Literary Library
Zora Neale Hurston
by Angela Beck
January 7, 1903 - January 28, 1960African-American novelist, anthropologist, filmmaker, short story writer, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Barr...
African American
Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
American Library Association
Anthropologist
Anthropology
Drama
Dramatist
Essayist
Essays
Film
Filmmaker
Films
Harlem Renaissance
Movie
Movies
National Women's Hall of Fame
New York Writers Hall of Fame
Novel
Novelist
Play
Plays
Playwright
Short Stories
Short Story
Theater
Theatre
Tananarive Due
by Angela Beck
January 5, 1966 - African-American teacher, film historian and novelistAuthor of "The Between" (for which she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Aw...
Grace Edwards
by Angela Beck
January 3, 1933 - February 25, 2020African-American mystery writer, professor and newspaper contributorAuthor of "In the Shadow of the Peacock", "...
Oscar Micheau
by Angela Beck
January 2, 1884 - March 25, 1951African-American author, director and producerAuthor of "The Forged Note" and "The Story of Dorothy Stanfield"Prod...
John Hope Franklin
by Angela Beck
January 2, 1915 - March 25, 2009African-American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta KappaAuthor of "From Slavery to F...
Augusta Baker
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1911 - February 23, 1998African-American librarian, storyteller and teacherAuthor of "Talking Tree; Fairy Tales From 15 Lands", "Books Abo...
Kalisha Buckhanon
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1977 - African-American author of short stories and novelsAuthor of "Upstate", "Conception" and "Speakin of Summer"Finalist for the Hursto...
Gil Scott-Heron
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011African-American jazz poet, singer, musician and authorAuthor of "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox", "So Far, So Good" an...
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" ...
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 ...
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...
Frank Marshall Davis
by Angela Beck
December 31, 1905 - July 16, 1987African-American journalist, poet, political & labor movement activist, editor and businessmanAuthor of "Black...
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