Literary Library
Marc Lamont Hill
by Angela Beck
December 17, 1978 - African-American academic, author, professor, activist, news commentary and television personalityAuthor of "The Classroom and...
William Cooper Nell
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...
E. B. Lewis
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1956 - African-American illustrator of children's booksIllustrator of "Talkin' About Bessie" (written by Nikki Grimes), "Coming On Hom...
Donald Goines
by Angela Beck
December 15, 1936 - October 21, 1994African-American novelistAuthor of "Dopefiend", "Black Girl Lost" and "Crime Partners"Also wrote under the pseu...
Stanley Crouch
by Angela Beck
December 14, 1945 - September 16, 2020African-American poet, music and cultural critic, columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "The All-Americ...
Carolyn M. Rodgers
by Angela Beck
December 14, 1940 - April 2, 2010African-American poet, essayist, critic and publisherAuthor of "Blackbird in a Cage", "Songs of a Blackbird" and "...
William R. Patterson
by Angela Beck
December 12, 1975 -
African-American financial consultant, public speaker and authorAuthor of "The Baron Son" and "Nauki Barona"
Ralph Richard Banks
by Angela Beck
December 11, 1964 - African-American law professor and authorAuthor of "Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Aff...
Sarah E. Wright
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - September 13, 2009African-American writer, poet and social activistAuthor of "Give Me a Child", Black Art History: A Curriculum ...
Samuel W. Allen
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1917 - June 27, 2015African-American writer, literary scholar, lawyer and professorAuthor of "Ivory Tusks", "Negritude and Its Relevanc...
Pearl Cleage
by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...