This Juneteenth will be a special one as the “Mother of Juneteenth” will celebrate her new book, “Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free.” The book written by Alice Faye Duncan is a children’s book that tells the story of Lee’s fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Ducan is encouraging families the… Read more »
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BB King Biography Out Next Week
A new B.B. King biography is on the way. “King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King” will be out on October 5th and being called “the most definitive” King biography of the last few decades. King performed over 17-thousand shows worldwide during his career and was 88 when he did his… Read more »
Barack Obama’s New Book Breaks Records
Look at this. Barack Obama’s new book broke records for his book publisher Penguin Random House. Obama’s new book, A Promised Land, released on Nov. 17, sold 1.7 million units in all formats and editions in the U.S. and Canada to date. The first week sales of 887,000 units is a first-day record for the book… Read more »