.… Read More

Tags: young-adult, african-american, black-lives-matter

Cheap Justice

November 15, 2017

Shelves: 2

The SWAT swarm Mona Blaise’s house like heavily armed black bees to a honeycomb. With bated breath, they wait for the take down. The notorious Mona Blaise, drug kingpin, is defeated and finally shut down. Mona is indeed arrested, tagged, booked, and chained. Yet she accepts her… Read More

Tags: crime, young-adult, african-american, juvenile-law

Being Davante

November 15, 2017

Shelves: 1

Davanté's heart sinks to the lowest of depths. He cannot lose his mother now. He is only seventeen years old. He has not learned enough about life to be on his own. He does not know how to live. He is still hiding his artistic talents out of fear… Read More

Tags: christian, urban, young-adult, african-american, coming-to-age

One's True Self

By Axenilliagenus

Poem / Memoir

November 15, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

A poem by a somewhat insecure African American woman Read More

Tags: pride, self-love, african-american

Pavement

By Perry Landers

Poem / Non-Fiction

May 31, 2017

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

A poem written for Freddie & Trayvon & Eric & Tamir & Philando & Michael & Terrence & Jordan & men that look like me. Read More

Tags: death, african-american, pavement, police-shootings, racial-tension

Effects of Mass Incarceration on African American Communities

By Aboya

Essay / Non-Fiction

April 16, 2017

Shelves: 1

ever since reading the new jim crow by michelle alexander, the issue of mass incarceration has sparked a major interest in my intellectual curiosity. it's an issue that is evident and continuously growing which is why i decided to write an essay about it for my assignment. my essay specifically… Read More

Tags: black, african-american, inequality, racial, mass-incarceration

Excerpt from "Success Stories Insights by African-American Men"

By Reginald Grant

Book / Non-Fiction

March 25, 2017

Shelves: 1

Excerpt from "Success Stories Insights by African-American Men" Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. "Don't you ever stop believing in yourself?" There is the book with 19 contributing authors and two different workbooks, one with five stories and volume 2 with all 19 stories. Read More

Tags: stories, success, collection, african-american

Excerpt "Why I Teach" from Thoughts of An Urban Teacher

By Reginald Grant

Short Story / Non-Fiction

March 25, 2017

Shelves: 1

Reginald Grant writes a powerful realization of the why and how of the Urban teacher. His mastery and lifetime dedication to inner-city education identifies the social impact and struggle the urban teacher faces. In a world where the unfair distribution of academic resources plaguing young learners and traps both teacher… Read More

Tags: education, urban, america, teach, african-american

What I'd Do For Love

By K.F. Johnson

Book / Thrillers

December 10, 2016

Shelves: 1

A woman scorned is a dangerous woman. Greer Patterson always felt like an outsider. Loathed by her step mother and half siblings for being the green eyed, fair skinned product of her black father's affair with a white woman; she's never truly felt loved by anyone except her father and… Read More

Tags: fiction, african-american, romantic-suspense

Walk In Our Shoes

By regi taylor

Essay / Non-Fiction

November 03, 2016

Shelves: 1

Conflict and confrontation between police and communities of color is historic, based on racism, and has very deep roots. Maltreatment of African-Americans by police .over centuries is so systemic that many police organizations don't recognize the behavior as aberrant or abhorrent. On the flip-side, regardless of how or why the… Read More

Tags: community, african-american, confrontation, police-violence, urban-unrest

diary of a serial monogamist

By Jade King

Book / Thrillers

March 08, 2016

Shelves: 1

Kashmir Pierre is just like any other sister who has been hurt by the dating game. The only difference is that she is the one doing all the hurting now. Feeding off of her parents failed marriage for years Kashmir decides that heartache is just not for her. She leaves… Read More

Tags: romance, erotica, psychological, urban, african-american

Cheryl's Song

By CherylsSong

Book / Literary Fiction

December 16, 2014

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Cheryl Fields, a college student, must keep her two worlds apart when a young pledge to her boyfriend's fraternity leads Cheryl to faith in Jesus. As a new Christian, Cheryl becomes aware of the sin in her life and her boyfriend is not happy. Cheryl has to help her new… Read More

Tags: fiction, romance, novel, christian, college, university, womens, african-american, hazing, fraternity, sisterhood, sorority, pledging

pReSSuREd: aNotHeR hoOd SToRy PaRt II (MATURE READERS ONLY)

By Kevin11

Short Story / Young Adult

June 26, 2014

Shelves: 1

For 18 year-old college bound Darwin Charles, West Oakland, California is without question, a sure death sentence. Licks (robberies) occur throughout the day, break-ins often happen within the outskirts of the city and shootouts against your own kind are never too far from reach; And all because young black males… Read More

Tags: social, action, literature, class, west, film, script, hood, african-american, pressured, commentary, short-story, oakland, socioeconomic, potical

pReSSuREd: aNotHeR hoOd SToRy PaRt I (MATURE READERS ONLY)

By Kevin11

Short Story / Young Adult

June 26, 2014

Shelves: 1

For 18 year-old college bound Darwin Charles, West Oakland, California is without question, a sure death sentence. Licks (robberies) occur throughout the day, break-ins often happen within the outskirts of the city and shootouts against your own kind are never too far from reach; And all because young black males… Read More

Tags: social, short, adventure, action, class, west, movie, film, script, california, hood, african-american, pressured, commentary, oakland

Look Into My Eyes

By Shar Sturges

Book / Romance

December 08, 2013

Shelves: 1

Beauty Summers is a young woman who endured a relationship of turmoil with her boyfriend Randy Henderson. She tries to cope with his death, by escaping to Joi's, a poetry cafe, where she meets Breeze. Beauty begins to relive the twists and turns of her past relationships, as her friends… Read More

Tags: fiction, romance, poetry, dreams, suspense, african-american

Married to Madness

By Devin Shane

Book Review / Other

September 24, 2013

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

A book review. Read More

Tags: love, death, family, romance, romantic, life, pain, rich, violence, drama, fate, suspense, rap, money, panic

Godmode

By Quan Williams

Book / Science Fiction

July 15, 2013

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

in Godmode, a man must fight his way out of a building full of bizarre and deadly monsters, all the while learning disturbing truths about his captors...and himself. Read More

Tags: monsters, infidelity, cheating, peta, african-american, hybrids, minotaurs, lovecraft, animal_testing, vivisection, wendigo, biopunk, biotech, corporate_corruption

Love Ltd.

By O mega

Book / Romance

September 20, 2012

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

A young man comes up with an idea to get involved in a deep romance with a beautiful young woman he normally wouldn't consider a long term relationship with. Read More

Tags: love, fantasy, romance, relationships, sex, urban, toronto, indian, african-american

Romans to Jude - Precise Christian Scripture Revealed

By RomansToJude

Book / Religion and Spirituality

November 04, 2011

Shelves: 1

Romans to Jude – Precise Christian Scripture Revealed is a book challenging the entire Christian world to delve deeper into the scriptures of the New Testament, namely Romans to Jude. The author asserts that the traditional presentation of Jesus Christ that has been propagated by churches, treatment programs, television ministries… Read More

Tags: testament, christian, black, bible, study, authors, african-american, chandel

A Rapper's College Chapter 1

By Hannah Faye

Book / Literary Fiction

October 29, 2010

Shelves: 1

A Rapper's College is an inspiring story about a young man who struggles to overcome his battle with dyslexia while making it through the challenges of his personal life and those of the rap industry. Read More

Tags: reading, rap, disability, college, african-american, dyslexia, hip-hop, rappers

African-American Author Debuts Her Website

By kYmizsofly

Miscellaneous / Literary Fiction

May 06, 2010

Shelves: 1

African-American author, kYmberly Keeton has debuted her literary website. Read More

Tags: poet, writer, reader, author, african-american, southern, kymberly, keeton, educator

Saydy's Drama

By jamaicanbarbiee809

May 04, 2010

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

16 year old Saydy Smith has just moved to a new town with her sister Sapphire to live with her dad and his family. She hates it and just wants to get away when she ends up falling for this boy named Ty.Her new best friend Aaliyah and her have… Read More

Tags: teen, romance, drama, stories, novels, african-american

New to town

By jamaicanbarbiee809

April 13, 2010

Shelves: 1

Fifteen year old Tasha, her brother Kevin, her mother, and her sister Loretta had just moved to Atlanta from Chicago. Their daddy had died and now they have to move out there with their Aunt and three cousins Kelly, Lisa, and Drew. Read More

Tags: teen, romance, drama, stories, novels, african-american

A word from your scrupulous poet

By Scrupulous Poet

Poem / Editorial and Opinion

November 08, 2009

Shelves: 1

I wrote this poem to put something on the mind of some rap listeners I, being one of them. Read More

Tags: poetry, rhyming, african-american, conscious_writing

Excess Baggage

By Sean Gardner

Book / Romance

November 05, 2009

Shelves: 1