Anita Richmond Bunkley self-published her first novel after 32 rejections and being told that “blacks did not read many books.” Now, “sixteen years and five...
Connie Briscoe: My real name is Constance, but everyone has always called me “Connie.” I was blessed with a wonderful upbringing. Although my immediate family...
Albert French’s writing talent appeared unexpectedly. As he fought depression following the horror of his Vietnam combat experiences and the failure of his magazine, the...
Omar Tyree is an author, publisher, lecturer, and performance poet who completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., with honors in print...
Sheneska Jackson was born in 1970, in California, United States. Jackson and her brother Marcell grew up in a single-parent household headed by their mother,...
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947- February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of the very few African-American women in the field....