Book Review: African American History for Dummies

Tweet (Akiit.com) “African-American history, to be clear, is so much more than a handful of extraordinary individuals or practices like slavery, Jim Crow, and civil rights. A lot of it is painful, but it’s also inspiring and triumphant… It took the Civil War, the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and a lot of struggle […]

Book Review: Business Unusual

Tweet (Akiit.com) Being About the Lord’s Business Every so often, a self-published book beats the odds and grabs the attention of enough readers to draw an offer from a traditional publisher. I sure hope that this happens for this book. Dr. Linda Beed, an emerging Christian author and veteran educator has recently released her debut […]

Book Review: Color Me Butterfly

Tweet (Akiit.com) Domestic Abuse: A Generational Curse? This book spans a 60 year period in the lives of a family of strong African American women who survived domestic abuse one generation after another. Very well written and easy to follow this book is a classic literary gem. Told by the very eloquent third generational daughter, […]

Book Review: Freedom’s Journal: The First African-American Newspaper

Tweet (Akitt.com) “While the Constitution declares that all men are born free and equal, the wise corporation of the city of Washington… see proper to proscribe the rights of a certain portion of the community… Ought such laws to exist? Ought Congress to allow Washington, the spot which alone of all others should be sacred […]

Press Release: “GrandMamma’s Prayers”

Tweet (Akiit.com) James Langston’s book, “GrandMamma’s Prayers is now available through Lulu Publishing Enterprises, Inc. NAPLES, ITALY, July 2007 – When we think of GrandMamma, we often think of food, Sunday afternoons, and church. GrandMamma’s Prayers records a simpler time in life when people cared about you, not because of what you had, but who […]

Press Release: Getting a Grip: Timelessness in a Temporary World

Tweet (Akiit.com) Balancing Christian and spiritual living with being a black American in a world that seems to be falling backward in time instead of going forward? In the mid-1980’s, I read a book by Charles R. Swindoll titled “Strengthening Your Grip: Essentials in an Aimless World.” That book taught me a lot, and stuck […]

Alex Haley – Aboard the African Star – Press Release

Tweet (Akiit.com) After working on the book for more than a decade, Haley was stuck — and desperate I just love to get out in the ocean. You are really out there, thinking in ways you haven’t thought before. The best writing I ever possibly could do was after The Digest helped me go to […]

Black romantic comedies find new stage

Tweet Whatever She Wants, starring Vivica A. Fox, is the latest work in a growing genre (Akiit.com) Not long ago, Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut were among the top stars of a modestly successful movie subgenre — the all-black romantic comedy — that seems to have lost some of its luster. Some of its […]

Anika Noni Rose to Voice ‘The Frog Princess’ for Disney

Tweet (Akiit.com) E! Online reports that Anika Noni Rose has signed on to provide the voice of the title character in the upcoming Disney animated feature The Frog Princess. CNN previously announced that the Walt Disney Company will make history by introducing its first black princess in the animated fairy tale. Rose will voice the […]

LIONSGATE SIGNS CHRISTIAN MARKET DEALS: Names Thomas Nelson, Inc. Exclusive Distributor in Christian Market.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, has forged two major partnerships in the faith-based entertainment genre, it was announced by Lionsgate President Steve Beeks. The Company has reached a distribution agreement with publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc., making Thomas Nelson the exclusive distributor of Lionsgate product in the Christian retail market. The largest […]

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