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Black Kings Read

Ep. 6 - Book Discussion Pt. 1: Harold Cruse's The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual

Today is my birthday!!! I have a birthday wish. This is update about the podcast. We are growing and I want to continue this growth. Please subscribe to the podcast and follow our social media sites: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackKingsRead Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlackKingsRead Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackkingsread You can also contact me at: BlackKingsRead@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support

Ep. 5 - Update: Let's Grow Black Kings Read Together

This episode is my first author interview with journalist Stephanie Guerilus. October 1, 2018, she released her first novel, Control. "Control, whose title is lifted from the iconic Janet Jackson song, embodies its name. Theresa Marie Jenkins is a 17-year-old who thinks she knows it all. As the saying goes, a hard head makes for a soft ass and Reesa learns the hard way that she doesn’t really know much about life. Reesa quickly becomes an It girl after speaking up at a Black Lives Matter protest but her activism gets in the way of her career. She wants to be the next pop diva on the charts. For that to happen, Reesa will have to be packaged; smile and wave as though she’s at a beauty pageant. She’ll have to give control to advisers who want her to sing on cue, tap dance on command, no throwing shoes at parties and keeping her mouth shut on the culture. If only Reesa had just sat there and ate her food. Control is a novel that addresses the political climate, #MeToo, identity and what it means when you are a young woman of color who the world doesn’t automatically think to protect." You can purchase the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Control-Stephanie-Guerilus-ebook/dp/B07HYGFLV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540398456&sr=8-1&keywords=Stephanie+Guerilus Stephanie' Guerilus' contact information: Website: www.stephanieguerilus.com Facebook: Stephanie Guerilus Twitter: @qsteph Instagram: q_steph Linkedin: Stephanie Guerilus Black Kings Read information: Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlackKingsRead Twitter: twitter.com/BlackKingsRead Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackkingsread You can also contact us at: BlackKingsRead@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support

Ep. 4 - Author Interview: Stephanie Guerilus and her debut novel, Control

My friend Mack and I discussed Clay Cane's Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlackKingsRead Twitter: twitter.com/BlackKingsRead Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackkingsread You can also contact me at: BlackKingsRead@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support

Ep. 3 - Book Discussion: Clay Cane's Live Through This

This is the 2nd part of the Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks and White Liberals. We discussed the last four chapters, Germans and History, Black Education, and History versus Vision. The next book for the discussion will be Clay Cane's Live Through This. Don't forget to check out Amir on Twitter at @Moneymirweather ‏and check out his article on Medium: https://medium.com/@amirtbg/the-crisis-of-the-current-negro-intellectual-41d23d3c6f81 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support

Ep. 2 - Book Discussion Pt. 2: Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks and White Liberals

This is the first podcast of Johnathan's Bookshelf presents Black Kings Read. In honor of the last day of #NationalLiteracyMonth and #InternationalPodcastDay, we release our inaugral episode. Format of the show: I. Introduction of the Black Kings Read Podcast II. Details of today's show III. Book Discussion with Amir Abner: Black Rednecks and White Liberals (Chapter 1-3) by Thomas Sowell IV. Book Review: Come On People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support

Ep. 1 - Book Discussion Pt. 1: Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Bill Cosby's book

Johnathan's Bookshelf presents Black Kings Read. A literary weekly podcast show with book discussions, author interviews, book reviews, and issues in literacy with an African American male point of view. The mission of Black Kings Read is to change the paradigm of illiteracy with the African American male community: no longer accepting the status quo "if you want to hide money from a Black man, put it in a book." We encourage all Black men to join our book discussions. We appreciate the literary community at large for their support. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackkingsread/support