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List of African-American writers

List of African-American writers

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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 Wikipedia articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of African descent.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

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