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Jean Paul Sartre

5 Good Quotes by Black Writers — DNAMAG

Valuable written words by Black womxn writers

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By Any Means Necessary

Writers And Poets

Ernest Hemingway

African American History

Picturing James Baldwin in Exile

1964 portrait of James Baldwin. All photos courtesy of Sedat Pakay.Being out . . . one is really not very far out of the United States . . . One sees it better from a distance . . . from another place, from another country.-- James BaldwinJames Baldwin (1924-1987), the renowned American novelist, essayist, playwright, civil rights advocate and social critic, was an outspoken advocate for equality and respect for all citizens regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference. His…

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The Caged Bird Sings

Phenomenal Woman

African American History

Photos Of Women

Inspirational People

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou (1928-2014), an American writer, is best known for "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969), probably the best single book about what it was like to grow up Black under Jim Crow. She is also also known for the poems "Still I Rise" (1978) and "Phenomenal Woman" (1978). She was born Marguerite…

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Magical Realism Books

Nobel Prize In Literature

Song Of Solomon

National Portrait Gallery

Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will (Published 2019)

Readers could sense in Morrison’s fiction the influences of Ralph Ellison, the Bible and William Faulkner, among others, but her idiosyncratic music was her own.

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Lorraine Hansberry

Writing “A Raisin in the Sun”

Lillian Ross talks with Lorraine Hansberry about how she became a playwright.

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African American Authors

By Any Means Necessary

Writers And Poets

African American History

African American Authors

James Baldwin and his mind-blowing literary work

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Black Literature

Black Photography

Black Academia

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Toni Morrison, Remembered By Writers | The New Yorker "What I cherish most about Toni Morrison’s work is the way that she used the English language: to its fullest, across its entire range, from the poetic to the profane. When you read her work, the world changes, becoming more beautiful and expansive and complicated via every sentence." #reading #morrison Beloved Toni Morrison, Jacqueline Woodson, Black Writers, The Caged Bird Sings, Best Audiobooks, Nobel Prize In Literature, Toni Morrison, Prize Winning, Women Writers

Beloved Toni Morrison

Jacqueline Woodson

The Caged Bird Sings

Best Audiobooks

Nobel Prize In Literature

Toni Morrison, Remembered By Writers

George Saunders, Mary Karr, Jacqueline Woodson, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Alexander Chee commemorate the author Toni Morrison and the expansive influence of her work.

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Gwendolyn Brooks poses with her first book of poems, A Street in Bronzeville. Gwendolyn Brooks, African American Writers, Aesthetic Writing, Famous Writers, African American History Facts, Black Writers, Book Of Poems, History People, Black Authors

Gwendolyn Brooks

African American Writers

Aesthetic Writing

African American History Facts

Remembering The Great Poet Gwendolyn Brooks At 100

A new biography celebrates the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote about ordinary black life using extraordinary language.

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A Raisin In The Sun

Raisin In The Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

Today In History

African American History

Lorraine Hansberry’s Roving Global Vision

The playwright died at the age of thirty-four, but she left behind enough genius for lovers of literature to follow like a trail of generous crumbs, Vinson Cunningham writes.

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