John Brown Russwurm
John Russwurm, born on October 1, 1799, in Jamaica, British West Indies, was the son of a Creole woman and a white American father. In...
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Nella Larsen
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A Pioneering Voice in African American Literature and Civil Rights Nella Larsen, born in Chicago in 1891, was a prominent African American author and activist...
Dr. Ernest Just
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Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist. Born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina, Just overcame significant racial...
James H. Cone
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“Always my attempt is to understand the meaning of faith, the meaning of God, in a world that is broken,” theologian and religious writer James...
ZZ Packer
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ZZ Packer grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky. Her given name is Zuwena. Recognized as a talented writer at an early age, her...
Marlon James
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Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for...
Martha Southgate
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Exploring Race and Identity Through Fiction Martha Southgate is a renowned author known for her thought-provoking exploration of race, belonging, and identity in her novels....
Nnedi Okorafor
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A Pioneering Nigerian-American Writer and Professor Nnedimma “Nnedi” Nkemdili Okorafor is a trailblazing Nigerian-American writer and esteemed professor of creative writing at Chicago State University....
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Novelist and feminist campaigner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in 1977 to a middle-class Igbo family in Enugu, Nigeria. Her mother became the first female...
Stephen L. Carter
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A Renowned Scholar and Author Stephen L. Carter is a distinguished figure in the legal and literary world, known for his extensive contributions to the...