Literary Library
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...
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...
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...
William Demby
by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Bern Nadette Stanis
by Angela Beck
December 22, 1953 - African-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAmerican actress and authorAuthor of "Situations 101: Relationships, ...
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...
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