AALBC: The African-American Media Clearinghouse

Imagine letting your fingers do the walking (clicking) through the annals of all things written by and about African-Americans.

You’ve heard of the dark web, but did you know a search engine, Huria (1), allows you to discover the best of the Black web? Try it yourself – I found an article about me on the Black Enterprise website (2) using the Huria search.

What if you were new to your town and were looking for black-owned newspapers (3), bookstores (4), or even a book club (5) to join? Maybe you’re a blogophile and want to visit every African-American blog publisher online. Or perhaps you’re an African-American blog publisher, and you’d like to include your blog in the AALBC blog database (6). Where would you go to find that information?

If you don’t know, let me share What I Found on the Internet, “The African-American Literature Book Club” (7). More than 18 years ago, Troy Johnson founded AALBC dot com is the digital meeting place of the African-American Literati.

Check out the video (8) below to get a feel of the benefits of the online literary site. Troy will even give you tips on kicking the Facebook habit and getting the traffic flowing back to your digital property.

You don’t have to join AALBC; it’s open to the public, so lurk away. The most fun, however, comes when you join the community and get involved in one of the day’s hot topics. (9)

More of What I Found on the Internet Today, next Thursday! Be sure to check back!