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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...
Stephannie Solomon
Stephannie Solomon NONE Stephannie Solomon, a Baltimore native and devout Christian, is a minister, author, educator, and founder of Conversations With The King Ministries. Her work spans from local ...
Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee 0000000049531591 ` Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, author, and expert in human communication. Known for her work on NPR and American Public Media, she advises on racial...
Randi Pink
Randi Pink NONE Randi Pink, a Southern-raised author, debuted with “Into White.” She resides in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and two rescue dogs, and works for National Public Radio. Randi Pi...
Catherine Mann
Catherine Mann 0000000121252993 Catherine Mann is a USA Today bestselling author and RITA Award winner who has written over 60 contemporary romance books. A former theater school director with degree...
Loren Long
Loren Long 0000000068683689 Loren Long, New York Times bestselling author of the Otis series, is known for illustrating Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing and Matt de la Pena's Love. He recently modernize...
Artress Bethany White
Artress Bethany White NONE Artress Bethany White, PhD, is an award-winning poet, essayist, and literary critic known for her poetry collections and scholarly essays. Her notable works include 'My Afm...
Emily Bernard
Emily Bernard 0000000109616520 Emily Bernard, born in Nashville, is a PhD holder from Yale University, recipient of several prestigious grants, and a published author, featured in The American Schola...
Anthony Browder
Anthony Browder NONE Anthony T. Browder, a cultural historian, artist, and educational consultant, is renowned for his extensive research on ancient Egyptian history and culture. A founder of IKG Cul...
Sarah L. Webb
Sarah L. Webb NONE Dr. Sarah L. Webb is an international colorism expert helping businesses advance their JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) missions. She launched the global initiativ...
Thom S. Rainer
Thom S. Rainer 0000000083290568 Thom S. Rainer is the CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, an author of over two dozen books, and a former dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also le...
Prince Joel Makonnen
Prince Joel Makonnen NONE “Doing well in business and doing good in society are inseparable missions” Prince Joel Makonnen, a direct descendant of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, is ...
Obari Cartman
Obari Cartman NONE Dr. Obari Adéye Cartman is a Chicago-based psychologist, educator, and author, specializing in issues concerning mental health, cultural identity, and manhood. He works as a resto...
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead 0000000109128041 Congrats to Colson Whitehead: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Colson Whitehead, born in 1969, is an acclaimed writer who began his career at the Village Voice....
Christopher Griffin
Christopher Griffin 000000004464364X Christopher Griffin, a Brooklyn-based educator and plant enthusiast, uses his Instagram account (@plantkween) to promote self-care, joy, and community through pla...
Adaeze and Chad Brinkman
Adaeze and Chad Brinkman MULTIPLE Adaeze and Chad Brinkman, from contrasting backgrounds, strived to foster trust and respect in their relationship. Adaeze, a black Nigerian American woman, and Chad,...
Brit Baron
Brit Baron NONE Brit Barron is a renowned speaker focusing on spirituality, race, gender, and sexuality. She co-founded Other Dreamers, a creative agency, and co-pastors New Abbey, a progressive chur...
Emmanuel Acho
Emmanuel Acho NONE Emmanuel Acho, a former NFL player turned Fox Sports Analyst and Host/Producer of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” He is also Forbes' 30 under 30 honoree and the you...
Porsche Joseph
Porsche Joseph NONE Porsche Joseph is a writer & development professional with a rich experience in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Her debut book is 'Better Than We Found It: Conversations to...
Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Margaret Cezair-Thompson 0000000444583770 Margaret Cezair-Thompson, a Jamaican-born author and professor, is known for her novels “The True History of Paradise” and “The Pirate’s Daughter” which won ...
June Jordan
June Jordan 0000000114793687 June Millicent Jordan (1936-2002) was a renowned poet, activist, teacher, and essayist, known for her influential voice in liberation. A professor at UC Berkeley, she dir...
Kei Miller
Kei Miller 000000037003708X Jamaican author, Kei Miller, born in 1978, writes across various genres including novels, essays, and poetry. His works have been shortlisted for several awards and he has...
Zetta Elliott
Zetta Elliott 000000003627950X Zetta Elliott, a Canadian-born Black feminist writer, is known for her poetry, plays, essays, and children's novels. She earned a PhD in American Studies from NYU, taug...
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay 0000000434301581 Roxane Gay, renowned writer and editor, has contributed to numerous publications and anthologies. She's co-editor of PANK, essays editor for The Rumpus, and teaches writin...
Jerald Walker
Jerald Walker NONE Jerald Walker is a distinguished author known for his memoirs and essays, with recognitions like the 2011 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction and honors from the National Book Awa...
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Keisha-Gaye Anderson NONE Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional, whose multi-platform storytelling has examined subjects like art, cult...
Tiffanie Barriere
Tiffanie Barriere NONE Tiffanie Barriere is an award-winning bartender, educator, author, and cultural storyteller known as The Drinking Coach. Born in Louisiana, raised in Texas and the South, and ...
Mahmoud El-Kati
Mahmoud El-Kati NONE Mahmoud El‑Kati is a lecturer, writer, and commentator on the African American experience. He specializes in African American history and advocates institution building within c...
Sakina Ibrahim
Sakina Ibrahim NONE Sakina Ibrahim is an author, actress, wellness advocate, and visionary dedicated to helping others discover their gifts, passion, and purpose while unlocking the joys of life. ...
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...
Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo 0000000110769989 Bernardine Evaristo is a British award-winning author of seven books and professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London. Known for her diverse works ac...
Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph
Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph MULTIPLE Dr. Tracy Snipe, Associate Professor at Wright State University, specializes in Politics and Film, Black Women and Politics, and French Politics. He's ...
Mary Williams
Mary Williams NONE Mary Williams, adopted daughter of Jane Fonda, worked with humanitarian organizations and founded the Lost Boys Foundation. She lived in various locations, including Africa and acr...
Doye T. Agama
Doye T. Agama NONE Historian, theologian, and ethnomusicologist Doye Teido Agama is a former journalist and filmmaker who survived the Nigerian Civil War, later returning to the UK to rebuild hi...
Sean Anderson
Sean Anderson 0000000078343215 Sean Anderson, son of Jamaican immigrants, is a New York-based writer, educator, and youth advocate. His works reflect his unique experiences growing up in 80s NYC and ...
Erin Nielson
Erin Nielson NONE Erin Nielson is a Texas-based freelance illustrator known for her whimsical artwork often featuring animals. She has clients like BYU Independent Study and Cincinnati Children’s Hos...
Mona Sutphen
Mona Sutphen 000000004776341X Mona K. Sutphen, a partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP, is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration and an ex-American diplom...
Andrea Hairston
Andrea Hairston 000000004096098X Andrea Hairston, an Afrofuturist novelist and playwright, is also the L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita at Smith College. With award-winning novels like 'Redwood a...
Jayci Lee
Jayci Lee 0000000496576521 Jayci Lee is a USA Today bestselling author of sexy contemporary romance and epic romantasy featuring Korean American main characters. Her books have been featured in Peop...
Georgia K. Boone
Georgia K. Boone NONE Georgia K. Boone is the author of the critically acclaimed YA novel And Other Mistakes, the editor of and a contributor to the YA horror anthology Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A...
Ain Heath Drew
Ain Heath Drew NONE Ain Heath Drew, a children's author from Detroit, now living in Stone Mountain, GA, enjoys traveling, outdoor activities, and exploring cuisines. Her work includes the Ari J. chil...
Emily Raboteau
Emily Raboteau 0000000036573661 Emily Raboteau, author of 'The Professor’s Daughter' and 'Searching for Zion,' is an award-winning writer renowned for her fiction and essays. She has received numerou...
Rilla Askew
Rilla Askew 0000000114522334 Rilla Askew is an award-winning author recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Known for her essays, short fiction, and novels like “The Mercy Seat”, her ...
Susan D. Peters
Susan D. Peters NONE Susan D. Peters, a Chicago native and DePaul University graduate, lived in Liberia for 11 years. Her experiences during the Liberian Civil War inspired her award-winning memoir, ...
William Jelani Cobb
William Jelani Cobb 0000000034332610 William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., is an accomplished author, educator, and journalist specializing in post-Civil War African American history and 20th-century American ...
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor 0000000117658077 Gloria Naylor, a prize-winning author, known for her novels like 'The Women of Brewster Place', 'Linden Hills', and 'Mama Day', also wrote essays, screenplays, and stag...
M. NourbeSe Philip
M. NourbeSe Philip 0000000116780353 M. NourbeSe Philip is a renowned Caribbean-Canadian poet, writer, and lawyer, widely celebrated for her groundbreaking work that explores themes of colonialism, ra...
S. Pearl Sharp
S. Pearl Sharp 0000000036855052 S. Pearl Sharp is a writer, actress, filmmaker and broadcast journalist. An advocate of holistic healing, S. Pearl conducts workshops that merge art and healing, and c...
Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami 0000000036068972 Laila Lalami, a prolific author and creative writing professor at the University of California, has penned award-winning novels including 'The Moor’s Account'. She's a r...
Eisa Nefertari Ulen
Eisa Nefertari Ulen NONE Eisa Nefertari Ulen, an award-nominated author, contributes to various publications. She pens essays on African American culture, exploring wide-ranging topics. She's a recip...
Rion Amilcar Scott
Rion Amilcar Scott 000000050163167X Rion Amilcar Scott, a celebrated author, has been published in numerous journals and holds awards like the Mary Roberts Rinehart award. His works include the short...
Susan Straight
Susan Straight 0000000118784526 Acclaimed author of eight novels, including 'Highwire Moon' and 'A Million Nightingales'. Recognized with the Robert Kirsch Award, O. Henry Prize, and a Guggenheim Fel...
Bro. Yao
Bro. Yao NONE Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) is a Maryland-based poet and writer, teaching at Bowie State University. Published in various journals, he's currently working on “The Wuhan Soundtrack,” a...
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...
Brenda M. Greene
Brenda M. Greene 000000008095850X Dr. Brenda M. Greene is a respected professor, writer, and scholar, leading the Center for Black Literature and the National Black Writers Conference. She has contri...
Natalie Hopkinson
Natalie Hopkinson NONE Natalie Hopkinson, Ph.D., is a celebrated journalist, scholar, and author known for her insightful exploration of arts, gender, place, and identity. She has received critical a...
Neville Dawes
Neville Dawes 0000000434837562 Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents, was a writer and educator. Raised in Jamaica, he studied at Oxford University, taught in Jamaic...
Andre Hardy
Andre Hardy NONE Andre Hardy is an author, educator, business leader, and former NFL running back whose work reflects a lifelong commitment to reinvention and resilience. A two-time Hall of Fame ind...
Lynda Jones Mubarak
Lynda Jones Mubarak NONE Dr. Lynda Jones Mubarak, a native Texan and passionate educator, has dedicated her life to teaching and writing. Known for her works that promote personal growth, she's also ...
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann MULTIPLE Zetta Elliott, a black feminist writer known for poetry, plays, essays, novels, and kids' stories, is renowned for her award-winning picture book, Bird....
Bridgett M. Davis
Bridgett M. Davis NONE Bridgett M. Davis is a Detroit-born author, professor, and filmmaker. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University, she now teaches English at Baruch College. Her film...
Trey Ellis
Trey Ellis 000000011675397X Trey Ellis is a multi-talented writer, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, and Associate Professor at Columbia University. He's known for his Emmy-nominated HBO ...
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...
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 ...
Jamarhl Crawford
Jamarhl Crawford NONE Jamarhl Crawford, also known as UNO The Prophet, is a Boston-based artist and poet deeply rooted in the city's Black communities. Coming from a family rich in artistic history, ...
Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib 0000000476031401 Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and critic from Ohio. Known for his poetry in various journals and music criticism in high-profile publications, his...
Monique Fields
Monique Fields NONE Monique Fields is an award-winning journalist and author, known for her essays on race and identity. She founded Honeysmoke.com, a resource for parents with multiracial children. ...
Lisa Allen-Agostini
Lisa Allen-Agostini 0000000072635073 Lisa Allen-Agostini is a Trinidadian author and journalist known for her impactful work in Caribbean literature and social issues advocacy. Her novels, poetry, an...
Una LaMarche
Una LaMarche NONE Una LaMarche is a prolific author of young adult novels and humor essays, and a contributing writer for The New York Observer and The Huffington Post. She blogs at The Sassy Curmudg...
Esmeralda Santiago
Esmeralda Santiago 0000000103952769 Esmeralda Santiago, a Puerto Rican-born author and filmmaker based in Westchester County, New York, is known for her memoirs, novels, and essays. She is the mother...
Juan Tomás Avila Laurel
Juan Tomás Avila Laurel 000000011566246X Equatoguinean author, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, focuses on social, political and economic inequality in Africa. A distinguished lecturer at Hofstra University,...
Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd
Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd MULTIPLE Alice Walker is a renowned American author, with her books translated into 25+ languages and over 15 million copies sold. Valerie Boyd, an arts editor at The At...
Casey Gerald
Casey Gerald NONE Casey Gerald is the author of There Will Be No Miracles Here, a memoir that was named a Best Book of 2018 by NPR and The New York Times, a finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award, a...
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Sarah Ladipo Manyika 0000000062634157 Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a Nigerian-raised author and literature professor at San Francisco State University. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, ...
Leah Mullen
Leah Mullen NONE Leah Mullen, a Brooklyn-based author with a BA in Print Journalism from Pennsylvania State University, published her first novel, “Again and Again” in 2005. She has contributed essay...
C. Taylor-Butler
C. Taylor-Butler NONE C. Taylor-Butler, a civil engineer and educational council chairperson, is renowned for her essays and short stories in The Horn Book and Scholastic’s Read and Rise. The Kansas ...
Lasana D. Kazembe
Lasana D. Kazembe NONE Dr. Lasana D. Kazembe, a Chicago-native scholar, specializes in Urban Education, Global Black Arts Movements, and the Black Intellectual Tradition. He explores Culturally Susta...
John G. Jackson
John G. Jackson 0000000027592692 John Glover Jackson, one of our greatest cultural historians, was born on April 1, 1907 (he died October 13, 1993) in Aiken, South Carolina. Jokingly, he would somet...
Adam Shatz
Adam Shatz NONE Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagina...
Katherine Shears
Katherine Shears NONE Katherine Shears is a dedicated executive consultant and deep thinker committed to social betterment and personal transformation. A voracious reader, she applies knowledge from ...
Jay Wright
Jay Wright 000000007830315X “A Poet’s Poet” Jay Wright, born in 1934, is a prolific author of 15 books of poetry, 40+ plays, and essays. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and ...
Karen Good Marable
Karen Good Marable NONE Karen Good Marable, a Texas-born writer, is known for her essays and music journalism. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Oxford American, and more. She now resides...
Barbara Summers
Barbara Summers 0000000083029183 Barbara Summers was an American author, educator, and former Ford model. She authored 'Skin Deep' (1998), a definitive work on black women in the modeling industry, b...
John Valentine
John Valentine NONE John Valentine, born in 60s' Mississippi, is a writer and cultural historian. From a background of poverty and racism, Valentine channeled his experiences into understanding the h...
Cynthia Manick
Cynthia Manick NONE Cynthia Manick's poetry collection, No Sweet Without Brine, is a celebration of self-love and culture. Through lyrical expressions, she explores daily life, familial bonds, and so...
Lois Brown
Lois Brown 0000000055214322 Lois Brown is an author known for her literary biography of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, a pioneering New England writer. Brown's work also extends to essays on American and...
Wanjiku Wa Ngugi
Wanjiku Wa Ngugi NONE Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ, author of 'The Fall of Saints', is a former director of the Helsinki African Film Festival. Her short stories and essays are featured in various publications i...
Amos N. Wilson
Amos N. Wilson 0000000083152296 Dr. Amos N. Wilson was a renowned psychologist, social worker, and academic who held roles in the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and taught at City Unive...
Lacino Hamilton
Lacino Hamilton NONE Lacino Hamilton is an activist and writer whose work focuses on prison abolition. Exonerated in 2020 after 26 years of wrongful imprisonment, his thought-provoking essays have fe...
Paul Porter
Paul Porter 0000000032557824 Paul Porter is a seasoned radio, music, and television professional with four decades of experience. Known for his deep voice and expertise, Porter has spent 10 years at ...
Rosey Lee
Rosey Lee NONE Rosey Lee is the author of The Gardins of Edin and A Gardin Wedding. She writes stories about complicated families and complex friendships, but a happy ending is guaranteed. She lives...
Mary Annaïse Heglar
Mary Annaïse Heglar NONE Mary Annaïse Heglar is a renowned author featured in outlets like New York Magazine, The Boston Globe, Vox, and Rolling Stone. Her works are also included in collections suc...
Timothy George
Timothy George 0000000083235956 Detroit-born author Timothy George, renowned for his deep fascination with African-American history, adeptly combines education with entertainment in his novels. His e...
Angel Mechelle
Angel Mechelle NONE Author Angel Mechelle, a military brat turned acclaimed writer, has a passion for storytelling. She resides in Virginia and began her literary journey as a contributing author in ...
Maliek Blade
Maliek Blade NONE Dr. Maliek Blade, founder and CEO of Whole Brother Mission, is a charismatic expert dedicated to mentoring men towards holistic success. Known for his deep knowledge, practical insi...
Samara Cole Doyon
Samara Cole Doyon NONE Samara Cole Doyon is a second-generation Haitian American and Mainer, working as a freelance writer and teacher. She is a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and h...
Albert “Prodigy” Johnson
Albert “Prodigy” Johnson NONE Albert “Prodigy” Johnson was a globally recognized rapper, part of the duo Mobb Deep. Known for his reality-based music, he sold millions of albums worldwide. Prodigy al...
C. N. Phillips
C. N. Phillips NONE C. N. Phillips, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, is a renowned author known for her gritty series, The Last Kings. Signed to Carl Weber’s Urban Books, her storytelling finesse has ear...
April Reynolds
April Reynolds NONE April Reynolds, award-winning author of 'Knee-Deep in Wonder', is a distinguished faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. She has also taught at NYU and the 92nd Street Y. April Reynol...
Susana M. Morris
Susana M. Morris 0000000410238311 Susana M. Morris is an Associate Professor of English at Auburn University. Susana M. Morris, Ph.D. is a Black feminist Afrofuturist writer, scholar, and cultural cr...