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Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist Kathy Y. Wilson (died 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator William Julius Wilson (born 1935), author of When Work Disappears , The Truly Disadvantaged , and The Declining Significance of Race
This stunning autobiography may be the best-known work by Maya Angelou (1928-2014), the Black American poet and civil rights activist, but it’s actually the first in a seven-book series.
Listing the most famous African-American female authors and excluding Toni Morrison (1931-2019) is impossible. She is one of the most celebrated voices in literature. Morrison is best known for ...
African American literature has both been influenced by the great African diasporic heritage [7] and shaped it in many countries. It has been created within the larger realm of post-colonial literature, although scholars distinguish between the two, saying that "African American literature differs from most post-colonial literature in that it is written by members of a minority community who ...
Denise Monique (born 1977), author of "Despite My Odds: A Memoir," published February 2020 E. Frederic Morrow (c. 1906–1994), author of Black Man in the White House , a memoir of his years as the first African American appointed to a president's administrations (1955–1960)
Ebony: Covering Black America, by Lavaille Lavette, is a celebration of the iconic magazine's rich history, glamorous covers, groundbreaking impact, and authentic coverage of Black American life ...
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...