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Zora Neale Hurston

Known to refer to herself on occasion as "Zora, Queen of the Niggerati," Zora Neale Hurston cut a pro
Tags: African american fiction, Feminist, Political, Southern gothic, Spiritual, Tribal, Women's literature
Spike Lee

"Waaaake up!" yells DJ Mister Senor Love Daddy at the start of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" -- a
Tags: African american fiction, In-your-face, Political, Urban
Lorraine Hansberry

Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry broke social conventions by depicting black experiences of white prejudi
Tags: African american fiction, African american theater, Political, Queer literature, Social protest, Tense
bell hooks

As a teacher, writer, and cultural critic, bell hooks consistently pinpoints the nastiest dust balls
Tags: African american fiction, Deconstructive, Feminism, Feminist, In-your-face, Political, Women's literature
Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois since 1968, is the first black writer to have won the Pul
Tags: African american fiction, In-your-face, Modernist poetry, Pathos, Political, Urban

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison, arguably the most famous living African American author, was born Chloe Anthony Woffor
Tags: African american fiction, Dense, Feminine, Layered, Melancholy, Pathos, Religious, Southern gothic, Spectral, Women's literature
James Baldwin

James Baldwin, one of the most prominent figures in American literature, rose to the highest of liter
Tags: African american fiction, Angry, Homoerotic, Masculine, Psychological, Queer literature, Religious
Alvin Ailey

When Alvin Ailey stumbled into Lester Horton's dance theater at UCLA, he abandoned his original plan
Tags: African american fiction, Euphoric, Expansive, Kinetic, Political, Polychromatic, Spiritual
Jacob Lawrence

The work of Jacob Lawrence brings African American history to the walls of museums and galleries when
Tags: African american fiction, Composed, Eclectic, Geometric, Harlem renaissance art, Mythic, Polychromatic
Alice Childress

Playwright Alice Childress blazed across off-Broadway like a supernova, startling audiences and criti
Tags: African american fiction, African american theater, Egalitarian, Feminist, Political

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