Category : The Word – Media

Gwendolyn Bennett, an influential African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist, played a vital role in the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Born...

Wallace Henry Thurman was a prominent figure in the African-American literary scene during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Born on August 16, 1902, in...

Dorothy West, (born June 2, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 16, 1998, Boston), American writer who explored the aspirations and conflicts of middle-class African Americans...

Terry McMillan is an American novelist known for her portrayal of feisty, independent black women and their quest for meaningful relationships with black men. Born...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written and published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, was the most popular 19th-century novel and, after the Bible, was the second-best-selling...

Harriet Beecher Stowe, née Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, (born June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.—died July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut), American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s...

A poet and essayist, Frances Ellen Watkins was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1825.  Orphaned at the age of three, Watkins went to live with...