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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP [5] His most notable work is The Souls of Black Folk. [6] Tananarive Due (born 1966) writer specializing in Black speculative fiction, and professor of Black Horror and Afrofuturism [7] Henry Dumas (1934–1968) Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 ...
This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans. Ron Allen, ... List of African-American writers;
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797) was an African man who wrote The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, an autobiography published in 1789 that became one of the first influential works about the transatlantic slave trade and the experiences of enslaved Africans.
These Black screenwriters, poets, authors, and songwriters have left an indelible mark on readers everywhere.View Entire Post ›
Nafis, who has teamed up with fellow poet Morgan Parker on projects like the Other Black Girl Collective, has work published both in print and online at The BreakBeat Poets Anthology, The Rumpus ...
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.
That same year, Danner talked a local Baptist pastor at King Solomon Baptist Church into lending her an empty parish house to found a cultural center for black writers, artists and musicians. Boone House became the artistic home of the Detroit group from 1962 to 1964 and hosted visitors such as Robert Hayden , Owen Dodson , Fuller and Hughes ...
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