List of African-American writers
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.
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- ^ [1] "As the first African-American fiction writer to achieve a national reputation, Ohio native Charles W. Chesnutt..."
- ^ [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..."
- ^ [3] "Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet."
- ^ [4] "He is an African-American writer and educator."
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