Literary Library

Owen Dodson

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1914 - June 21, 1983African-American poet, novelist, playwright and professorAuthor of "Boy at the Window", "The Confession Stone: Son...
African American Drama Novel Novelist Playwright Poet Poetry Professor Theater Theatre Yale

Lance Jeffers

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1919 - African-American poet, short fiction writer and novelistAuthor of "My Blackness is the Beauty of This Land", "O Africa, Where I...
African American Novel Novelist Poet Poetry

Annette Gorden-Reed

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1958 - African-American historian, author and law professorAuthor of "Vernon Can Read: A Memoir", "The Hemingses of Monticello: An Am...
African American American History Historian Law Law Professor National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teacher

Tina McElroy Ansa

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1949 - African-American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, entrepreneur and journalistAuthor of "Baby of the Family", "Ugly Ways" and "You ...
Academic African American Film Filmmaker Novelist Teacher

Bonnie Greer

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1948 - African-American British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcasterAuthor of "Hanging By Her Teeth", "Langston Hughes: The V...
African American British Broadcaster Critic Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Derrick Bell

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1930 - October 5, 2011African-American lawyer, professor, author and civil rights activistAuthor of "And We Are Not Saved", "Faces at ...
Activist African American African American History Attorney Civil Rights Harvard Harvard Law Harvard Law School Law Professor Lawyer Professor

Uzodinma Iweala

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1982 - African-American author and medical doctorAuthor of "Beasts of No Nation", "Our Kind of People: Thoughts on the HIV/AIDS Epidem...
African American AIDS Doctor HIV Medical Medicine Physician

M. K. Asante, Jr.

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1982 - African-American author, filmmaker, recording artist and professorAuthor of "Like Water Running Off My Back: Poems", "Beautiful...
Academic African American Filmmaker Movie Movies Poem Poet Poetry Professor Recording Artist Singer Teacher

Paul Robeson, Jr.

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1927 - April 26, 2014African-American author, archivist and historianAuthor of "The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey, 18...
Activist African American African American History Archivist Historian Paul Robeson

Margaret Taylor Burroughs

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1915 - November 21, 2010African-American visual artist, writer, poet, educator and arts organizerAuthor of "Jasper, the Drummin' Boy",...
Africa African American Art Artist Arts Poem Poet Poetry Visual Artist