3:00 - Welcoming Remarks: Pavilion Co-Founders - Tony Rose, The Harlem Book Fair/Philis . Wheatley Publisher Award Recipient, Executive Director, The African American Pavilion - Publisher/CEO, Amber Communications Group, Inc.,, and Adrienne Ingrum, Adrienne Ingrum, LLC., with Yvonne Rose, Director, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America.
3:01 - Host: Heather Covington, CEO, Disilgold.com, National Best-Selling Author of, Literary Divas: The Top 100+ African American Women In Literature, NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literature (Biographies) and Tekila Nika: The Forbidden Bronx Video Diary Tales.
3:02 - Thomas Joyner, Jr., CEO, The Tom Joyner Foundation; Wil LaVeist and Thomas LaVeist, Authors, Tom Joyner Presents How To prepare For College with Sybil Wilkes (Sybil's Book Club)
The Tom Joyner Morning Show. The Tom Joyner Foundation has raised more than $55 million Dollars to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities stay in school. Sybil has achieved a number of accolades including The Presidents Award from The NAACP Image Awards.
3:08 - Cynthia Ballinger and Roslyn Jordan, Publishers, Lift Every Voice Books. The vision is to see African-American Christians encouraged in their faith through quality books by African-Americans.
3:12 - Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Barbara Seals Nevergold, Authors, Go, Tell Michelle.
3:14 - Wade Hudson and Cheryl Hudson - President and Publisher, Just Us Books, The nations largest African American Children's Book Publisher.
3:14 - Omar Tyree, Author, 12 Brown Boys - New York Times Best-Selling Author, Phillis Wheatley Book Awardee.
3:17 - Mary B. Morrison, New York Times and Essence National Best-Selling Author of Sweeter Than Honey, He's Just a Friend, Some Bodies Gotta Be On Top, Never Again Once More, She Ain't the One, When Somebody Loves You, and author as Honey B., of Sexcapades
3:17 - Brenda L. Thomas, Essence Magazine Best-Selling Author, Threesome, Where Suduction, Power and Basketball Collide, Fourplay, The Dance of Sensuality and Laying Down My Burdens.
3:19 - Mildred Muhammad, Author of Scared Silent-The DC Sniper and ZANE, Publisher, Strebor Books International, LLC/Simon & Schuster, National Best-Selling Author of several New York Times and EssenceBest-Selling titles including: Addicted, The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, The Heat Seekers, Nervous, The Sisters of APF, Shame On It All, The Sex Chronicles 2 and Skyscrapers.
3:22 - Pamela Springer, Global Skin Solutions Book Publishing. Owner of The Skin and Make-Up Institute of Arizona.
3:24 - Omarosa, Keynote Speaker, Author of The Bitch Switch, International SuperStar (The Apprentice). In 2004 Omarosa captured the attention of the business community and the nation as a cast member of the hit show The Apprentice with Donald Trump. Since then, she has established herself as one of the most recognizable stars on television.
3:35 - Buffie The Body, International Star and Author, Vixon Video and Vickie Stringer, Publisher, Triple Crown Publications and Vickie Stringer Publishing, National Best-Selling Author. Vickie Stringer is the author of national best-seller How to Succeed in the Publishing Game.
3:38 - Carol Mackey, Editor-In-Chief, Black Expressions Book Club. Carole Mackey is the acclaimed editor-in-chief for Black Expressions Book Club, The club and pubication reaches more than a half million readers and has 3 million subscribers.
3:36 - Nikki Turner, Essence Magazine National Best-Selling Author, Ghetto Super Star and Dana Dane, Author, Numbers. Dana Dane has established himself as an innovator in rap music. He also lends a great deal of time to the community and assists aspiring artists by fusing Hip-Hop with education.
4:00 - Terrie Williams , National Best-Selling Author, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting. Terrie Williams is a best-selling author. Founder, The Stay Strong Foundation to offer educational and leadership workshops, internships, and mentoring opportunities for youth and The Terrie Williams Agency, one of the country’s most successful public relations and communications firms.
4:02 - Dante Lee, Founder, Diversity City Inc./BlackNews.com, NationalBest-Selling Author. Dante Lee Presents: The African American Scholarship Guide For Students and Parents. Dante Lee is a successful multicultural marketing and public relations firm based in Columbus, OH. He has been recognized as one of the "Top 30 Young Leaders under 30" by Ebony Magazine,
4:04 - Booker T. Mattison, Baker Publishing Group, Author, Unsigned Hype.
4:06 - Max Rodriguez, Founder, The Harlem Book Fair, which is free to the public and hosts over 250 exhibit booths. The annual program features celebrity authors on panel discussions and is aired from the Schomburg Museum on C-Span’s Book TV.
4:08 - Brother G., Co-Creator and Co-Producer, ZULU MECH 1 and National Best-Selling Author, "Shades of Memnon" book series and Mshindo 1, Co-Creator and Co-Producer, ZULU MECH 1.
4:10 - The 2009 African American Pavilion at BookExpo America Glenn Thompson "Lifetime Achievement " Award is being presented to four of America's greatest Literary, Screen, Sports and Media giants:
4:11 - Tom Joyner is a nationally syndicated radio and television personality, philanthropist and entrepreneur whose morning show is heard in more than 115 markets by nearly eight million listeners each week. The Tom Joyner Foundation® has raised more than $55 million to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities stay in school. His new National Best-Selling book is Tom Joyner Presents How To Stay In College.
4:13 - Kassahun Checole is Publisher of Africa World Press and The Red Sea Press, which are "sister presses" based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. over With over 1000 titles of non-fiction, poetry and photographs, dedicated to the publication and distribution of books on the African World, Africa World Press and Red Sea Press have evolved to become the premier publishers of books on African, African-American, Caribbean and Latin-American issues.
4:15 - Coach Tony Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy had taken eight of his previous ten teams to the playoffs. With this victory, he joined Mike Ditka and Tom Flores as the only individuals to win the Super Bowl as a former player and head coach. He is the Author of the National Best-Sellers Finding Your Path To Significance: Uncommon and Winning With Quiet Strength.
4:20 - Wesley Snipes, International Film Actor, (The Blade Trilogy) and NAACP Image Award Winner. Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer and martial artist. He has starred in action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films but is best known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. In 1991, Snipes formed a production company called Amen Ra Films and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. He is the co-producer and star of ZULU MECH 1.
4:40 - Special awards to: Thomas Joyner, Jr., CEO, The Tom Joyner Foundation; Sybil Wilkes (Sybil's Book Club) The Tom Joyner Morning Show; Dante Lee, Founder, Diversity City Inc./BlackNews.com; Troy Johnson, Founder, AALBC.com; Ron Kavanaugh, Founder, Mosaic Books.com; Heather Covington, Founder, Disilgold.com; James Lisbon, Founder, AMAG Magazine Online; Ann Burns, Former Senior Editor, Library Journal; Carole Hall, Former Vice President, African American Division, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Kam Williams, Book Reviewer; Annette Thomas, Literary Coordinator for the NAACP Image Awards; Lynette McMillion, The Tushe Group; Vaness Lloyd-Sgambati, Publicity Coordinator; Shayla Price, Founder, Career Voices
THE 2009 AFRICAN AMERICAN PAVILION EXHIBITORS
African American Expressions (Booth # 2241) Afrikan World Book Wholesalers (Booth # 2143) Africa World Press/Red Sea Press (Booth # 2158) Amber Communications Group, Inc. (Booth # 2249/2251) Baby Daddy Publishing (Table # 7) Baker Publishing Group (Booth # 2250) Barack Obama Posters/The Poster Kings (Booth # 2148) Biz-E-Bee Publications (Table # 7) Brain Candy Publishing (Table # 8) Brand Nu Words (Table 11) Brooklyn Christian Center; (Boothe # 2160) Brown Erotic Publishing (Boothe #2164) Career Voices (Table # 9) Chocolate Angel Publishing (Table # 8) Disilgold Soul Publishing (Table # 12) Diversity City Media, Inc./BlackNews.com(Booth # 2246) Divine Expressions Book Club (Table # 2) Eugene LaCorbinere (Booth # 2141) Expressions of Love Publishing (Table # 5) From Him To Us (Booth # 2145) Gary Braxton (Booth # 2140) Global Skin Solutions Book Publishing (Table # 5) Green Olive Tree Publishing (Booth # 2162) Jumpstart 33 (Table # 9) Just Us Books (Booth # 2244) Khunum Productions (Table # 10) Kija Entertainment (Booth # 2159) Kojack Books (Table # 6) Lift Every Voice (Table # 1) Literacise (Table # 8) Litermed Publications Nigeria LTD (Booth # 2153) L.T. Publishing (Table # 7) Melodrama Publishing (Booth # 2155) Mo Better Publishing (Table # 10) Naphtali Books (Booth # 2144) Nega Fulo Books ( Booth # ) Power Play Books/Life Changing Books (Booth # 2157) QBR The Black Book Review/Harlem Book Fair (Table # 14) RJ Publications (Booth # 2240) Seker Nefer Press (Booth # 2243) Soft Skull Press (Table # 6) Sun Cycle Publishing (Table # 3) The Cartel Publishing (Booth # 2146) The Street Life Series by Kevin Weeks (Table # 6) Toon-Ups Publishing (Table # 10) Tom Joyner Foundation (Booth # 2248) 22nd Century Press, LLC (Booth #2142) Twinlineal Institute (Table # 5) Uncrowned Queens (Table # 9) Urban Touch Entertainment (Booth # 2163) Vickie Stringer Publishing ((Table # 4)
Visionary Exceptions (Table # 4) Writing for the Lord Ministries (Booth # 2161)
Tony Rose
Publisher/CEO
Amber Communications Group, Inc.
Executive Director and Co-Founder, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America
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Adrienne Ingrum
President
Adrienne Ingrum, L.L.C.
Co-Founder, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America
Yvonne Rose
Associate Publisher
Amber Communications Group, Inc.
National Director, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America
Heather Covington
President
Disilgold.com / Disilgold Soul Magazine
Associate National Director, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America and National Director of Online Promotions
Lynette McMillon
President
The Tushe Group
Associate National Director, The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America and National Director of Publicity, Promotions and Sponsorships