Arna Bontemps
Arna Bontemps, in full Arna Wendell Bontemps, (born October 13, 1902, Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S.—died June 4, 1973, Nashville, Tennessee), an American writer who depicted the...
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston was an influential American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, best known for her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance and her literary works that...
Harlem Renaissance
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Harlem Renaissance, was a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary...
The Crisis
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The Crisis, American quarterly magazine published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It was founded in 1910 and, for its...
Frantz Fanon
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Frantz Fanon, in full Frantz Omar Fanon, (born July 20, 1925, Fort-de-France, Martinique—died December 6, 1961, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.), West Indian psychoanalyst and social philosopher...
James Baldwin
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James Baldwin was an influential American writer, essayist, and social critic whose work addressed complex issues of race, sexuality, and class in the United States....
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker is an American author, poet, and activist, best known for her novel “The Color Purple,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in...
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou was an influential American author, poet, and civil rights activist. Born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelou overcame a challenging...
Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes was an influential American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, and grew...
Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential writers of the...