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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
The works of these writers span multiple genres, from historical fiction to memoirs to sci-fi. You know what they say: […] 15 Black authors whose books you need to read
This is a list of books written by black authors that have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list in any ranking or category. The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list, in the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction category. [1]
James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels . [ 1 ]
Although “Their Eyes Were Watching God” wasn’t positively received when it was first released, its author, Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), became one of the most successful Black woman ...
"There is no one Black experience," says LaKeshia N. Darden, chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury. Meet 50 Black YA authors to start reading now.
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)
E. Lynn Harris (born Everette Lynn Jeter; June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) was an American author. [1] Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted.