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This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of ], and who already have Misplaced Pages articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of African descent.
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==A== ==A==
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* ] (born 1957), historian, columnist, novelist, poet, artist and editor
* ]
* ] (born 1954), political activist and journalist
* ]
* ] (born 1952), author and poet
* ] (born 1993), author and creative writing coach
* ], aka Ai Ogawa, birth name Florence Anthony (1947–2010), poet, NBA for poetry, 1999
* ] (born 1943), author and artist
* ] (born 1962), poet, essayist and playwright
* ] (born 1968), writer of poetry and children's fiction
* ] (born 1953), author and artist
* ] (1898–1945)
* ] (born 1950), novelist, cultural critic and screenwriter
* ] (1859–1941), author and educator
* ] (born 1942), activist, writer and academic
* ] (1886–1939), playwright
* ] (1928–2014), author and poet
* ] (born 1949), novelist, filmmaker, teacher and journalist
* ] (1939–2011), actor, playwright and stage director
* ] (1928–2014), author, veteran and educator
* ] (born 1982), author, poet, screenwriter, professor
* ] (born 1962), poet, playwright, professor
* ] (1926–2024), musician, playwright and poet
* ] (1911–1986), novelist, short-story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright and screenwriter


==B== ==B==
]]]

* ] (born 1972), novelist
* ]
* ] * ] (1924–1987), novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and activist
* ] * ] (1939–1995)
* ] * ] (1959–2011)
* ] (1934–2014)
* ]
* ] (born {{circa|1988}}), poet
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1952)
* ] (1961–2008)
* ]
* ] (1857–1932)
* ]
* ] (born 1962)
* ]
* ] (1918–1992)
* ]
* ] (born 1933)
* ]
* ] (1930–2011)
* ]
* ] * ] (living)
* ] (1902–1981)
* ]
* ] * ] (1936–2004)
* ] (1928–2018)
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1960)
* ] (living), novelist
* ]
* ] * ] (1815–1854)
* ] (1944–2010), writer of crime fiction
* ]
* ] * ] (1899–1971)
* ] (1902–1973)
* ] (1919–1993)
* ] (living), writer on civil rights
* ] (born 1950)
* ] (1878–1962), poet and literary critic
* ] (1917–2000)
* ] (1937–2002)
* ] (1849–1949)
* ] (born 1995)
* ] (1901–1989), poet, literary critic, professor, poet laureate of the ]
* ] (1814–1884), wrote first novel published by an African American, '']'' (1853)
* ] (1920-1990)
* ] (1923–2022)
* ] (born 1972), author of romance and mainstream fiction novels
* ] (1935–2021)
* ] (1869–1944)
* ] (1947–2006)
* ] (1945–2013)


==C== ==C==
* ] (1943–2010)

* ] * ] (1950–2006)
* ] (1941–1998)
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1951)
* ] (1830–1881)
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1954)
* ] * ] (born 1957)
* ] (living)
* ]
* ] (1957–2016), actress, author, drag performer
* ]
* ] (1858–1932), novelist and short-story writer
* ]
* ] (1916–1994), playwright and novelist
* ]
* ] * ] (living)
* ] (born 1980)
* ]
* ] (born 1947)
* ]
* ] (1915–1998)
* ]
* ] (born 1950), writer, director, actor, publisher
* ]
* ] * ] (living)
* ] (born 1948)
* ]
* ] (1935–1998)
* ]
* ] * ] (1946–2016)
* ] (1936–2010)
* ]
* ] (born 1966)
* ]
* ] (born 1975)
* ] (1946–2013)
* ] (1903–2000)
* ] (1858–1964)
* ] (1931–2014), playwright
* ] (1869–1917)
* ] (1934–2012)
* ] (born 1937)
* ] (1861–1949)
* ] (born 1938), children's book author
* ] (1945–2020)
* ] (1916–2005)
* ] (1903–1946)
* ] (1906–1976)
* ] (born 1953)


==D== ==D==
]]]
* ]
]]]
* ]
* ] (living), poet
* ]
* ] (born 1967)
* ]
* ] (born 1956)
* ]
* ] (born 1944) political activist, writer, and professor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Angela Y. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1250601845 |title=Angela Davis : an autobiography |date=2022 |isbn=978-0-241-55125-7 |location= |oclc=1250601845}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Directory |url=https://humanities.ucsc.edu/academics/faculty/index.php?uid=aydavis |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=humanities.ucsc.edu}}</ref>
* ]
* ] (1905–1987)
* ]
* ] (born 1972), novelist
* ]
* ] * ] (living)
* ] (1898–2001)
* ]
* ], novelist, author, editor, professor, and literary critic
* ]
* ] * ] (1961–2021)
* ] (born 1966)
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1978)
* ] * ] (1932–2011)
* ] (1818–1895)
* ]
* ] (born 1952), poet and educator. Youngest person and first Black American to be the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rita Dove - Ohio History Central |url=https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Rita_Dove |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=ohiohistorycentral.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rita Dove |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/n80111701/rita-dove/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
* ]
* ] (born 1948)
* ]
* ] (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP<ref>{{Cite web |title=W.E.B. Du Bois {{!}} NAACP |url=https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/web-du-bois |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=naacp.org |language=en}}</ref> His most notable work is '']''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Du Bois |first=W. E. B. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/915084092 |title=The souls of Black folk |date=2014 |isbn=978-1-5052-2337-8 |location= |oclc=915084092}}</ref>
* ]
* ] (born 1966) writer specializing in Black speculative fiction, and professor of Black Horror and Afrofuturism<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bio + Contact |url=https://www.tananarivedue.com/bio-contact |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Tananarive Due |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ] (1934–1968)
* ] (1872–1906), poet
* ] (1875–1935)
* ] (born 1969)
* ],<!-- Article is Draft:Richard Durham – please review--> (1917–1984), wrote radio series '']''
* ] (born 1958)


==E== ==E==
]]]
* ]
* ] (born 1954)
* ]
* ] (1825–1907), educator, activist and author
* ]
* ] * ] (1929–2008)
* ] (1913–1994), novelist, best known as author of '']''
* ]
* ] ({{circa|1745}}–1797)
* ] (1938–2003), playwright
* ] (1919–2017), poet
* ] (born 1956)
* ] (born 1986), author, educator, poet, and sociologist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eve L. Ewing |url=https://eveewing.com/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Eve L. Ewing |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Poetry |date=2023-03-19 |title=Eve L. Ewing |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/eve-l-ewing |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eve L. Ewing {{!}} The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences |url=https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/directory/eve-l-ewing |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=socialsciences.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Eve L. Ewing - Breaking Down Structural Racism with "Ghosts in the Schoolyard" {{!}} The Daily Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mfgPFhkUA |access-date=2023-03-20 |language=en}}</ref>


==F== ==F==
* ] (1928–1979)
* ]
* ] * ] (1932–2018)
* ], 19th-century novelist
* ] (1943–2003), science-fiction author
* ] (1899–1983)
* ] (1882–1961), editor, poet, essayist and novelist
* ] (1849–1883), preacher and author
* ] (living), author, screenwriter and producer
* ] (born 1959)
* ] (1897–1934), novelist, short story writer and dramatist
* ] (born 1955), writer of young adult literature
* ] (living), journalist and writer of erotic fiction and horror fiction
* ] ({{circa|1862}}–1905), poet
* ] (born 1987), author and screen writer
* ] (1937–1997), novelist
* ] (living), poet, essayist and educator
* ] (born 1937), playwright
* ] (1915–2009), historian, sociologist, memoirist
* ] (1923–1981)
* ] (living), novelist, playwright and screenwriter


==G== ==G==
* ] (1933–2019), fiction writer

* ] (1872–1938), educator and playwright
* ]
* ] * ] (1887–1940)
* ] (born 1984), motivational, inspirational, self-help writer
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1950)
* ] * ] (born 1974)
* ] (1943–2024)
* ]
* ] (1914–1971), fiction writer, ''Is It A Crime'', ''Payback''
* ]
* ] (1936–1974)
* ]
* ] (born 1950)
* ]
* ] ({{circa|1897}}–1980), poet, fiction writer
* ]
* ] (1891–1972), journalist
* ]
* ] (1925–1995), playwright
* ] (born 1998), poet
* ] (born 1962)
* ] (born {{circa|1786}})
* ] (1892–1960), travel writer
* ] (1929–2021), children's book author
* ] (1930–2014), novelist, poet, best known as author of '']''
* ] (born 1948), novelist, playwright, critic
* ], author of '']'' book series
* ] (1932–2017)
* ] (1872–1933)
* ] (born 1950), children's book author and poet<ref> at Scholastic.</ref>
* ] (1880–1958)
* ] (1837–1914)
* ] (1922–2012)
* ] (1928–1998), anthropologist, author of ''Drylongso''
* ] (born 1989), Ghanaian-American novelist, author of ''].''


==H== ==H==
]]]
]]]
* ] (1921–1992), author of '']''
* ] (1934–2002), author of children's books
* ] (1940–1998)
* ] (1930–1965), playwright
* ] (born 1942), author of children's books
* ] (1931–2014), historian and social activist
* ] (born 1992), playwright
* ] (born 1933)
* ] (1825–1911), poet and abolitionist
* ] (1955–2009)
* ] (1891–?)
* ] (born 1961) writer and academic, known for her seminal work ''Scenes of Subjection''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodriques |first=Elias |date=2022-11-03 |title=How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/saidiya-hartman-interview/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |issn=0027-8378}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hartman |first=Saidiya V. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1294288038 |title=Scenes of subjection : terror, slavery, and self-making in nineteenth-century America |date=2022 |others=Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Marisa J. Fuentes, Sarah Haley, Cameron Rowland, Torkwase Dyson |isbn=978-1-324-02158-2 |edition= |location=New York, NY |oclc=1294288038}}</ref>
* ] (1913–1980), poet, essayist, educator
* ] (1957–1995), poet and activist
* ] (born 1942)
* ] (1950–2001), poet
* ] (1909–1984), novelist
* ] (born 1989)
* ] (born 1970)
* ] (born 1949)
* ] (1952—2021), feminist, and social activist
* ] (1859–1930), novelist, journalist, playwright, historian and editor
* ] (born 1960), Jamaican Canadian, currently based in California
* ] (1798–after 1867)
* ], real-estate broker, writer, and media personality
* ], fiction writer<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tracie Howard {{!}} Penguin Random House|url = http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/70140/tracie-howard|website = PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref>
* ] (born 1966)
* ] (1901–1967), poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist
* ] (1891–1960), folklorist, anthropologist, author of novels short stories, plays and essays


==I==
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1993)
* ] (born 1941), poet, fiction writer, essayist and playwright
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ] (sic)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


==I==
==J== ==J==
* ] * ] (born 1953)
* ] * ] (1908–1983), young-adult novelist
* ] ''pseudonym for'' ] * ] (born 1946), poet
* ] (1813 or 1815–1897), author of '']'' (1861)
* ]
* ] (born 1957)
* ]
* ] (born 1974), science fiction and speculative fiction writer
* ]
* ] (1773–after 1817)
* ]
* ] (born 1972), writer of speculative fiction. First person to win three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://nkjemisin.com/about/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Epiphany 2.0 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2018-08-21 |title=N.K. Jemisin makes history at the Hugo Awards with third win in a row for best novel |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-nk-jemisin-hugo-awards-20180821-story.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1951)
* ] (living)
* ] (1954–1995), poet, writer and Black lesbian activist
* ] (born 1982)
* ] (born 1961)
* ] (born 1948)
* ] (1880–1966), poet
* ] (1906–1995), poet
* ] (1871–1938), writer and civil rights activist
* ] (born 1970)
* ] (born 1977)
* ] (born 1950), novelist and short-story writer
* ] (born 1949), novelist
* ] (born 1970), author and academic
* ] (1936–2002), poet, essayist and activist


==K== ==K==
]]]

* ] * ] (born 1941)
* ] (1925–1986), poet
* ]
* ] (1818–1907)
* ]
* ] (1937–2017), novelist
* ]
* ] (1863–1938), novelist
* ]
* ] (1963–2020)
* ]
* ] (born 1931), playwright
* ]
* ] (born 1960), memoirist, screenwriter
* ]
* ] (1916–1987), novelist

* ] (born 1949)
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* ] (born 1957)
* ] (1929–1968)
* ] (born 1937)
* ] (1931–1991), poet
* ] (born 1941)


==L== ==L==
* ] (1923–2008), poet, editor and teacher

* ] * ] (1891–1964), novelist
* ] * ] (born 1972)
* ], historian and preservationist, writer, academic
* ]
* ] (born 1953), novelist and memoirist
* ]
* ] (1939–2018)
* ]
* ] (born 1936)
* ] (born 1961) author, multimedia artist
* ] (1885–1954) writer
* ] (born 1974), novelist
* ] (1934–1992), author, poet, activist
* ], abolitionist educator and writer
* ] (born 1955), novelist and playwright


==M== ==M==
]]]

* ] (born 1965), poet, theologian, essayist
* ]
* ] (born 1947), poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic and editor
* ]
* ] (1923–2020), poet
* ]
* ] (born 1942)
* ]
* ] (born 1936), poet, painter and novelist
* ]
* ] (living), novelist
* ]
* ] (1950–2011)
* ]
* ] (1755–1791)
* ]
* ] (1929–2019)
* ]
* ] (1889–1977), journalist and writer
* ]
* ] (1926–2013)
* ]
* ] (born 1973)
* ]
* ] (1861–1907), essayist, newspaperwoman, activist
* ]
* ] (1928–1984)
* ]
* ] (born 1957)
* ]
* ] (born 1955)
* ]
* ] (born 1965), novelist
* ]
* ] (1889–1948)
* ]
* ] (1944–2017)
* ]
* ] (born 1956)
* ]
* ] (born 1964), novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1951), novelist
* ]
* ] (1943–2016)
* ] (1923–2023), novelist, essayist, journalist and activist
* ] (1884–1951)
* ] (born 1950), poet
* ] (1899–1995), poet and playwright
* ] (1920–2012), poet, essayist and educator
* ] (living), novelist
* ] (1940–2015)
* ] (born 1971), poet
* ] (1931–2019), author, ] 1993
* ] (c.1909–1994), first black American appointed to a president's administration (1955–60)
* ] (born 1952), novelist
* ] (born 1954)
* ] (1909–1965)
* ] (born 1960)
* ] (1916–2013)
* ] (1910–1985)
* ] (1937–2014), writer of children's books


==N== ==N==
* ] (living)

* ] * ] (1950–2016)
* ] * ] (1937–1981)
* ] * ] (1941–2020), novelist, short-story writer and activist
* ] (1942–1989)
* ] (1906–1987)


==O== ==O==


* ] (born 1952) poet and professor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mwatabu S. Okantah, The Muntu Kuntu Energy Poet |url=https://www.mkepoet1.com/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Mysite 3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mwatabu Okantah {{!}} Kent State University |url=https://www.kent.edu/afs/mwatabu-okantah |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.kent.edu |language=en}}</ref>
]
* ] (1921–2019), poet and novelist
* ] (born 1974), writer of science fiction and fantasy
* ] (1933–2003), author of mystery and suspense
* ] (born 1988)
* ] (living), journalist and author
* ] (born 1973)
* ] (born 1987), science fiction and fantasy writer and former civil rights lawyer
* ] (born 1944)
* ] (living)
* ] (born 1957), poet
* ] (born 1989), political activist


==P== ==P==
* ] * ] (born 1973)
* ] (1912–2006), photographer, composer, author, poet, and film directo
* ]
* ] (born 1963), playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1969), actor, filmmaker and playwright
* ]
* ] (living), novelist and short-story writer
* ]
* ] (1908–1997), writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1959)
* ] (1950–2014), poet and novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1964), author, columnist, political thought leader
* ]
* ] (1881–1954), orator, educator, journalist, and essayist.
* ]
* ] (born {{circa|1824}}), educator and author
* ] (born 1940), educator and author
* ] (1932–2009)
* ] (born 1934)
* ] (1931–2014), first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science, former Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at ]
* ] (born 1942), playwright and poet


==Q==
==R== ==R==
* ] (1936–2014), playwright

* ] * ] (born 1959), author and songwriter
* ] (1914–2000), poet and publisher
* ]
* ] (1852–1916), poet and teacher
* ]
* ] (1944–2013), writer of romance fiction
* ]
* ] (1895–1973), poet, composer and lyricist
* ]
* ] (born 1938), poet, essayist and novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1987), novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1983), YA/Middle-Grade novelist/poet
* ] (1889–1977), playwright
* ] (1861–1943), essayist and short-story writer
* ] (born 1981), playwright
* ] (1948–2002), writer, producer and director
* ] (1940–2010), poet
* ] (1853–{{circa|1890}})
* ] (born 1954)
* ] (1935–1985)
* ], novelist
* ] (1842–1924), journalist
* ] ({{circa|1812}}–?), author of the first known cookbook by a Black woman in the United States
* ] (born 1959), author of the '']'' series of children's novels
* ], poet, essayist, playwright, novelist
* ] (born 1960), actor, author, drag performer, TV show host


==S== ==S==
* ] (born 1947), poet, author, filmmaker, teacher, activist

* ] * ] (born 1934), poet
* ] (born 1934) novelist
* ]
* ] (born 1950)
* ]
* ] (1946–2020), author and journalist
* ]
* ] (1874–1938), historian, writer, and activist
* ]
* ] (1895–1977), author, journalist and social commentator
* ]
* ] (1949–2011), poet and musician
* ] ''uses pseudonym'' ]
* ] (1931–2019), author, collector
* ]
* ] (living), playwright and librettist
* ]
* ] (1817–1874)
* ]
* ] (living), author
* ]
* ] * ] (1971–1996)
* ] (1948–2018), playwright and poet
* ]
* ] * ] (born 1955)
* ] * ] (born 1964)
* ] (1918–1992)
* ]
* ] (1837–1915)
* ]
* ] (living), poet
* ]
* ] (1879–1960), poet
* ] (1927–1974), journalist, novelist, and editor
* ] (born 1930), economist, social theorist, political philosopher
* ] (born 1935)
* ] (1882–1975), poet
* ] (born 1979), producer, playwright, screenwriter and reporter
* ] (1843–1924)
* ] (1803–1879), journalist, lecturer, abolitionist, women's rights activist
* ] (born 1950), professor and Pulitzer prize winner
* ] (born 1985)


==T== ==T==
* ] (1906–2008)
* ] (born 1943)
* ] (1848–1912)
* ] (1863–1954)
* ] ({{circa|1730}}–1821)
* ] (born 1939)
* ] (born 1988)
* ] (born 1948)
* ] (1938–2016), author, poet, playwright, and motivational speaker
* ] (1944–2005)
* ] (1928–2011)
* ] (living)
* ] (born 1963)
* ] (1905–1986)
* ] (1899–1981)
* ] (1902–1934)
* ] (1878–?)
* ] (born 1959)
* ] (1898–1966)
* ] (1894–1967)
* ] (born 1971)
* ] (born 1938), poet, essayist, leading voice of the ]
* ] (born 1939)
* ] (c.1797–1883)
* ] (born 1969)
* ] (born 1958)


* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

==U==
==V== ==V==
* ] (1928–2011), novelist, editor, teacher and musician

* ] (1935–2009), professor, author, historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University
* ]
* ] ({{circa|1813}}–1916), author of ''Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman (1889)''
* ]
* ] (born 1973), novelist


==W== ==W==
* ] (born 1982)

* ] * ] (born 1944)
* ] * ] (born 1961), founding member of Affrilachian poets
* ] * ] (1915–1998), novelist, poet and writer
* ] (1972–1997)
* ]
* ] (born 1952)
* ]
* ] * ] (1898–1966)
* ], novelist, commentator, journalist, and columnist
* ]
* ] (born 1922)
* ]
* ] (born 1946)
* ]
* ] (1930–2021)
* ]
* ] (born 1977)
* ]
* ] (1856–1915)
* ]
* ] (1828–c.1894), novelist, poet, essayist
* ]
* ] (1862–1931)
* ]
* ] (born 1945), playwright, screenwriter
* ] (born 1947)
* ] (born 1953)
* ] (1907–1998), novelist
* ] (1753–1784), first published African-American poet
* ] (1893–1955)
* ] (born 1969), novelist ('']'', '']'') and journalist
* ] (born 1967), award-winning author
* ] (1851–1901), poet, minister and orator
* ], writer of urban and hip-hop literature
* ] (born 1941)
* ] (born 1961)
* ] (living)
* ] (born 1970), children's novelist
* ] (1893–1992), historian and sociologist
* ] (1925–2015), author, journalist and academic
* ] (born 1946), playwright
* ] (1944–1999)
* ] (1936–2020)
* ] (1945–2005)
* ] (1825–1900), author of ''Our Nig'' and the first African-American novelist
* ] (d. 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator
* ] (born 1935), author of ''When Work Disappears'', ''The Truly Disadvantaged'', and ''The Declining Significance of Race''
* ] (born 1954)
* ] (1875–1950)
* ] (born 1963), award-winning author of books for children and adolescents, including "Brown Girl Dreaming"
* ] (born 1964)
* ] (born 1935), poet
* ], author of ''Outed Obsession'' and ''Fatal Fixation''
* ] (1908–1960), writer of novels, short stories, poems and non-fiction
* ], novelist
* ], comic book writer and novelist


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==Y== ==Y==
* ] (born 1938)
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* ] (1916–1991), historical novelist
* ] (1939–2021), poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and professor


==Z== ==Z==
* ] (born 1966/67), author of erotic fiction

* ] (1948–2005), activist, poet and playwright
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This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Misplaced Pages articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of African descent.

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A

Maya Angelou

B

James Baldwin

C

D

Frederick Douglass
W. E. B. Du Bois

E

Ralph Ellison

F

G

H

Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston

I

J

K

Martin Luther King Jr.

L

M

Toni Morrison

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

  • Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011), novelist, editor, teacher and musician
  • Ivan Van Sertima (1935–2009), professor, author, historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University
  • Bethany Veney (c. 1813–1916), author of Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman (1889)
  • Olympia Vernon (born 1973), novelist

W

X

Y

Z

  • Zane (born 1966/67), author of erotic fiction
  • Ahmos Zu-Bolton (1948–2005), activist, poet and playwright

See also

References

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