Briton Hammon
Briton Hammon, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was the author of A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon,...
Category : The Word – Media
Charles Gordone
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Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming. He took his stepfather’s surname...
Ebony Magazine
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Ebony Magazine, is a pictorial news magazine published by Chicago, Illinois-based Johnson Publishing Company, first appeared in November 1945. Created by John H. Johnson, who...
Lorraine Hansberry
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Lorraine Hansberry was born at Provident Hospital on the South Side of Chicago on May 19, 1930. She was the youngest of Nannie Perry Hansberry...
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Gwendolyn Brooks was a highly influential American poet, best known for her work that focused on the lives and struggles of African Americans. Born on...
Nikki Giovanni
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Nikki Giovanni is an influential American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Born on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee, Giovanni emerged as a prominent...
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Pioneering African American Author Paul Laurence Dunbar, a prominent poet and novelist, holds the distinction of being the first African American author to achieve widespread...
Alain Leroy Locke
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Alain Leroy Locke (1885–1954) was a transformative African American philosopher, educator, writer, and cultural critic, widely recognized as the intellectual architect and “Father of the...
Rudolph Fisher
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Rudolph Fisher was a physician, orator, music arranger, and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. While published in many medical journals, his literary work graced the...
Invisible Man
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Invisible Man, a novel by Ralph Ellison, published in 1952. SUMMARY: The narrator of Invisible Man is a nameless young black man who moves in...