List of African American writers

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This is a list of African American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African American literature.

Note: Consult Who is African American? to gain a better sense as to who can be listed as an African American writer.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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  • Henry Van Dyke
  • Victor Vango
  • York Van Nixon III Fiction writer. Author of Missing Steps, Wytherton and numerous short stories. He has also written hundreds of research and political articles on Multiple Sclerosis. His op-ed pieces, articles and political commentaries have appeared in major newspapers, magazines in the United States and Europe.

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  1. ^ search both Google and YouTube by entering rm ahmose
  2. ^ [1] "As the first African-American fiction writer to achieve a national reputation, Ohio native Charles W. Chesnutt..."
  3. ^ [2] "Although he has written much outside the genre, Samuel R. Delany is, along with Octavia Butler, one of two African Americans who, as writers, rank near the..."
  4. ^ [3] "Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet."
  5. ^ [4] "He is an African-American writer and educator."

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