John Edgar Wideman (1941-Present)
​Edwidge Danticat (1969-Present)
Terrance Hayes (1971-Present)
Picture Credits
Alex Haley, https://hti.osu.edu/history-lesson-plans/american-history/african-slave-trade/my-furthest-back-person-alex-haley
Maya Angelou, https://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-9185388
Toni Morrison, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toni_Morrison_2008-2.jpg
John Edgar Wideman, http://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/02/06/midmorning2
Alice Walker, https://www.bookstr.com/happy-birthday-alice-walker
Octavia Butler, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octavia_E._Butler_Conference_2016_Spelman_College.png
E. Lynn Harris, http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Passages-E-Lynn-Harris-dead-at-54/21970.html
Edwidge Danticat, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwidge_Danticat_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
Terrance Hayes, https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/terrance-hayes
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
Nikki Giovanni (1943-Present)
Natasha Trethewey (1966-Present)
Ta-Nehisi Coates (1975-Present)
Picture Credits
James Baldwin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin#/media/File:Jamesbaldwin.jpg
Lorraine Hansberry, https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/lorraine_hansberry
Amiri Baraka, https://www.biography.com/people/amiri-baraka-9198235
Nikki Giovanni, https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/nikki-giovanni-on-trusting-your-own-voice/
August Wilson, https://www.portlandplayhouse.org/august-wilson/
RIta Dove, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rita_Dove_(24921276278).jpg
Natasha Trethewey, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Natasha_Trethewey_014.JPG
Danzy Senna, https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/danzy-sennas-new-black-woman
Ta-Nehisi Coates, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ta-Nehisi_Coates#/media/File:Ta-Nehisi_Coates.jpg
Alex Haley (1921-1992)
Maya Angelou (1928-2004)
Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Alice Walker (1944-Present)
Octavia Butler (1947-2006)
E. Lynn Harris (1955-2009)
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Rita Dove (1952-Present)
Danzy Senna (1970-Present)