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Youngest person and first Black American to be the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. [4] [5] Sharon Draper (born 1948) W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP [6] His most notable work is The Souls of Black Folk. [7]
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 ...
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, post-American Civil War African immigrants and descendants of "free people of color" do not self-identify as African American (though some people of Caribbean, Central American, and South American nations self-identify as African-American).
These Black screenwriters, poets, authors, and songwriters have left an indelible mark on readers everywhere.View Entire Post › ...
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole Arthur Riley's newest book is a collection of prayers, letters, poems, meditation questions, breath practices, scriptures ...
This is a list of African American nonfiction writers who are notable enough to be, or are likely to be, the subject of Wikipedia articles and who are largely known for their books or writing: Contents:
Central Library is unveiling the names of 10 Black writers whose names are carved into the limestone by the Center for Black Literature and Culture.
This category is for novelists who are of African-American heritage. They should also be classified into the appropriate category(ies) in Category:American novelists by century , and any genre-specific categories that apply in Category:American novelists by genre .