Literary Library

Robert Hayden

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...
African American Educate Education Educator Library of Congress Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry School Teach Teacher

James Baldwin

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...
African American African American History Critic Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Theater Theatre

Walter Dean Myers

by Angela Beck
August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014African-American writer of children's and young adult fiction and nonfictionAuthor of "The Scorpion" (for which he w...
African American Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Newbery Newbery Honor Nonfiction Young Adult Young Adult Fiction

Frank Marshall Davis

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1905 - July 16, 1987African-American journalist, poet, political & labor movement activist, editor and businessmanAuthor of "Black...
African American African American History Business Businessman Editor Journalism Journalist Labor Activist Poem Poems Poetry Political Political Activist Politics

Clarence Major

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1936 - African-American poet, painter, novelist, teacher and editorAuthor of "All-Night Visitors", "My Amputations", "Dirty Bird Blue...
African American African American History Art Congressional Black Caucus Editor Georgia Georgia Writers Hall of Fame National Book Award Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Poem Poems Poet Poetry Teach Teacher

Jean Toomer

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967African-American poet and novelistAuthor of "Cane", "Essential" and "The Wayward and the Seeking"Part of the Har...
African American Harlem Renaissance Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

William Demby

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Acting Actor African American Anisfield-Wolf Achievement Award Director Film Director Novel Novelist Professor Translator University

Bern Nadette Stanis

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1953 - African-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAmerican actress and authorAuthor of "Situations 101: Relationships, ...
Actor African American Novel Novelist School Short Story Teach Teacher

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1861 - March 14, 1949African-American poet, writer, playwright, community leader and educatorAuthor of "A Rhyming", "A White Song and...
African American African American History Community Leader Education Educator Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Principal School Teach Teacher Writer

Langston Hughes

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967African-American poet, playwright, novelist, columnist and social activistAuthor of "The Weary Blues", "Not Withou...
Activist African American African American History Columnist Guggenheim Harlem Renaissance NAACP Newspaper Columnist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Reform Spingarn Medal Theater Theatre

Carter G. Woodson

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950African-American historian, author and journalistAuthor of "A Century of Negro Migration", "The History of the Ne...
African American African American History Author Journalism Journalist

Ossie Davis

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005African-American actor, director, writer and activistAuthor of "Purlie Victorious", "Escape to Freedom: The St...
Acting Activist Actor African American Director Frederick Douglass Writer