Toni Morrison
(February 18, 1931 - August 5, 2019)Novelist, editor, and professor.
Collection
Literature
Writers, poets, essayists, and journalists take center stage in stories where language becomes memory, rebellion, imagination, and a map toward freedom.Section
Fiction
Octavia Butler
(June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006)Speculative fiction writer.Zora Neale Hurston
(January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960)Novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist.Colson Whitehead
(November 6, 1969 -)Novelist and essayist.Section
Poetry
Langston Hughes
(February 1, 1901 - May 22, 1967)Poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist.Maya Angelou
(April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014)Poet, memoirist, performer, and civil rights worker.Gwendolyn Brooks
(June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000)Poet and teacher.Amanda Gorman
(March 7, 1998 -)Poet and activist.Section
Essays
James Baldwin
(August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987)Essayist, novelist, and critic.Ta-Nehisi Coates
(September 30, 1975 -)Essayist, journalist, and author.Ralph Ellison
(March 1, 1913 - April 16, 1994)Novelist, essayist, and critic.bell hooks
(September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021)Author, theorist, and cultural critic.Section
Journalism
Ida B. Wells
(July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931)Journalist, editor, and anti-lynching activist.Nikole Hannah-Jones
(April 9, 1976 -)Journalist and professor.Charlayne Hunter-Gault
(February 27, 1942 -)Journalist, author, and civil rights pioneer.Jelani Cobb
(August 21, 1969 -)Journalist, historian, and educator.