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Dieter Buchhart, Glenn O'Brien, Jean-Louis Prat, Susanne Reichling, and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dieter Buchhart, Glenn O'Brien, Jean-Louis Prat, Susanne Reichling, and Jean-Michel Basquiat MULTIPLE Dieter Buchhart, Glenn O'Brien, Jean-Louis Prat, Susanne Reichling, and Jean-Michel Basquiat ar...
Rudy Chiappini and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Rudy Chiappini and Jean-Michel Basquiat MULTIPLE Rudy Chiappini and Jean-Michel Basquiat are renowned figures in the art world. Chiappini is an esteemed curator, while Basquiat was a groundbreaking...
Javaka Steptoe
Javaka Steptoe 0000000031897560 Javaka Steptoe, son of award-winning author/illustrator John Steptoe, is a renowned illustrator. Known for using everyday objects and mixed media to create vibrant and...
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat 0000000121272943 “Believe it or not, I can actually draw.” Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was a prominent artist known for his unique, vibrant style that helped shap...
John Steptoe
John Steptoe 0000000083178664 John Lewis Steptoe (1950-1989) was a renowned children's book author and illustrator from Brooklyn, NY. Known for his rich illustrations depicting the African American e...
Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer 0000000120198120 Jean Toomer (1894-1967), born as Nathan Pinchback Toomer, was a leading African American poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance and Modernism. Born to wealthy parent...
Michel Marriott
Michel Marriott NONE Michel Marriott was a renowned journalist for over 20 years with The New York Times and other publications. He was also a celebrated memoir workshop instructor at Baruch College,...
Kevin Young
Kevin Young 0000000109530225 Kevin Young, born in 1970, is a renowned poet and teacher influenced by Hughes, Berryman, Dickinson, and Basquiat. A Harvard graduate, Young authored multiple poetry book...
Jean Alicia Elster
Jean Alicia Elster NONE Jean Alicia Elster, a 2017 Kresge Artist Fellow and former attorney, is an acclaimed author of children's novels. Her book, The Colored Car, was a 2014 Michigan Notable Book a...
Kathleen Eagle, Sandra Kitt, and Ruth Jean Dale
Kathleen Eagle, Sandra Kitt, and Ruth Jean Dale MULTIPLE Kathleen Eagle, Sandra Kitt, and Ruth Jean Dale are prominent authors known for their significant contributions to the literary world. They ha...
Doris Jean Austin
Doris Jean Austin 0000000084312407 Doris Jean Austin (1949-1994) was an accomplished journalist from Mobile, Alabama, known for her contributions to Essence magazine and her novel, “After the Garden”...
Jean-Philippe Marcoux
Jean-Philippe Marcoux 0000000108385791 Jean-Philippe Marcoux is a Professor of American Literature at Laval University, specializing in African American literature, postmodernist fiction, poetry, and...
Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels
Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels MULTIPLE Jean Marie Wiesen, is a noted investigative author and mystery crime writer. Rita Daniels, the great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman.
Jean Besson
Jean Besson 0000000108983118 Jean Beason is a renowned researcher and author specializing in cultural history, kinship, gender, and ethnicity among other areas. She published a book on creolization a...
Jean “Binta” Breeze
Jean “Binta” Breeze 0000000025335932 Jean “Binta” Breeze (1956–2021) was a renowned Jamaican poet who published eight books and performed globally. She first gained recognition in 1985 at the Inter...
Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle
Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle MULTIPLE Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University, is renowned for his ...
Patrick Saint-Jean
Patrick Saint-Jean NONE Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, is a Haiti-born psychoanalyst and Ignatian spirituality practitioner based in the US. He serves as a regent at Creighton University, teaching psycholog...
Jerome Lagarrigue
Jerome Lagarrigue 0000000403502938 Jerome Lagarrigue, a Paris-raised artist, moved to the US in 1992 and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. He has won prestigious awards including the Core...
Jean Marie Wiesen
Jean Marie Wiesen NONE Jean Marie Wiesen, a noted investigative author and mystery crime writer, is author of Case of the Missing Look Alikes and Case of the Mouse Trap Legend. She attended Art Cent...
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre 0000000500800507 Karine Jean-Pierre is the former White House Press Secretary and Senior Advisor to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Born in Martinique and raised in New York by Hait...
Shane W. Evans
Shane W. Evans 0000000038504360 Shane Evans is a renowned illustrator, artist and designer whose work has been recognized by The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award. His illustrat...
Dika Araújo, Natacha Bustos, and Claudia Aguirre
Dika Araújo, Natacha Bustos, and Claudia Aguirre MULTIPLE Claudia Aguirre is a GLAAD & Eisner nominated writer and artist, and co-founder of Boudika Comics. Natacha Bustos is a Spanish comic artist k...
Kekla Magoon
Kekla Magoon 0000000040185776 Kekla Magoon, an award-winning author of eight YA novels, including The Rock and the River and X: A Novel, also pens non-fiction on historical topics. She's won an NAACP...
Phetote Mshairi
Phetote Mshairi NONE Phetote Mshairi is a multi-talented artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He's a poet, author, entrepreneur, performing artist, mentor, and more. With a B.B.A. in Business Management, Msh...
Shadra Strickland
Shadra Strickland NONE Shadra Strickland, an award-winning illustrator and teacher, studied at Syracuse University and the School of Visual Arts. She won the Ezra Jack Keats and Coretta Scott King/Jo...
Julia D. Shaw
Julia D. Shaw NONE Julia D. Shaw is a seasoned marketing expert with over 20 years experience in PR, events, and business development. As a PR consultant for The Network for Women in Business and fou...
JaNay Brown-Wood
JaNay Brown-Wood NONE JaNay Brown-Wood is a celebrated children's author and educator, known for her award-winning book, “Imani's Moon.” She teaches as an ECE professor at American River College and ...
Lisa Watson
Lisa Watson NONE Lisa Watson is a national bestselling author based in Washington D.C., known for her work in diverse romance genres. Her debut novel was nominated for Best Contemporary Fiction, and ...
Jimmie Allen
Jimmie Allen 0000000465260495 Jimmie Allen is a multi-platinum American recording artist and the first Black artist to achieve two consecutive #1 hits on country radio and win the ACM New Male Artist...
David H. Rothman
David H. Rothman 0000000373908303 David H. Rothman, author of 'Drone Child', is known for his advocacy of both traditional and digital libraries and efforts to close the digital divide. Rothman, who ...
Lola Jaye
Lola Jaye NONE Lola Jaye, a London-born author, published her first U.S. novel in 2009. Her journey from foster child to author was shared in her 2009 essay, part of the U.K.'s Quick Reads program. L...
April Harrison
April Harrison NONE April Harrison is an acclaimed folk artist and award-winning illustrator known for Patricia C. McKissack's picture book. Her work is featured in institutions like Vanderbilt Unive...
Lolita Files
Lolita Files 0000000067722180 Lolita Files, an accomplished African-American author, screenwriter, and producer, is known for her bestselling novels like 'Scenes from a Sistah' and 'Child of God'. Wi...
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson NONE Jazzmen Lee-Johnson is an accomplished visual artist, scholar, and curator with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MA from Brown University. She has extensive exper...
Theodore Taylor III
Theodore Taylor III NONE Theodore Taylor III is an award-winning illustrator and comic artist, known for his work on 'When The Beat Was Born' and the graphic novel 'Garvey’s Choice'. Theodore Taylor ...
Gregory Gourdet
Gregory Gourdet NONE Gregory Gourdet, born 1975 in New York, is a renowned chef and health enthusiast. A Culinary Institute of America graduate, he trained under Jean-Georges Vongerichten and ran the...
Reality Way
Reality Way NONE Reality Way, a Queens-born author, faced several life obstacles leading him to prison. It was there he developed a passion for writing, leading to his first published work, “Young Go...
Amos Ferguson
Amos Ferguson 0000000078904406 Amos Ferguson, born in 1920, was a self-taught Bahamian artist best known for his vibrant Bible and Bahamian scenes. He started painting in his 40s, inspired by a nephe...
Angela S. Medearis
Angela S. Medearis NONE Angela Shelf Medearis combines a general love for children‘s literature with a particular attention to the reading needs of young African Americans. “I write the kinds ...
justin a. reynolds
justin a. reynolds NONE Justin A. Reynolds is an acclaimed author renowned for his debut YA novel, “Opposite of Always,” and second novel “Early Departures.” His work includes a Marvel graphic novel ...
J. Michael Dash
J. Michael Dash 0000000081152794 Professor Jean Michael Dash (1948-2019) was a renowned scholar of Francophone Caribbean literature. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, and educated at the University of the...
Bryan Christopher Moss
Bryan Christopher Moss NONE Bryan Christopher Moss, a Columbus-born artist, works professionally on storyboards, comics, and runs a T-shirt company, Strange Things. His clients include Cirque du Sole...
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey 0000000114722280 Mariah Carey is an author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and multiple award-winning artist and songwriter. She is the best-selling female artist of all time w...
Hope Anita Smith
Hope Anita Smith 0000000032573509 Hope Anita Smith received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor for Keeping the Night Watch and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Author Award for...
Gary Golio
Gary Golio NONE Gary Golio is a multi-talented visual artist, musician, psychotherapist, and author, known for his New York Times-bestselling book about young Jimi Hendrix. His works focus on artists...
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper 0000000374578086 Sharon M. Draper, acclaimed author of the Sassy series and numerous teen novels, is a New York Times bestseller and multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner. A forme...
Nina Revoyr
Nina Revoyr 0000000004707741 Nina Revoyr, a Japanese-American author of five novels, is known for her remarkable storytelling. Born in Japan and raised in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles, she's co-...
Addie Boswell
Addie Boswell NONE Addie Boswell, a Portland-based author and muralist, is known for her award-winning book, The Rain Stomper. Her works include Go, Bikes, Go!, Go, Planes, Go!, The Snow Dancer, and ...
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Victoria Adukwei Bulley 0000000474165676 Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a celebrated poet, writer, and artist, recognized for her exceptional poetry with an Eric Gregory Award. She's an alumna of the Bar...
Dawud Anyabwile
Dawud Anyabwile 0000000035762639 Dawud Anyabwile is an Emmy Award-winning artist and co-creator of the comic series, Brotherman. He has collaborated with Cartoon Network, NBA TV, and Nickelodeon as a...
Dee Miller
Dee Miller NONE Dee Miller is a versatile “Closet Artist” and wordsmith known for her wide-ranging artwork, from serious depictions to graffiti art, and thought-provoking writings. She has self-publi...
Laura James
Laura James 0000000427868563 Laura James, an award-winning, self-taught artist of Antiguan heritage, is renowned for her illustrations in the Book of the Gospels by LTP Press. Based in New York City,...
Andreia Chavis-Douglas
Andreia Chavis-Douglas NONE Andreia Chavis-Douglas, a native of Washington, DC, is an artist, professor, and former graphic artist at the Washington Post. She holds degrees in Fine Arts and Education...
Megan Kayleigh Sullivan
Megan Kayleigh Sullivan NONE Megan Kayleigh Sullivan, a 2012 Rhode Island School of Design graduate, is a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist who aspires to work in film and animation. She en...
Tiffany Golden
Tiffany Golden NONE Tiffany Golden is an award-winning author, illustrator, and teaching artist. She won the 2020 New Visions Award and the Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellowship. A Spalding Un...
Abel Garcia
Abel Garcia NONE Dallas-based artist Abel Garcia, inspired by The Bible, hip-hop, graffiti, and the high renaissance, creates unique art using screen printing, acrylic and oil painting. Recognized as...
Dorothea Smartt
Dorothea Smartt 0000000035456594 Dorothea Smartt is a London-born poet with Barbadian roots, known for her significant contributions to British culture. As a former Live Artist at London's Institute ...
Keith Mallett
Keith Mallett 0000000033964456 Keith Duncan Mallett, born in 1948, is a prominent artist trained in New York City. He spent 15 years as the in-house artist for Frontline Art Publishers and now works ...
Anastacia-Reneé
Anastacia-Reneé NONE Anastacia-Reneé is an acclaimed writer, educator, artist, and speaker known for her cross-genre work. Author of several books, her works have been featured in numerous literary ...
Anita Gail Jones
Anita Gail Jones NONE Anita Gail Jones, a Georgia-born visual artist and writer, is a Hedgebrook alumna and a 2018-19 Affiliate Artist at The Headlands Center. Her debut novel, The Peach Seed, was a ...
Reginald C. Adams
Reginald C. Adams NONE Reginald C. Adams is a Houston-based public artist known for his award-winning murals and sculptures in historic and underserved US communities. His art is featured in the 2023...
Mayowa Alabi
Mayowa Alabi 0000000513192571 Lagos-based artist, Mayowa Alabi, incorporates African folklore and Afrofuturism into his work. With over 7 years of design experience, he's a former Creative Lead at Co...
Professor Griff
Professor Griff 0000000081558057 Richard Griffin, known as Professor Griff, is a rapper, artist, lecturer, and member of the Hip-Hop group Public Enemy. He's a licensed personal security defense inst...
Debbi Chocolate
Debbi Chocolate NONE Deborah “Debbi” Newton Chocolate is the author of more than twenty picture books, including The Piano Man, which received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, a...
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez 0000000424545187 Eric Velasquez, an Afro-Puerto Rican illustrator from Harlem, offers a unique cultural perspective in his work. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Velasquez has ...
Roland Rugero
Roland Rugero 0000000366391908 Roland Rugero, a Burundian journalist and novelist, is known for his works including Les Oniriques and Baho!, the first Burundian book translated into English. He has a...
T.R. Simon
T.R. Simon NONE T.R. Simon is an acclaimed author renowned for “Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground” and co-author of award-winning “Zora and Me” with Victoria Bond. Also co-authored “Oskar and the Eight ...
Laura Nsafou
Laura Nsafou 000000046109520X Laura Nsafou, alias Mrs Roots, is an Afrofeminist blogger and author known for her literature reviews and articles on Afrofeminism in France. As the founder of Afrolab a...
Nekesa Namosuge J. Smith
Nekesa Namosuge J. Smith NONE With more than 25 years of experience, Nekesa Namosunge J. Smith is a licensed cosmetologist, international educator, and oral historian dedicated to advancing textured...
Danielle Hibbitts
Danielle Hibbitts NONE Danielle “Dr. Danii” Hibbitts is a licensed cosmetologist turned clinical and forensic psychologist, specializing in the psychological effects of hair on Black and multiracial ...
Nicole Garrett
Nicole Garrett NONE Nicole FáLon Garrett was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s in English from the University of Iowa and Chicago State University res...
Barbara Neely
Barbara Neely 0000000008613515 Barbara Neely (1941-), the only African American in her Pennsylvania school, moved to Pittsburgh in 1971 and earned a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning. She publi...
Vershawn Ashanti Young
Vershawn Ashanti Young 0000000036865509 Vershawn Ashanti Young is a multi-talented performance artist, actor, and associate professor at the University of Kentucky. He's penned works like “Your Avera...
shena j. young
shena j. young NONE Dr. Shena J. Young, a licensed psychologist-healer and artist, owns a private practice in LA offering holistic trauma healing services. Her work has been featured in prominent pub...
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons 0000000121201766 David Chester Gibbons, born in 1949, is a renowned English comics artist and writer. He's famed for his collaborations with Alan Moore, particularly on Watchmen and a no...
Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Peggy Brooks-Bertram NONE Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram is a scholar and author based in Buffalo, New York. Known for her research on Drusilla Dunjee Houston, she received recognition for publishing Houst...
Shirley Perry-Church
Shirley Perry-Church NONE Shirley Perry-Church, an educator, author, and artist, has written her debut book, The Hunt for the Magic Pearl, to inspire struggling young readers. With degrees in Psychol...
Jessica Pryce
Jessica Pryce NONE Jessica Pryce, a Faculty at Florida State University, has 15 years of diverse experience in child welfare. She has trained 150+ organizations, promotes system-wide changes, and hol...
Andre R. Thornton
Andre R. Thornton NONE Andre R. Thornton, an African American poet and visual artist, aims to challenge common misconceptions through his work. Based in Columbia, Maryland, his diverse creations rang...
LaTonya Jackson
LaTonya Jackson NONE LaTonya Jackson is a Louisiana-based artist and illustrator, teaching art to young students. Her transition to children's illustrations was inspired by her motherhood experience ...
Goldie the Poet
Goldie the Poet NONE Goldie the Poet, a Bay-Area native and prominent alumnus of Leimert Park’s World Stage Poets, is a gifted actor and artist. With performances across the U.S. and Europe, his uniq...
Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson 0000000038009108 Kadir Nelson is a renowned American artist and illustrator with a Bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute. Known for his work with major clients like Sports Illustrated, ...
Carl Patterson
Carl Patterson NONE Carl Patterson started writing at 45, inspired by his late wife's positive outlook on life. Initially a poet, he transitioned into novel-writing upon her suggestion. His works, in...
K. Caprice Arradondo
K. Caprice Arradondo NONE K. Caprice Arradondo, born in 1988, is a Minnesota-based poet, short story writer, lyricist, father, and licensed tattoo artist. His works, including the co-authored “Writer...
Mickey See-Asia
Mickey See-Asia NONE Michele D. Croswell, pen name Mickey See-Asia, is a New York-born author known for her impactful books that discuss her personal experiences with sexual abuse and empowering love...
Pamela M. Tuck
Pamela M. Tuck NONE Pamela M. Tuck, an award-winning children's author from North Carolina, was inspired to become a writer by her family's storytelling traditions. Her love for stories began in her ...
Walt Goodridge
Walt Goodridge NONE The “Passion Prophet” Walt F.J. Goodridge is a versatile individual with a passion for teaching. He has worked as an artist, engineer, DJ, author, and speaker among oth...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Patrisse Khan-Cullors 0000000486461392 Patrisse Khan-Cullors, an LA-based artist and freedom fighter, is known for co-founding Black Lives Matter and Dignity and Power Now. A Fulbright scholar and NA...
Method Man and Sanford Greene
Method Man and Sanford Greene MULTIPLE Method Man, a Grammy-winning rapper and actor, is part of the Wu-Tang Clan and resides in New York. Sanford Greene, a renowned comics artist for DC Comics, Imag...
Philemona Williamson
Philemona Williamson NONE Philemona Williamson, a renowned contemporary artist based in New Jersey, is known for her solo shows and group exhibitions. Her work, often exploring interpersonal relation...
Quntos Kunquest
Quntos Kunquest NONE Quntos KunQuest is a multifaceted artist born in 1976, currently incarcerated in Louisiana. He is a musician, rapper, visual artist, and novelist. Zachary Lazar, author of six bo...
Harold Green III
Harold Green III NONE Internationally-admired artist, Harold Green III, is the author of Black Rosesv and Black Oak. Known for his poetry, Green won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award for his debut col...