Aside from shining black people’s sneakers and renaming Army bases, how else can Americans grovel? Why, by “purchas[ing] two books by black authors through June 20.” Amistad Press launched the movement and hashtags #BlackPublishingPower and #BlackOutBestSellerList to support black authors and get their names on bestseller lists throughout the country. Tracy Sherrod, editorial director of Amistad, …  told Publishers Weekly that the goal is “to turn the best-seller lists Black, to take the list over with books by Black writers or by other people of color.” Imagine pouring years and your best efforts into a manuscript, landing an agent to sell … Continue reading Judging A Book By Its Color