Author Chris Hicks, in partnership with AAMBC, The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Meyers Maritime Park and Universal Publishing Co. LLC in Association with The Greater Baltimore Urban League and The Big Brother/Big Sister of Central Maryland announced today the 2nd Annual Baltimore Urban Book Festival would be held on Sunday May 6, 2012 at 1pm-8pm, at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, 1417 Thames St, Baltimore, MD 21231. This event is going to be an enjoyable evening as celebrated will be Baltimore’s first and only book festival focusing on African American literature. Featured will be some of the country’s most influential bestselling authors; Omar Tyree, T. Styles, JM Benjamin, Kiki Swinson, Miss KP, Tamika New House, Trice Hickman, Nicola Mitchell, Chris Hicks, Ladawn Black and Nikki Turner, with more authors to be announced.