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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes 0000000121303076 “Democracy will not come / Today, this year, nor ever / Through compromise and fear.” Langston Hughes, The Poet Laureate of Harlem: Author, Poet, Essayist, Novelist, P...
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera MULTIPLE "Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera are renowned authors known for their significant contribution in the literature field. Their works reflect deep societa...
Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana
Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana MULTIPLE Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Th...
Tony Medina
Tony Medina 0000000111019127 Tony Medina (Photo: WideVision Photography) was born in the South Bronx, raised in the Throgs Neck Housing Projects, and currently lives in the Washington, D...
Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer MULTIPLE Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer are renowned authors. Hughes, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, excelled in poetry, novels, and plays. Meltzer, a ...
Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes MULTIPLE Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes are acclaimed personalities, known for their contributions to arts and literature respectively. DeCarava, a distinguished ph...
Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten MULTIPLE Langston Hughes, a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, and Carl Van Vechten, a notable American writer and photographer, have significantly influ...
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston MULTIPLE Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston are prominent figures in American literature, renowned for their contributions to the Harlem Renaissance and Afr...
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks MULTIPLE Prominent authors including Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, ...
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois MULTIPLE Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and W.E.B. Du Bois are renowned figures in literature and civil rights, known for their influentia...
Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Countee Cullen MULTIPLE Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Countee Cullen
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina MULTIPLE "Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina are renowned authors and creatives, each contributing significantly to thei...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Tony Brown
Tony Brown 0000000109292618 Tony Brown, born April 11, 1933, is a renowned journalist, academician, entrepreneur, and author. He is best known for his commentary on the long-running PBS series, Tony ...
Tony Keith Jr.
Tony Keith Jr. NONE Tony Keith Jr. is a Black American gay poet, spoken word artist, and hip-hop educational leader. Tony also CEO of Ed Emcee Academy and lives with his husband, Harry Christian III,...
Tony Ginyard
Tony Ginyard NONE Tony Ginyard is a former US Air Force Law Enforcement Specialist from Philadelphia. He has lived in Europe, California, Texas, and New Jersey, and now resides in South Philadelphia ...
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi MULTIPLE Tony Platt and Paul Takagi are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in the field of social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on social j...
Tony Hillery
Tony Hillery NONE Tony Hillery, founder and executive director of Harlem Grown, began his journey in 2011, transforming a vacant lot in Harlem into a thriving urban farm. He is based in New York and ...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin MULTIPLE Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a prominent political leader, and Tony Martin, a distinguished historian, are renowned for their significant contributions in advoc...
Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, Haki R. Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton and 8 others
Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, Haki R. Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton and 8 others MULTIPLE
Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X
Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X MULTIPLE
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green MULTIPLE Mat Johnson, Tony Akins, and Dan Green are renowned authors and artists, each contributing significantly to the world of literature and graphic arts, cr...
Tony Lindsay
Tony Lindsay NONE Tony Lindsay, an accomplished author known for novels like One Dead Preacher and Urban Affair, also contributes to various anthologies, online platforms, and magazines. He's an adju...
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco MULTIPLE Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Finet, a digital strategist, excels in SEO and web analytics. Lourenco,...
Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy 0000000036530143 Tony Dungy, the first African American coach to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory, has an impressive coaching history with multiple teams. Prior to coach...
Tony Neal
Tony Neal NONE Tony Neal is a graphic artist and illustrator from South Leicestershire, England. His passion for art and illustration has led him to a blooming career in children’s book illustration...
Tony Martin
Tony Martin 0000000064030680 Professor Tony Martin, born in Trinidad and Tobago (1942-2013), was a revered historian and author, known as the leading expert on Marcus Garvey. Alongside teaching Afric...
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...
Coleman Hughes
Coleman Hughes NONE Coleman Cruz Hughes, born in 1996, is a renowned writer, podcaster, and opinion columnist. Specializing in race, public policy, and ethics, his work has appeared in prominent publ...
Melvin Tolson
Melvin Tolson NONE Melvin B. Tolson Sr. (1898-1966) was a Modernist poet, educator, and politician from Missouri, known for his work on the African American experience and the Harlem Renaissance. His...
Alain Locke
Alain Locke 0000000108789294 Celebrate the Centennial of Survey Graphic on March 23, 2025, at 6 PM ET. Register Here Born in 1886, Alain LeRoy Locke was an influential educator, writer, and phil...
Arnold Rampersad
Arnold Rampersad 0000000110823009 Arnold Rampersad, a renowned professor emeritus at Stanford University, is a respected author of biographies including those of Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, an...
Valerie Babb
Valerie Babb NONE Valerie Babb, Franklin Professor of English and Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Georgia, has taught at Georgetown University and Middlebu...
Heather Covington
Heather Covington NONE Heather Covington, founder and CEO of Disilgold, is a versatile writer and passionate poet inspired by Langston Hughes. Residing in the Bronx, she serves the Disilgold Literary...
Paule Marshall
Paule Marshall 0000000110812465 Watch a Powerful Tribute to Paule Marshall and John A. Williams Paule Marshall, born Valenza Pauline Burke, was a renowned author and educator. She was selected by Lang...
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni 0000000114678830 Nikki Giovanni (June 7, 1943 to December 9, 2024 was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni (June 7, 1943 &n...
Kysha N. Brown
Kysha N. Brown NONE A college classmate and friend of Kysha Brown Robinson’s once said of her first impression of Brown: "I remember seeing this little girl sitting at the front of the ro...
Gary Hardwick
Gary Hardwick NONE Gary Hardwick, also known as A.A. Clifford, is a renowned author, screenwriter, director, and TV producer. Known for novels like Cold Medina, his work has been optioned for films b...
Yvonne Rose
Yvonne Rose 0000000418176848 Tony and Yvonne Rose are a married couple leading Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter MULTIPLE Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter are renowned figures in the arts. Miranda, a multi-award-winning ...
Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood 0000000114403642 Blair Underwood is a two-time Golden Globe and Tony nominee and an Emmy, Grammy, and eight-time NAACP Image Award-winning actor, director, and producer. Strong>Blair...
Anthony W. Scott
Anthony W. Scott NONE Anthony W. Scott, Esq. has decades of leadership and management experience derived from his expansive career within private industry, public interest, government, and as an entr...
Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Gayle K. Porter
Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Gayle K. Porter MULTIPLE
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey MULTIPLE Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey are award-winning authors and illustrators known for works like 'The Old Truck' and 'There Was a Party for Langston'. Jerome ...
Monda Raquel Webb
Monda Raquel Webb NONE Born in 1968, Monda Raquel Webb is an avid reader and writer who was influenced by notable authors like Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin. Raised in multiple states, she gra...
William Attaway
William Attaway 000000007689315X William Attaway (1911–1986) was born in Mississippi, the son of a physician who moved his family to Chicago to escape the segregated South. Attaway was an indi...
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Charles R. Smith Jr. NONE Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer with over 30 books. He's a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and Honor Author Aw...
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez 0000000080983190 Jayne Cortez (1936-2012) was a celebrated poet and performance artist, known for her political and surrealistic lyricism. She authored eleven books of poetry and present...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
Skip Hill
Skip Hill NONE Skip Hill is a renowned mixed-media visual artist with works in collections globally. He illustrated “Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and contributed to “13 Ways of Looking at a Black Boy.” He...
Mae V. Cowdery
Mae V. Cowdery 0000000068646714 Mae V. Cowdery (1909–1948) was a gifted poet of the Harlem Renaissance whose work explored racial pride, love, and sensuality with unusual candor for her era. Born in...
Angelina Weld Grimké
Angelina Weld Grimké 0000000110713205 Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958) was an accomplished American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet. Notably, she was one of the first Black American women ...
Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis 0000000037536993 Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) was a renowned poet known for four volumes including 'Black Man's Verse' & '47th Street: Poems'. His works were later edited by ...
Melica Niccole
Melica Niccole NONE Melica Niccole, a Columbus-native author, poet, and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, has a passion for writing which she uses to explore various subjects. She created an annua...
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams 000000011462842X Vanessa Lynn Williams, born March 18, 1963, is a multi-talented actor, singer, fashion designer and author. She made history as the first African-American Miss Am...
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance 0000000078404428 Courtney B. Vance is a Harvard-educated, Yale School of Drama trained actor. Known for his powerful performances, he's a Tony and Emmy-award winner and starred in T...
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg 0000000368562870 Whoopi Goldberg, born Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, is a celebrated comedian, actress, author, and TV host. Known for her role in 'The Color Purple,' she...
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones 0000000121452274 Jennifer Jones is a Tony Award-winning dancer and activist known for her pioneering role as the first Black Rockette. Jennifer Jones is a Tony Award-winning dancer and...
Alice Childress
Alice Childress 0000000111037368 Alice Childress, born in 1916, was a Tony-nominated actress and renowned writer from Harlem. Known for the play “Trouble in Mind” and the YA novel “A Hero Ain’t Nothi...
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith 0000000110491657 Anna Deavere Smith, born in 1950, is a renowned actress, playwright, author, and professor. Famous for her roles in 'The West Wing' and 'Nurse Jackie', she's also ...
Anthony Grooms
Anthony Grooms 0000000034968192 Anthony “Tony” Grooms, born in 1955, is a respected author and instructor at Kennesaw State University. With degrees in theatre, speech, and English, Grooms has receiv...
Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o 0000000065421480 Lupita Nyong'o, born March 1, 1983, is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. Raised in Kenya and educated in the U.S., she began her career in Hollywood, made her acting debut in ...
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson 000000011742385X Cicely Tyson was a respected actress, lecturer, and activist with over sixty years in American theater and film. She was the first African-American woman to win an Emmy ...
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...
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...
RuPaul
RuPaul 0000000055514093 RuPaul Andre Charles, a Tony and Emmy award-winning executive producer and host, is renowned for his contributions to the TV franchise RuPaul's Drag Race. Known for his music,...
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen MULTIPLE Bruce Springsteen, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and recipient of 20 Grammy Awards, is the acclaimed author of NYT bestseller “Born to Run.” Honored with an ...
Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose 0000000114968598 Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is a Tony Award winning actor and singer who has performed all over the world, including singing at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Ce...
Surreal
Surreal NONE Surreal, a South Carolina native and recognized writer, is a University of Maryland graduate with a love for writing. After extensive travels, he settled in the Washington, D.C. area. Hi...
Willie Perdomo
Willie Perdomo 0000000031014801 Willie Perdomo, acclaimed author of 'Where a Nickel Costs a Dime' and 'Smoking Lovely', is a PEN America Beyond Margins Award recipient, NYFA Arts Fellowship winner, a...
James Van Der Zee
James Van Der Zee 0000000066571798 James Augustus Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 – May 15, 1983) began working as a photographer in 1915, and by the following year had opened his photography studi...
Russell Atkins
Russell Atkins 0000000067797174 Russell Atkins, born in 1926, is a Cleveland-based musician, playwright, poet, and national figure in American avant garde poetry. He studied at renowned Cleveland ins...
Chester Himes
Chester Himes 0000000109316077 Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and the Harlem Detective series. Ch...
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset 0000000121319502 Jessie Redmon Fauset was a prominent literary editor for Crisis magazine (1919-1926) and The Brownie's Book (1920-1921). Her first novel, 'There is Confusion', w...
Dorothy West
Dorothy West 0000000117719538 Dorothy West (1907-1998) was an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance and the last surviving member. Known for her short stories, she debuted with her novel 'The ...
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison 0000000121178826 Ralph Ellison, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Invisible Man, whose powerful prose and profound insights on race, identity, and the human spirit continue to shape Amer...
Whitney D. Grandison
Whitney D. Grandison NONE Whitney D. Grandison is a popular American young adult fiction author with over 30,000 followers on Wattpad. She is known for her love of Korean dramas, John Hughes, and hor...
Jarrett Pumphrey
Jarrett Pumphrey NONE Award-winning author-illustrator Jarrett Pumphrey, with his brother Jerome, creates acclaimed children's books like “The Old Truck” and “There Was a Party for Langston.” Based n...
Jerome Pumphrey
Jerome Pumphrey NONE Jerome Pumphrey is a celebrated designer, illustrator, and writer known for multiple acclaimed works like The Old Truck and It’s a Sign!. Collaborating with his brother Jarrett, ...
Jay Bernard
Jay Bernard 0000000068355829 Jay Bernard is an acclaimed author, known for works like 'Your Sign is Cuckoo, Girl' and 'The Red and Yellow Nothing,' shortlisted for the 2017 Ted Hughes Award. They als...
Sharyn Skeeter
Sharyn Skeeter NONE Sharyn Skeeter is an award-winning novelist, poet, editor, and educator, known for her debut novel “Dancing with Langston.” She has served as an editor at Essence and Black Elegan...
James Ward
James Ward 0000000003087499 James Theodore Ward was a pivotal figure in the Black Chicago Renaissance, known as the “dean of black dramatists.” He co-founded the Negro Playwrights Company and wrote o...
Tamara Morgan
Tamara Morgan NONE Tamara Morgan, a Berkeley native and Stanford Law School alumna, is an accomplished Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader and employment law attorney. Known for her resilience, s...
Dana A. Williams
Dana A. Williams 0000000038160369 Dana A. Williams is Professor of African American literature and Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. She is also a former president of the College Lang...
Andrew P. Jackson
Andrew P. Jackson 0000000045924849 Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) served as Executive Director of Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in New York from 1980...
Rashidah Ismaili
Rashidah Ismaili 0000000031556002 Dr. Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr is a writer of short stories, plays, and poetry. Originally from West Africa, Dr. AbuBakr has taught French and English Speaking ...
Andre Seward
Andre Seward NONE Andre Seward, also known as Poetryman7, is a poet who has been writing since 1998. His works are deeply grounded in faith and spirituality, exploring themes of love, grace, and fami...
Tracy K. Smith and Kevin Young
Tracy K. Smith and Kevin Young MULTIPLE Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of four poetry books, including 'Life on Mars', and the upcoming 'Such Color: New and Selected Poems'. She ha...
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...
Melvin Dixon
Melvin Dixon 0000000110291356 Melvin Dixon, a respected professor at Queens College, City University of New York, was renowned for his work on African and African-American literature. He authored nov...
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay 0000000108753136 Jacqueline Margaret Kay is a celebrated author and former National Poet of Scotland known for her memoir Red Dust Road and various acclaimed poetry collections. Her first ...
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman NONE Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D., is the Executive Director at the Hurston Wright Foundation, former Director at Montgomery Community Media, and a successful playwright who...
Quraysh Ali Lansana
Quraysh Ali Lansana NONE Quraysh Ali Lansana is a prolific author, educator, and radio producer based in Tulsa. He has written 23 books spanning poetry, nonfiction, and children's literature. Lansana...