(1988) Book: "Blacks in American Film and Television: An Encyclopedia"
(2001) Book: "Toms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films".
(1992) Wrote the introduction for "A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black-Cast Posters" by John Kisch and Edward Mapp.
(October 31, 2011 - November 6, 2011) Substitute prime-time host on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel. Regular host Robert Osborne was extended vacation.
(2016) Book: "Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop--A Love Story". New York: Atria Books. ISBN-10: 1451676972; ISBN-13: 9781451676976