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Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler 0000000121272003 “There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur Foundations Fellowship...
Caron Butler
Caron Butler NONE Caron Butler is a former two-time NBA all-star who played for fourteen seasons. He is currently [2024] an assistant coach for the Miami Heat. He has written a memoir and children's ...
Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl
Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl MULTIPLE Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl are renowned authors. Butler's work explores sci-fi themes, Canavan is known for his academic d...
Tajuana “TJ” Butler
Tajuana “TJ” Butler NONE Tajuana “TJ” Butler-Jackson, founder of Lavelle Publishing, is honing her skills as an actor and director. She's completed her first short film and lives in Indianapolis with...
Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi
Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi NONE Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Early Childhood and Teacher Education at Prince George's Community College, whe...
Randy Ross, Octavia E. Butler, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Jervey Tervalon
Randy Ross, Octavia E. Butler, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Jervey Tervalon MULTIPLE "Explore the works of authors Randy Ross, Wanda Coleman, Stanley Crouch, Gary Phillips, Octavia Butl...
Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds
Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds MULTIPLE Caron Butler, former NBA All-Star, collaborates with acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds to create engaging stories. Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and ...
Christine Taylor Butler
Christine Taylor Butler NONE Christine Taylor Butler is an accomplished children's author from Ohio. Overcoming initial fears, she pursued her passion for writing, inspired by her daughters' love for...
Jaye Whaley, Shah Butler, and Melica Niccole
Jaye Whaley, Shah Butler, and Melica Niccole MULTIPLE Jaye Whaley, Shah Butler, and Melica Niccole are accomplished authors known for their distinct writing styles and captivating narratives. Their ...
C. Taylor Butler
C. Taylor Butler NONE C. Taylor Butler is an acclaimed children's book author, known for weaving science, diversity, and character education into her award-winning stories. She is an active member of...
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 ...
Sana Butler
Sana Butler NONE Sana Butler, renowned author of 'Children of the Crop', is the daughter of Peter Vertrees, born 1845 in Kentucky. She has been pictured with Lillie Odom in Lebanon, TN. Sana Butler i...
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Dorothy Butler Gilliam 0000000032505856 Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first black woman reporter for the Washington Post, dedicated over six decades to journalism. Throughout her career, she worked to ...
Bethonie Butler
Bethonie Butler NONE Bethonie Butler is a pop culture writer and former features reporter for The Washington Post. She has covered television and pop culture for nearly a decade and has released a c...
Lynell George
Lynell George NONE Lynell George Lynell George is a journalist and essayist. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame is her first book of essays and photography, exploring the city where she grew ...
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 0000000046027939 Wesley Receives the 2023 Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, a Penn State Altoona professor of English, creative writing and Afri...
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...
Burnett Kwadwo Gallman
Burnett Kwadwo Gallman NONE Burnett Kwadwo Gallman, a native of Hartsville, SC, is a medical graduate from Hahnemann Medical College. As a physician, his research aims to eliminate racial health disp...
adrienne maree brown
adrienne maree brown 0000000037757913 adrienne maree brown is a writer rooted in Detroit who lives [2024] in Durham, NC. Her books include Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Holding Change, and t...
Delia Mercado
Delia Mercado NONE Delia Mercado, a NY licensed entrepreneur and mother of three, is pursuing an English degree at Medgar Evers College. Passionate about literature, she aspires to become an author a...
Wil Haygood
Wil Haygood 0000000384391645 Wil Haygood, a Guggenheim fellow and cultural historian, is renowned for his iconic biographies and work for the Washington Post. His notable books include the New York T...
Lisa Washington
Lisa Washington NONE Lisa Washington is a bestselling Christian Fiction author, honored with the 2020 Author Elite Award and the 2018 African-American Literary Show Award. A U.S. Navy veteran and alu...
Stephanie Powell Watts
Stephanie Powell Watts 0000000123378514 Stephanie Powell Watts, a former Jehovah’s Witness minister and factory worker, is a celebrated writer and teacher of fiction and creative nonfiction. With a B...
Manning Johnson
Manning Johnson NONE Manning Rudolph Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959) was an African-American leader in the Communist Party USA who later became an anti-communist government witness ...
Tamkara Adun
Tamkara Adun NONE Tamkara Adun is a Nigerian author, researcher, and historian specializing in indigenous African history. She founded ỌdúnìfẹÌ, a platform for teaching African history and lan...
Mavis C. Campbell
Mavis C. Campbell NONE Mavis C. Campbell was a renowned historian noted for her work on Caribbean and African diaspora history. Her research focused on the history of slavery, emancipation, and post-...
Viola Ford Fletcher
Viola Ford Fletcher NONE ”Every day, I have lived through the massacre. While our country may forget this history, I cannot.” Viola Ford Fletcher, born in 1907, is a notable figure in Afri...
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor 0000000114391610 AALBC Truly Mourns the Lost of Quintard Taylor Quintard Taylor, a Professor of American History, specializes in African American history with over three decades of exp...
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson 0000000108766551 “Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes.” —African Proverb Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, became a renowned scholar, earning a...
Warren L. Maye
Warren L. Maye NONE Warren L. Maye is the Editor in Chief of SACONNECTS and a prolific author, having co-written books with his wife and authored others independently. He's a member of ASME, EPA, and...
Edward E. Baptist
Edward E. Baptist 0000000039584833 Edward E. Baptist, born 1970, is a Professor of History at Cornell University. His expertise lies in the history of 19th-century USA, particularly the South and the...
Shane White
Shane White 0000000453091911 “…my main research interests are in African American history and in the history of New York City.” Shane White, a distinguished Professor of History at ...
Kevin McGruder
Kevin McGruder 0000000071766805 Kevin McGruder is an Assistant Professor of History at Antioch College with interests in African American institutions, urban history, and gay and lesbian history. He ...
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture MULTIPLE The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), established by Congress in 2003, is devoted to documenting Afric...
Daina Ramey Berry
Daina Ramey Berry 0000000035859190 Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is an award-winning historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in gender and slavery history in the US. A Dist...
Alaina E. Roberts
Alaina E. Roberts NONE Alaina E. Roberts, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Black and Native American history. She holds a Doctorate from In...
Staci Robinson
Staci Robinson NONE Staci Robinson is an author and screenwriter. Robinson graduated from UCLA with a degree in history. She currently lives with her family in Northern California. Staci Robinson is ...
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...
Melvin Patrick Ely
Melvin Patrick Ely 0000000030403653 Melvin Patrick Ely is an acclaimed author and historian specializing in African American and Southern history. His prize-winning book, 'Israel on the Appomattox', ...
Joshua Clark Davis
Joshua Clark Davis NONE Joshua Clark Davis is a history professor at the University of Baltimore, specializing in 20th-century American history, capitalism, and social movements. He's also a public a...
Larry Eugene Rivers
Larry Eugene Rivers NONE Dr. Larry E. Rivers is a distinguished educator with degrees from Fort Valley State College, Villanova University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of London. H...
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross MULTIPLE Daina Ramey Berry, a History Professor and associate dean at the University of Texas, and Kali Nicole Gross, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Histo...
Kimberly Brown Pellum
Kimberly Brown Pellum NONE Kimberly Brown Pellum is a renowned author, historian, and professor, known for her expertise in African American history and culture. She has an extensive background in ed...
David Greenberg
David Greenberg 0000000071453622 David Greenberg is an author and professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and a frequent commentator on historical and political...
Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson
Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson MULTIPLE Daniela Edmeier is a Managing Editor of Picturing Black History. She is a PhD Candidate in History at The Ohio Stat...
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Bettye Collier-Thomas 0000000122788183 Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas is professor of American history at Temple University. Her scholarship includes American social and cultural history, African American...
Edda L. Fields-Black
Edda L. Fields-Black 0000000072551101 Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and a specialist in the history of the African diaspora. She has cond...
Freddie E. Taylor
Freddie E. Taylor NONE Freddie E. Taylor is a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, passionate history enthusiast, and dedicated philanthropist who has made a significant impact in the field of Black histo...
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 ...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson 0000000073684926 Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a renowned author and political analyst specializing in race and politics in America. He's the publisher of thehutchinsonreport.net, a ...
Jemar Tisby
Jemar Tisby 0000000500021386 Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the Church's Complicity in Racism, How to Fight Racism, and How...
Cerece Rennie Murphy
Cerece Rennie Murphy NONE Cerece Rennie Murphy, a science fiction enthusiast since age seven, has a rich background in social work and international relations. She transitioned into creative writing ...
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler 0000000117770704 Otto Penzler, renowned authority on crime fiction, is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop and founder of The Mysterious Press. He's published acclaimed authors, ed...
Orjanette Bryant, Beatrice Charles and Others
Orjanette Bryant, Beatrice Charles and Others MULTIPLE Orjanette Bryant, Beatrice Charles and Others Orjanette Bryant, Beatrice Charles, Blanca Solorzano, Dr. Anu Binny, Dr. Margarita David, Dr. Mera...
Christine Platt
Christine Platt NONE Christine Platt Patrick, also known as CP Patrick, is a Florida-born author specializing in African Diaspora narratives interlacing fiction and fantasy. She holds degrees in Afri...
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez 0000000074479879 Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a Memphis-born novelist, is renowned for her New York Times bestselling novel 'Wench.' A Harvard graduate and former University of Californ...
Linda A. Duggins
Linda A. Duggins NONE Linda A. Duggins is the Director of Multicultural Publicity at Hachette Book Group and Co-founder of the Harlem Book Fair. She's a board member of several literacy organizations...
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...
Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair
Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair MULTIPLE Richard Ellmann, an influential literary critic and biographer, and Robert O’Clair, a scholar specializing in modern poetry, were key contributors to the s...
Blair L.M. Kelley
Blair L.M. Kelley NONE Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. is a renowned author, historian, and scholar of the African American experience. She is the seventh president of the National Humanities Center, the onl...
Talitha L. LeFlouria
Talitha L. LeFlouria 0000000446216288 Talitha L. LeFlouria is an award-winning historian whose work centers Black women’s lived experiences within systems of forced labor, punishment, and resistance....
Harold G. Marcus
Harold G. Marcus NONE Harold G. Marcus was a notable professor of History and African Studies at Michigan State University. He is renowned for his works on Ethiopian history and politics, including '...
Marcia Chatelain
Marcia Chatelain 0000000437275251 Dr. Marcia Chatelain, a history professor at Georgetown University, specializes in African-American history, women’s, and public studies. An alumna of the University...
History Titans
History Titans NONE History Titans specializes in crafting brief and informative educational content focused on various historical events. History Titans creates a variety of concise historical educa...
Kathy Trusty
Kathy Trusty NONE Kathy Trusty is an independent historian and a Black history educator. She has been conducting presentations, creating displays, and producing Black history programs for more than 2...
Craig Steven Wilder
Craig Steven Wilder 0000000055180126 Craig Steven Wilder began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx. He provides curricular and professional development workshops with public s...
David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis 0000000121202232 David Levering Lewis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor and historian at New York University. He has written extensively on American civil rights history and ...
Ray Anthony Shepard
Ray Anthony Shepard 0000000084780219 “As a fifth-grader in Nebraska, I was one of the few Black students in the class, and when American slavery was taught I was embarrassed by the topic.”...
Benjamin Brawley
Benjamin Brawley 000000010856022X Benjamin G. Brawley was a prominent author and educator, born in 1882. He earned degrees from Morehouse College, University of Chicago, and Harvard. Brawley taught E...
J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith 0000000117420835 J.T. Smith, a New Jersey-born author, developed a passion for reading and history at an early age. His interest in Black History and the Harlem Renaissance influenced his ...
Khalil G. Muhammad
Khalil G. Muhammad 0000000119521226 Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is a renowned historian, author, and scholar. He has held positi...
Tanisha C. Ford
Tanisha C. Ford 0000000394524085 Tanisha C. Ford, a renowned writer, researcher, and cultural critic, specializes in Black style/fashion history and social movements. Recognized as one of The Root's ...
Judith Tick
Judith Tick 000000008391588X Judith Tick, a renowned professor emerita of music history at Northeastern University, is recognized for her award-winning work in American music and women's history in m...
Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy
Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy MULTIPLE Carolyn A. Brown, Associate Professor of History, Senior Editor of International Labor and Working Class History, and former Director of African Studies...
Claudia Tomlinson
Claudia Tomlinson NONE Claudia Tomlinson is a writer and researcher on Guyanese, Caribbean, African, and Black British History and Politics. She has a Ph.D. in History and is an Associate Fellow of t...
LaShawn Harris
LaShawn Harris 0000000453921807 Dr. LaShawn D. Harris is an associate professor of history at Michigan State University, the former managing and book review editor for the Journal of African America...
jkm Mbdw
jkm Mbdw NONE jkm Mbdw is not a professional writer, and he does not want to be. History of Creation: The Announcement is his first book, and there may not be a second. He has a master’s degree, ...
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West MULTIPLE Tavis Smiley and Cornel West are two of the most prominent African American public intellectuals and media figures of the early 21st century. Through their co...
Cornel West
Cornel West 0000000123215424 Join us in a conversations with Cornel West, at Harvard Bookstore on March 8, 2021 Born on June 2, 1953, Dr. Cornel West is a highly esteemed intellectual and professor at...
Cheryl W. Thompson
Cheryl W. Thompson NONE Cheryl W. Thompson is an award‑winning investigative journalist and national correspondent for NPR. She has reported extensively on civil rights cold cases, public corruption...
Julia A. Boyd
Julia A. Boyd NONE Julia A. Boyd is a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience, known for her empowering sister circles. She's the author of notable books on Black women's self-esteem and dep...
Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas 0000000486125057 Angie Thomas, a Mississippi-based author, gained fame with her debut novel 'The Hate U Give'. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the novel was a #1 New York Ti...
Norwood Holland
Norwood Holland NONE Norwood Holland, a freelance writer and attorney, is the author of the Drew Smith legal thriller series. A graduate of Howard University School of Law and Fisk University, Hollan...
Caroline Randall Williams
Caroline Randall Williams 0000000371378337 Caroline Randall Williams, born in 1987, is a multi-genre writer and educator based in Nashville, Tennessee. She's well-recognized for her award-winning wor...
Danté Stewart
Danté Stewart NONE Danté Stewart is a renowned speaker and writer specializing in race, religion, and politics. Featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, he holds a BA in sociology from Clemson Un...
Claude Atcho
Claude Atcho NONE Claude Atcho, a pastor based in Charlottesville, VA, is a respected voice in theology, culture, and literature. He holds graduate degrees in English Literature and Theological Studi...
William Styron
William Styron 0000000122816455 William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Ma...
Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins
Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins MULTIPLE Joseph Pilates Born December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany; died October 9, 1967 in New York City. As a sickly child (rickets, asthma, rheumat...
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...
Brittny Ray Crowell
Brittny Ray Crowell NONE Brittny Ray Crowell, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is a poet, artist, and assistant professor of English at Clark Atlanta University. A recipient of the Donald Barthelme Prize in Poe...
Jarvis R. Givens
Jarvis R. Givens NONE Jarvis R. Givens, PhD is a Professor of Education and African and African American Studies and the co-founding faculty director of the Black Teacher Archive at Harvard Universi...
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 ...
Calvin Stovall Jr.
Calvin Stovall Jr. NONE Calvin Stovall Jr.’s interest in Black history began early, sparked by a large book of historically influential African Americans that his mother gave him. While in elementar...
John Duggle
John Duggle NONE Author bio: “Samuel Adams is a renowned historian and professor at the University of Harvard. He has authored over 30 books on American history, many of which have become bestsellers...