50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century

# 26 — (1.31%)

Dorothy West

Dorothy West

# 27 — (1.26%)

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

# 28 — (1.04%)

Anita Bunkley

Anita Bunkley

# 29 — (1.04%)

Rosalyn McMillan

Rosalyn McMillan

# 30 — (1.04%)

Tina McElroy Ansa

Tina McElroy Ansa

# 31 — (1.04%)

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Valerie Wilson Wesley

# 32 — (0.99%)

Ann Petry

# 33 — (0.88%)

bell hooks

# 34 — (0.88%)

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

# 35 — (0.88%)

Diane Mckinney-Whetstone

Diane Mckinney-Whetstone

# 36 — (0.82%)

A.J. Verdelle

A.J. Verdelle

# 37 — (0.71%)

Cornel West

Cornel West

# 38 — (0.66%)

Tananarive Due

Tananarive Due

# 39 — (0.55%)

August Wilson

August Wilson

# 40 — (0.55%)

John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman

# 41 — (0.55%)

Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez

# 42 — (0.55%)

Virginia DeBerry

Virginia DeBerry

# 43 — (0.49%)

April Sinclair

April Sinclair

# 44 — (0.49%)

Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins

# 45 — (0.49%)

Lolita Files

Lolita Files

# 46 — (0.49%)

Marita Golden

Marita Golden

# 47 — (0.44%)

Maryse Conde

Maryse Conde

# 48 — (0.38%)

Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson

# 49 — (0.38%)

Gayl Jones

# 50 — (0.38%)

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid