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Kalamu ya Salaam
Kalamu ya Salaam 0000000067470753 Kalamu ya Salaam is the founder of NOMMO Literary Society and Runagate Press, leader of the WordBand, and a celebrated poet and educator. Born on March 24, 1947, he ...
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their impactful and compelling literary works. Kalamu ya Salaam, Kwame Alexander
Tom Dent and Edited by Kalamu ya Salaam
Tom Dent and Edited by Kalamu ya Salaam MULTIPLE Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam are influential authors known for their significant contributions to literature and culture, particularly within the Afr...
Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam
Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam MULTIPLE Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam are influential authors. Brown excels in creating engaging narratives, while Salaam is renowned for his deep, thought-...
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander 0000000042691031 “He truly is a renaissance man.”—Nikki Giovanni Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, poet, and educator, known for his award-winning book “The Cr...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Foxx is known for her adult novels ...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their captivating novels. Patterson's thrillers and Alexander's children literature hav...
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Craft is known for his humorous...
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam MULTIPLE Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam are celebrated authors known for their impactful works. Zoboi's books highlight diverse cultures, while Salaam's writings focus on socia...
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson 0000000081179540 Check out Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an acclaimed American journalist, political act...
Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander NONE Claudia Alexander, Ph.D., was a respected NASA scientist, studying planets and flying spacecraft. She contributed to missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and comets. An author, she wro...
Yusef A. Salaam
Yusef A. Salaam NONE Yusef A. Salaam, a Harlem-born writer, contributes regularly to the New York Beacon and is a member of the National Writers Union. Known for his appearances on the Oprah Winfrey ...
Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds Johnson, Hood Chronicles, Joe Awsum, and Vance Phillips
Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds Johnson, Hood Chronicles, Joe Awsum, and Vance Phillips MULTIPLE "Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds...
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
The Last Poets
The Last Poets 0000000109403584 The Last Poets, formed in 1969, are influential street poets who gained fame with their debut LP in 1970, reaching the U.S. Top 10 album charts. Members include Abiodu...
Yusef Salaam
Yusef Salaam NONE Dr. Yusef Abdus Salaam, part of the Exonerated Five, was wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case at 15. After years in prison, his sentence was overturned in 2002. His sto...
Kwame Mbalia
Kwame Mbalia 0000000501737490 Kwame Mbalia, previously a part-time pharmaceutical calibration tech, is now a full-time writer and father. Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times b...
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Kwame Ture
Kwame Ture 0000000368554192 Kwame Ture, previously Stokely Carmichael, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He led the SNCC and served as the Honorary Prime Minister of...
Will Alexander
Will Alexander 0000000053131259 Will Alexander is a multi-talented individual based in Los Angeles, born in 1948. He's an accomplished writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist with a BA in English an...
Salaam Green
Salaam Green NONE Birmingham’s first Poet Laureate Salaam Green is a celebrated storyteller, healing arts practitioner, and the 2024–2026 Birmingham Poet Laureate. She is a native of Gree...
Stephon Alexander
Stephon Alexander NONE Stephon Alexander, a physics professor at Brown University and 2020 president of the National Society of Black Physicists, specializes in string cosmology. He co-invented a mod...
Kiini Ibura Salaam
Kiini Ibura Salaam NONE Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. The middle child of five, she grew up in a hardscrabble neighborhood with oak and fig trees...
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander 0000000118793131 Michelle Alexander, born October 7, 1967, is a renowned civil rights advocate and litigator. She held a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2005 and has a joint appointmen...
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander 0000000114909360 Elizabeth Alexander, a renowned poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, has authored multiple books, including 'American Sublime', a Pulitzer finalist. A scholar...
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah 0000000121244918 Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London and raised in Ghana, is the son of a Ghanaian lawyer/politician and an English novelist. He received his education in Ghana ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. are renowned scholars specializing in African and African-American studies. Their influential w...
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Dawes' Ghanaian heritage influences his poetry, while Kinsella's Australian...
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani are renowned authors, recognized for their profound contributions to literature. Dawes, a poet and writer, merges cultural experiences...
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen are renowned authors. Mbalia is known for his best-selling “Tristan Strong” series. Makonnen, Ethiopian royalty, s...
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin 0000000121372055 Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist—widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature. His verse novel Eugen...
Mary Rand Hess
Mary Rand Hess 0000000071315983 Mary Rand Hess is a celebrated poet, artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author, known for co-authoring “Solo” and “Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild W...
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander MULTIPLE "Authors Michael Cunningham and George Alexander have made significant contributions to the literary world. Their unique storytelling and impactful ...
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Calvin Alexander Ramsey NONE Calvin Alexander Ramsey is a multi-talented artist known for his award-winning children's books, photography, folk art painting, and plays. His works have been recognized...
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander MULTIPLE Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander are acclaimed authors, with Poussaint's expertise in psychiatry and Alexander's in journalism. They collaboratively write ...
Alexander Smalls and JJ Johnson, with Veronica Chambers
Alexander Smalls and JJ Johnson, with Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Alexander Smalls, JJ Johnson, and Veronica Chambers are renowned authors with a rich background in literature. Smalls and Johnson are ...
Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley
Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley MULTIPLE Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives and dynamic...
Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers
Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Alexander Smalls is a renowned American chef, former owner of NYC restaurants including the award-winning Cecil, and a Grammy and Tony-winning opera s...
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes 0000000073665848 Ghana-born Kwame Dawes, a poet significantly influenced by Jamaican rhythms and reggae music, is the author of numerous poetry collections, novels, and non-fiction works....
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 0000000476477577 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, hailing from Spring Valley, NY, is a SUNY Albany graduate with an MFA from Syracuse University. His work, celebrated in numerous pu...
Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly
Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly are award-winning, bestselling authors known for their heartfelt, hilarious, and unforgettable storytelling.
Kwame Onwuachi
Kwame Onwuachi NONE Kwame Onwuachi, winner of the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award, shares his inspiring journey in his memoir. From selling candy on the subway, to running a failed acclaimed restau...
Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite
Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite MULTIPLE Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite are renowned authors and cultural historians, known for their significant contribu...
Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell
Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell MULTIPLE Kwame Ture Ekwueme Michael Thelwell
Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda
Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda
Leslie M. Alexander
Leslie M. Alexander NONE Leslie M. Alexander is a history associate professor at Arizona State University, known for her works on Black identity and political activism, as well as being the coeditor ...
George Alexander
George Alexander 0000000074080876 George Alexander is the award-nominated founder of Galex Media Group, specializing in film and video production. Formerly an editor-at-large at Black Enterprise maga...
Alexander Andrews
Alexander Andrews 0000000063097189 Alexander Andrews, a critically acclaimed poet of diverse heritage, is known for exploring themes of love, childhood, and environmental stress. His highly-rated deb...
Dwayne Alexander Smith
Dwayne Alexander Smith NONE Born in Harlem, Dwayne Alexander Smith is a professional screenwriter who shifted from electrical engineering to film-making. Inspired by Star Wars, he began with an award...
Bernard Alexander McNealy
Bernard Alexander McNealy NONE Bernard Alexander McNealy, born in Georgia, is a former semi-pro baseball player turned legal advocate and writer. Raised in Boston, he learned mental discipline from m...
Caleb Alexander
Caleb Alexander 0000000024457188 Caleb Alexander is a renowned ghostwriter and author, with several of his novels making The New York Times Bestsellers List. He debuted with 'Eastside', launched the ...
Alexander Smalls
Alexander Smalls 0000000458935095 Alexander Smalls, an iconic American chef and owner of award-winning NYC restaurants, is also a co-author of a James Beard award-winning cookbook and a globally reco...
Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor
Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor MULTIPLE Jake Alexander, an award-winning illustrator from England, is known for his works inspired by pop culture and current events. Melleny Taylor, a former Art &...
E. Curtis Alexander
E. Curtis Alexander NONE "Dr. E. Curtis Alexander is a highly esteemed professional with extensive experience in the medical field, specializing in various research and practices.” Dr. E. Curtis Alex...
Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith
Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith MULTIPLE Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith
Michael A. Gonzales
Michael A. Gonzales NONE Harlem-born essayist and short story writer Michael A. Gonzales, co-authored the seminal hip-hop book Bring the Noise. Known as the “hip-hop Chester Himes,†his fiction a...
Dick Gregory and Edited by James R. McGraw
Dick Gregory and Edited by James R. McGraw MULTIPLE "Dick Gregory, a renowned author edited by James R. McGraw, combines insightful storytelling with critical acumen to create compelling narratives.”...
Laini Mataka
Laini Mataka NONE Laini Mataka is a celebrated poet known for her first musical poetry record, 'Black Ivory' (1971), followed by 'Me and a Friend'. She has authored several publications and her work ...
Robin Walker
Robin Walker 000000006356551X Robin Walker is a London-born author and editor known for his work on Black history and culture. He co-edited the influential Black Community Reports and authored books ...
Fabienne Josaphat
Fabienne Josaphat 0000000001379199 "Fabienne Josaphat, an M.F.A. graduate from Florida International University, is an accomplished writer with works in various journals. 'Dancing in the Baron’s Shad...
Cassidy Dyce
Cassidy Dyce NONE Cassidy Dyce is a fiction writer, educator, and creative mentor whose work reflects a deep commitment to storytelling and community. Based just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, s...
Mannafest
Mannafest 000000010246435X Mannafest, founded by Khefri Riley and Vanessa Richards in 1995, is a creative hub that combines music, poetry, DJ culture, visual art, and new media. Their innovative perf...
Prince Justice
Prince Justice NONE Prince Justice, born into a Nigerian ruling house and raised in Africa, is a London-born author who studied in Africa and the US. Living in various Black communities across Americ...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Kianna Alexander
Kianna Alexander NONE Like any good Southern belle Kianna Alexander wears many hats: a loving wife, doting mama, advice-dispensing sister, and grabbing girlfriend. She’s a voracious reader, an amate...
Cris Freese
Cris Freese NONE Cris Freese is a technical editor, writer, and literary intern for Corvisiero Literary Agency. He was previously the managing editor of Writer’s Digest Books, where he worked with no...
Wanda Coleman and Edited by Terrance Hayes
Wanda Coleman and Edited by Terrance Hayes MULTIPLE Wanda Coleman, a renowned author, collaborates with editor Terrance Hayes, providing readers with exceptional literary works. Their combined expert...
William L. Andrews
William L. Andrews 0000000108957024 William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has authored, edited, or co-edited more...
Matthew Shenoda
Matthew Shenoda 0000000045678350 Matthew Shenoda is a writer, professor, and author and editor of several books. His poems and essays have appeared in a variety of newspapers, journals, radio progra...
Ibi Zoboi
Ibi Zoboi NONE Haitian-born, New York-raised author Ibi Zoboi is an MFA holder from Vermont College of Fine Arts, a New York Times bestselling author, and a National Book Award finalist. She's known ...
Fred Lee Hord
Fred Lee Hord NONE Dr. Fred Lee Hord, born in 1941, is the founder and Executive Director of the Association for Black Culture Centers. He's a professor at Knox College and Director of its Africana S...
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds MULTIPLE Jamila Woods, a Chicago-based poet influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, explores themes of blackness and womanhood. Maho...
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Eliza Griffiths 0000000527846142 Rachel Eliza Griffiths, a poet, photographer, and creative writing teacher, is renowned for her literary portraits, fine art photography, and lyric videos. She...
Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady 0000000025783225 Cornelius Eady is a renowned poet and author of eight books, including award-winning “Victims of the Latest Dance Craze.” He co-founded the Cave Canem workshop for Afr...
aja monet
aja monet 0000000370068724 aja monet is a surrealist blues poet, storyteller, and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She won the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam poetry award title i...
Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan
Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan MULTIPLE The Last Poets are a group of musicians and poets, known for their African-American-themed performances that blend jazz, rhythm, and spoken words. Their i...
Abiodun Oyewole
Abiodun Oyewole NONE Abiodun Oyewole is a pioneering poet, teacher, and founding member of the influential American music and spoken-word group, The Last Poets. With a rich contribution to Hip-Hop's ...
Courtney Faye Taylor
Courtney Faye Taylor NONE Courtney Faye Taylor is a celebrated writer and visual artist, known for winning the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize and the Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work i...
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones 0000000109223233 Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. Known for h...
Angle S. Bush
Angle S. Bush NONE Angle S. Bush, an author, poet, and motivational speaker from Michigan, is known for her books “When I Cease to Exist” and “Soul of a Woman” aimed at fostering self-embrace and inn...
Kyra D. Gaunt
Kyra D. Gaunt 0000000061596283 Kyra D. Gaunt is a college professor, jazz vocalist, author, and songwriter specializing in race, gender, and African American music. With a career in education startin...
Molefi Kete Asante
Molefi Kete Asante 0000000108973825 Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is Professor and Chair, Department of African American Studies at Temple University. Considered by his peers to be one of the most distingu...
Anna Christian
Anna Christian NONE Anna Christian is an accomplished author of seven books, including 'Then Sings My Soul' and 'Daniel’s Wife'. She has made contributions to the African American National Biography ...
Julie M. Holloway and Rhonda E. Alexander
Julie M. Holloway and Rhonda E. Alexander MULTIPLE
Myriam J. A. Chancy
Myriam J. A. Chancy 0000000081881495 Myriam J. A. Chancy, the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of Humanities at Scripps College, is a renowned author known for her works on women's perspectives in Haiti,...
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas 0000000121012885 “My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.” Alexandre Dumas,...
Fred Beauford
Fred Beauford NONE Fred Beauford is a prolific novelist, essayist, and editor, known for his eight novels, memoir, essay collections, and contributions to notable literary series. He's also the found...
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara 0000000109098487 “There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women.” Thomas Sankara, born in 1949, was a central figure in Burkina Faso's democratic revolu...