Category:African American writers
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Subcategories
This category has the following 200 subcategories, out of 225 total.
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A
- Donzaleigh Abernathy (13 F)
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (21 F)
- Stephanie Adams (1 F)
- Ifeoma Ajunwa (6 F)
- Rochelle Alers (3 F)
- Kwame Alexander (11 F)
- Aimee Allison (2 F)
- Moe Anderson (5 F)
- Tre'vell Anderson (3 F)
- William Apess (1 P, 5 F)
- Gilbert Arenas (26 F)
- David A. Arnold (1 F)
- M. K. Asante (31 F)
- Ayize Jama-Everett (1 F)
B
- Stevie Baggs (3 F)
- Henry E. Baker (2 F)
- Derrick Barnes (2 F)
- Brandi L. Bates (2 F)
- Paul Beatty (5 F)
- Christopher C. Bell (1 F)
- Turner W. Bell (1 F)
- Yosef Ben-Jochannan (7 F)
- Lerone Bennett, Jr. (6 F)
- Mary Frances Berry (3 F)
- Monica Owusu-Breen (2 F)
- Jennifer Marie Brissett (10 F)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (7 F)
- Kevin Brown (author) (1 F)
- Octavia E. Butler (8 F)
C
- Tunis Campbell (1 F)
- Geoffrey Canada (25 F)
- Lorene Cary (13 F)
- Charles Waddell Chesnutt (36 F)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates (19 F)
- Christian Cooper (2 F)
- James D. Corrothers (3 F)
- Christopher Paul Curtis (3 F)
D
- Emilie Davis (1 F)
- DeForest Soaries (4 F)
- Martin Robison Delany (10 F)
- Samuel R. Delany (14 F)
- Lydia R. Diamond (1 F)
- Eric Jerome Dickey (2 F)
- Alice Dunbar Nelson (6 F)
E
- Dudley Edmondson (27 F)
- Angela Elbern (1 P, 2 F)
- Ralph Waldo Ellison (6 F)
- Mike Epps (6 F)
- Danielle Valore Evans (1 F)
- Percival Everett (15 F)
F
- Nicole R. Fleetwood (3 F)
- Timothy Thomas Fortune (15 F)
- Peter Fossett (1 F)
- DeVon Franklin (2 F)
- John Hope Franklin (8 F)
G
- Amina Gautier (2 F)
- Nelson George (9 F)
- Lamar Giles (2 F)
- Charles Gordone (1 F)
- Lindsay Grace (2 F)
H
- Josie Briggs Hall (1 F)
- Jupiter Hammon (8 F)
- A. Breeze Harper (11 F)
- Terah Shelton Harris (3 F)
- Melissa Harris-Perry (17 F)
- Steve Harvey (16 F)
- Jeff Henderson (3 F)
- Niki Herd (5 F)
- Kameisha Jerae Hodge (1 F)
- Augustus M. Hodges (3 F)
- Jesse J. Holland (4 F)
- Bell hooks (15 F)
- Hope Giselle (2 F)
- Wade Hudson (5 F)
I
- Walidah Imarisha (4 F)
- Samantha Irby (2 F)
- Uzodinma Iweala (1 F)
J
- Esther Cooper Jackson (5 F)
- Tiffany D. Jackson (8 F)
- Jacob Stroyer (1 F)
- James "Bird" Guess (1 F)
- Charles R. Johnson (3 F)
- Alaya Johnson (23 F)
- Fenton Johnson (5 F)
- Leslie Jones (comedian) (1 F)
- Star Jones (2 F)
- Jamal Joseph (4 F)
K
- Germany Kent (6 F)
- Justin C. Key (2 F)
- John Oliver Killens (6 F)
- Alveda King (47 F)
- Aph Ko (3 F)
L
- Rae B. Lake (2 F)
- Victor LaValle (5 F)
- Logic (rapper) (12 F)
- Jermain Wesley Loguen (4 F)
M
- Manning Marable (3 F)
- Marcus Orelias (1 P, 12 F)
- Frank C. Matthews (1 F)
- Zerlina Maxwell (8 F)
- Benjamin E. Mays (5 F)
- Amber McBride (4 F)
- Chirlane McCray (7 F)
- Aaron McGruder (3 F)
- Mary Morten (1 F)
- Walter Mosley (9 F)
- Willard Motley (1 F)
- George Washington Murray (6 F)
N
- Malcolm Nance (4 F)
- Havelock Nelson (1 F)
- Sophia A. Nelson (7 F)
- Lucretia Newman Coleman (1 F)
- Toni Newman (9 F)
O
- Terry a. O'Neal (8 F)
P
- Haywood Patterson (4 F)
- Daniel Payne (5 F)
- James W.C. Pennington (7 F)
- Mary Rice Phelps (2 F)
- Adrian Piper (1 P, 9 F)
- Ted Poston (8 F)
- Georgia Davis Powers (2 F)
R
- Kameelah Janan Rasheed (1 F)
- Ishmael Reed (6 F)
- Marc Anthony Richardson (4 F)
- Jeff Rivera (2 F)
- David Ruggles (3 F)
- April Ryan (9 F)
S
- Sonia Sanchez (26 F)
- Arturo Schomburg (4 F)
- George Schuyler (8 F)
- Kenneth L. Shropshire (27 F)
- Russell Simmons (5 F)
- Wilford Horace Smith (4 F)
- Shelby Steele (2 F)
- Styles P (6 F)
- Carol Swaine (6 F)
T
- Mary Burnett Talbert (5 F)
- Benjamin Tucker Tanner (13 F)
- Don Tate (3 F)
- Greg Tate (writer) (1 P, 5 F)
- Susie King Taylor (8 F)
- Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (4 F)
- Tracy Price-Thompson (3 F)
- Yvonne Thornton (2 F)
- Howard Thurman (3 F)
- Tochi Onyebuchi (4 F)
- Touré (journalist) (13 F)
Media in category "African American writers"
The following 76 files are in this category, out of 76 total.
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Albert Cleage.jpg 1,416 × 2,148; 1.06 MB
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Andrew F. Hilyer.jpg 344 × 471; 43 KB
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Angela Jackson-Brown at 2026 AWP.jpg 2,694 × 4,041; 12.11 MB
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Arleta Little at 2026 AWP.jpg 3,115 × 4,672; 12.94 MB
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Carole V. Bell at 2026 AWP.jpg 2,495 × 3,742; 8.95 MB
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Channelle Desamours at National Book Festival 2025.jpg 3,115 × 4,672; 17.29 MB
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Char Adams at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026.jpg 2,805 × 4,207; 6.36 MB
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Chris Robinson at Comic Con Oakland 2026.jpg 2,802 × 4,203; 9.52 MB
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Cody Ziglar on Paneloids Podcast.jpg 1,263 × 812; 118 KB
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Coleman Hughes on Rebel Wisdom.jpg 1,225 × 1,160; 730 KB
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Connecticut freedman James Mars in 1870.tif 1,612 × 2,578; 15.86 MB
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D.J. Kirkland at Comic Con Oakland 2026.jpg 2,672 × 4,008; 6.92 MB
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Damon Tweedy at NIEHS.jpg 563 × 553; 96 KB
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Danyel Smith.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 410 KB
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DaxDevlonRoss.jpg 683 × 1,024; 269 KB
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Dlgrayspeakingwiki.png 459 × 557; 299 KB
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Douglas Bell at 2026 Tucson Festival of Books.jpg 1,922 × 2,883; 2.75 MB
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Dr. Max Parker.jpg 1,341 × 1,674; 346 KB
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Dr. Parker-casual.png 567 × 1,065; 705 KB
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Duane Haynes at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026.jpg 2,979 × 4,468; 11.02 MB
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Elva Brandt-Schulman at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026.jpg 3,115 × 4,672; 7.31 MB
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Feminista Jones at Sexuality Conference Widener University.jpg 279 × 302; 42 KB
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Fred Joseph Apollo.png 200 × 200; 68 KB
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Frederick Joseph at Apollo Theater.jpg 1,242 × 1,236; 104 KB
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Garland Anderson, 1928.jpg 2,909 × 3,709; 3.9 MB
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Giddings, Paula.jpg 842 × 875; 184 KB
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Hannah Eko at 2026 AWP.jpg 3,038 × 4,557; 14.53 MB
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Ijeoma Oluo at the 2025 Jaipur Literature Festival.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 1.5 MB
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Indira Allegra in the video 'Indira Allegra at Radar Reading Series'.png 604 × 603; 298 KB
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Isaac D. Shadd, publisher, legislator, abolitionist.png 548 × 796; 556 KB
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J Vance Lewis.jpg 580 × 760; 79 KB
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J. E. Thomas at National Book Festival 2025.jpg 1,365 × 2,048; 941 KB
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J.G. Parker at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026.jpg 2,989 × 4,483; 4.73 MB
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Jeanette-Foster-Williams-Florida-Author.jpg 1,242 × 2,208; 700 KB
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Joanne Gabbin at 2026 AWP.jpg 3,099 × 4,649; 15.04 MB
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Karl Watson (born 1976) in the video 'Skateboarding San Francisco'.png 606 × 597; 600 KB
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Kashana Cauley at National Book Festival 2025.jpg 3,115 × 4,672; 15.84 MB
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Kwame Mbalia at National Book Festival 2025.jpg 6,651 × 4,434; 29.5 MB
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Kwame Mbalia, National Book Festival 2025.jpg 1,769 × 2,655; 4.92 MB
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Les Cenelles 1845.jpg 383 × 535; 126 KB
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Lila Bonow at 2026 AWP.jpg 3,115 × 4,672; 19.38 MB
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Lisa Willis at 2026 AWP.jpg 2,876 × 4,314; 9.31 MB
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Lucie Bragg Anthony.png 786 × 856; 543 KB
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LucyDelaney.jpg 355 × 484; 23 KB
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Mara Brock Akil appearing at 31st Essence Festival.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 12.1 MB
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Mara Brock Akil appearing at Essence Festival 2025.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 13.19 MB
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Mara Brock Akil at 31st Essence Festival.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 11.74 MB
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Mara Brock Akil at Essence Festival in 2025.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 12.11 MB
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Mara Brock Akil Essence Fest 2025.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 12.5 MB
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Mara Brock Akil Essence Festival ‘25.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 12.92 MB
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Mara Brock Akil featured panel at Essence Festival 2025.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 13.19 MB
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Mara Brock Akil in a panel at Essence Festival 2025.jpg 4,160 × 6,240; 13.29 MB
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Marva Washington at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026.jpg 2,553 × 3,829; 5.2 MB
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Mary Pender Greene.jpg 118 × 164; 3 KB
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Mildred Pitts Walter in 1996.jpg 463 × 599; 47 KB
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Nick Chiles, Smasher's Mail, Volume 1, Number 1, 1901, page 14.jpg 1,320 × 1,906; 1.1 MB
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Norian Love.jpg 3,840 × 5,760; 8.73 MB
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Rita Omokha 2025 Texas Book Festival.jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 2.87 MB
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On Panel.jpg 200 × 200; 9 KB
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Post Rebellion Fiction.pdf 1,275 × 1,650, 90 pages; 389 KB
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Professor Parker.png 603 × 483; 250 KB
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Rod Sanford at 2026 Tucson Festival of Books.jpg 1,759 × 2,639; 2.67 MB
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Screenshot of Keith Powell from "Jargon".png 781 × 820; 568 KB
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Sketch of Greensbury Washington Offley (1808–1896).png 668 × 804; 823 KB
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