List of African-American nonfiction writers

This is a list of African American nonfiction writers who are notable enough to be, or are likely to be, the subject of Wikipedia articles and who are largely known for their books or writing:

Contents:

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 (See also)

A

Larry Dell Alexander

B

Claude E. Brown

C

Corey Montrel Myers (1990- )

D

• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), writer, activist, scholar^[1]

E

John "Cock 'n Balls" Mallacky

F

G

• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), literary critic and Harvard professor
• John Langston Gwaltney (born 1928), anthropologist, author of Drylongso

H

• bell hooks (born 1952), feminist, author, professor

I

J

• Joseph Jarman, Buddhist writer and teacher

K

• Elizabeth Keckley (born 1818/19), wrote a controversial book about her time at the White House as Mary Todd Lincoln's employee and confidante.

L

Shayne Lee, sociologist and scholar of contemporary American religion. Coined the phrase "The New Black Church" to delineate a new phenomenon of high-tech culture-affirming mega churches in the U.S.

• G. Craige Lewis, Christian writer and Minister

M

N

• Neil deGrasse Tyson World renowned Astrophysicist and science communicator.

O

P

Rosa Parks Born 1913 died 2005 civil rights leader

S

• Thomas Sowell, economist, syndicated columnist, academic at the Hoover Institution

T

• Beverly Daniel Tatum, writer, current president of Spelman College
• Toby Thompkins^[2], writer.

W

• Cornel West (born 1953), public intellectual, author, Princeton University professor
• Steven Whitehurst http://www.stevenwhitehurst.com/ - Award winning author.

See also

• List of African-American authors

Notes

1. ^ W. E. B. Du Bois - African-American History Archives
2. ^ Interview with Toby Thompkins, author of The Real Lives Of Strong Black Women