Black Writers

Pre-19th Century & 19th Century

  • Phillis Wheatley (Pre-19th Century)

  • Eliza Suggs

  • Harriet Jacobs

  • Ida B. Wells

20th Century

  • J. California Cooper

  • Anne Spencer

  • Virginia Hamilton

  • Ntozake Shange

  • Nella Larsen

  • Jessie Redmon Fauset

  • Julia de Burgos

  • Angelina Weld Grimké

“The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black. You should be able to dig Aretha, but don't play her every time I come over.”

-Pat Parker