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Tonya Duncan Ellis
Tonya Duncan Ellis NONE Tonya Duncan Ellis, acclaimed author of the Sophie Washington children's book series, combines her love for writing and travel in her books. Her award-winning series, aimed at...
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull MULTIPLE Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program, which focuses on improving legal access for incarcerated individuals. Falsely accuse...
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams NONE Sophie Williams, an anti-racism advocate, speaker, and former advertising professional, uses her experience to promote diversity and black representation. She now runs her own bu...
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Thomas Sayers Ellis 0000000052292843 AALBC Mourns Thomas Sayers Ellis Passing July 17, 2025 Thomas Sayers Ellis is a poet, photographer, and educator. He co-founded the Dark Room Collective, promoting...
Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Lewis Lee NONE Tonya Lewis Lee is an attorney, author, and health expert, known for her work as a children's television producer with Disney and Nickelodeon. She is an award-winning author of c...
Tonya Barbee
Tonya Barbee NONE Tonya Barbee, born 1962, is a storyteller from Durham, NC who shares her personal trials to empower others. Now based in Bowie, MD, she uses her experiences and perseverance to insp...
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Mother Love and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, known for their engaging and insightful works. Mother Love, a popular TV personality, combined her wit and wis...
Jay Ellis
Jay Ellis 0000000042134892 Jay Ellis, a South Carolina-born actor, is known for his role in HBO's Insecure, winning an NAACP Image Award. His career started with BET’s The Game, and includes a role i...
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Bolden 0000000116508683 Tonya Bolden, a Princeton and Columbia University graduate, is an award-winning author/editor of over 40 books, including children's nonfiction and historical novels. He...
Sophie Adriansen
Sophie Adriansen 000000012303368X Sophie Adriansen, born in 1982, is a French author and member of renowned literary societies. With over 56 diverse works including novels, graphic novels, non-fictio...
Veronica Freeman Ellis
Veronica Freeman Ellis NONE Veronica Freeman Ellis is a renowned author known for “Land of the Four Winds” and “AFRO-BETS First Book about Africa.” She has contributed to “Book of Black Heroes: Great...
Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden
Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors known for their unique writing styles. Kitt, a singer and actress, gained fame for her autobiography, while Bol...
Tonya Abari
Tonya Abari NONE Tonya Abari is a multigenre storyteller. She is the author of many celebrated books for children, including Locs, Not Dreads; Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth; and My Hair, My Crown. T...
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee MULTIPLE Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee are renowned figures in the entertainment industry, with significant contributions to film and literature. Their creative works ha...
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony MULTIPLE Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony are renowned authors known for their engaging works. They've made significant contributions to the lit...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tonya Bolden
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, known for their significant contributions to literature and cultural studies. Henry Lou...
Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors known for their extensive contribution to literature. Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
Introduction Tonya Bolden and Foreword Cokie Roberts
Introduction Tonya Bolden and Foreword Cokie Roberts MULTIPLE Tonya Bolden and Cokie Roberts are renowned authors known for their impactful writings. Bolden's work often focuses on African-American h...
Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Their works encompass various genres and the...
Monique James-Duncan
Monique James-Duncan NONE Monique James-Duncan holds a BA in Business Management from Golden Gate University and is passionate about creating literature that provides representation and mirrors for c...
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 ...
Monique Duncan
Monique Duncan NONE Monique Duncan is an American author of Jamaican descent who aims to inspire and affirm children through her books. Monique Duncan is an American author of Jamaican descent who a...
Alice Faye Duncan
Alice Faye Duncan 0000000067711692 Alice Faye Duncan is a librarian and author, crafting books for young readers and adults. She aspires to write lyrical prose that compels children to read repetitiv...
Duncan Long
Duncan Long NONE Duncan Long, a freelance writer/illustrator, has authored 13 novels and ghostwritten over a dozen titles for TV, radio, and stage celebrities. Duncan Long is a freelance writer/illus...
Lenny Duncan
Lenny Duncan NONE Lenny Duncan is a writer, speaker, and scholar focused on racial justice. They authored “Dear Church” and “United States of Grace”, co-created the BlackBerryJams podcast, and are cu...
Shelly Ellis
Shelly Ellis NONE Shelly Ellis is an award-winning journalist and author known for her novel, Another Woman’s Man, a 2014 NAACP Image Award nominee. Besides writing, she enjoys painting and cinema. S...
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just MULTIPLE Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Ingrid M. Ellis
Ingrid M. Ellis NONE Ingrid M. Ellis, a New York-born, California-educated author, turned a passion for writing into a 20-year career. From children’s series to a stirring memoir, she bravely self-pu...
Ellis Cose
Ellis Cose NONE Ellis Cose, a renowned journalist and author, is known for his work with Newsweek and notable books like “The Rage of a Privileged Class.” Starting his career at 19, Cose has received...
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel NONE Tonya Engel, a self-taught painter from Houston, Texas, is renowned for her children's book illustrations and expressive figurative art inspired by southern folk artists. Notably, sh...
Ronique Ellis
Ronique Ellis NONE Ronique Ellis, a New York-based illustrator with a BFA from Syracuse University, utilizes her Jamaican upbringing and love for nature in her work. Her art intertwines collected sou...
Tonya M. Evans
Tonya M. Evans NONE Tonya M. Evans is a distinguished professor, speaker, and author with expertise in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and law. She's recognized in Forbes 50 Over 50 Investment List and t...
Justin Ellis
Justin Ellis NONE Justin Ellis is a writer and journalist whose first nonfiction book is The Cruelty of Nice Folks. He is a projects editor for Defector, an employee-owned media company, where he...
Beverley Manley
Beverley Manley NONE Beverley Anderson Duncan, known for her influential role in Jamaica's 1970s politics as Prime Minister Michael Manley's wife, helped shape the nation's post-Independence identity...
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Jeffrey C. Stewart 0000000082117456 Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart is a renowned professor and chair of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. With an academic background from UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and Yale, he's...
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington 0000000114628411 Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was a pivotal African American educator, author, and advisor to presidents. Born into slavery, he rose to become a key leader fo...
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington 0000000114635056 Kerry Washington, an Emmy-winning actor, director, and producer from The Bronx, is known for her groundbreaking role in ABC's Scandal and films like Django Unchained...
Stephanie Casher
Stephanie Casher NONE Stephanie Casher is a freelance editor, author of multi-cultural women's fiction, and co-owner of The Pantheon Collective. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Cal...
Hester Bass
Hester Bass NONE Hester Bass, an award-winning author, was influenced by her upbringing near Atlanta and time in Mississippi. Her diverse experiences, from singing in a rock band to appearing on game...
Chaka Khan and Tonya Bolden
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Thomas Sayers Ellis, Larissa Szporluk, and Joe Osterhaus
Thomas Sayers Ellis, Larissa Szporluk, and Joe Osterhaus MULTIPLE
James Mcgrath Morris
James Mcgrath Morris 000000007142934X James McGrath Morris is a renowned author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, including a New York Times Bestseller. With a career spanning journalism, teac...
Jesse Byrd
Jesse Byrd NONE Jesse Byrd, Jr., an award-winning author and former Google project worker, used his basketball skills to fund his education at UC Santa Barbara. Known for his debut novel, King Pengui...
Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell 0000000121422163 Elizabeth Bebe Moore Campbell Gordon was an accomplished author with three New York Times bestsellers and a NAACP Image Award for literature. She was a commentato...
Marla Washington
Marla Washington NONE Dr. Marla Washington, a PhD in Sociology, is a specialist on daddyless daughters. Drawing from her own experiences and those of others, she authored a book offering strategies t...
Jesse J. Holland
Jesse J. Holland 0000000048283848 Jesse J. Holland is a noteworthy journalist from Mississippi, focusing on race, ethnicity, and demographics. He is a Washington correspondent for The Associated Pres...
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...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably active in the 1960s, she was a key figure in the Communist Party USA and the Civi...
Monica R. Guillemin and Carla McMichael
Monica R. Guillemin and Carla McMichael MULTIPLE Carla McMichael is a respected Administrative Law Judge, globetrotter, mother, grandmother, mentor, and friend. With degrees from UC Santa Cruz and UC...
W. Caleb McDaniel
W. Caleb McDaniel 0000000375916227 W. Caleb McDaniel is a History Associate Professor at Rice University and magister of Duncan College. His 2019 book, Sweet Taste of Liberty, won the 2020 Pulitzer P...
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown NONE Reggie Brown is a San Diego-based artist and illustrator with a corporate graphic design background. His debut picture book, Santa In The City, was published by Dial Books in Novemb...
Renita Bryant
Renita Bryant NONE In 2012, Renita Bryant launched Mynd Matters Publishing, an author-centric hybrid publishing company dedicated to guiding and supporting new and aspiring authors through their boo...
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 ...
Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown NONE Lerita Coleman Brown, Ph.D., is a retired Psychology Professor from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director, author, and speaker. She studied at UC Santa Cruz and Harvard Un...
June Cross
June Cross NONE June Cross is a two-time Emmy and duPont-Columbia Journalism award-winning documentary television producer and professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Known for her 199...
Kai Harris
Kai Harris NONE Kai Harris is a Detroit-born writer and educator based in the Bay Area. She uses her talent in realistic fiction to uplift the Black community. In addition to being an author, she is ...
Lara Love Hardin
Lara Love Hardin NONE Lara Love Hardin, COO and Editorial Director of Idea Architects, is a UC Irvine MFA holder and collaborator on over 10 books including NY Times bestsellers. She resides in Santa...
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners MULTIPLE Gina Dent is a professor at UC Santa Cruz and prison abolition advocate. Erica R. Meiners is a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and ...
David Heredia
David Heredia 0000000078836765 David Heredia, renowned animator for Walt Disney and Warner Bros., is recognized for his award-winning educational series “Heroes of Color.” Featured in the New York Ti...
Michael R. French
Michael R. French NONE Michael R. French, a Stanford English graduate and Northwestern Journalism master's holder, is an acclaimed author of over 20 books and award-winning screenplays. A former US A...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz MULTIPLE Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia, co-founded the African American Policy Forum with Luke Charles Harris, a ...
Darrell M. McNeill
Darrell M. McNeill NONE Darrell M. McNeill is a Santa Barbara-based producer, musician, and journalist. He is the director of operations for the Black Rock Coalition, a nonprofit supporting artists o...
Randall Horton
Randall Horton 0000000048702491 Award-winning author Randall Horton, known for his poetry collections and memoir, is a recipient of the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, GLCA New Writers Award, and a Nation...
The Bag Lady Experience
The Bag Lady Experience NONE "The Bag Lady Experience” is a collective of poets comprising Martha Bradley, Dawn C. Funderbirk, Cassandra R. McKibben, and Tonya D. Zeigler. Poets, Martha Bradley, Dawn...
Spike Lee
Spike Lee 000000012321398X "Spike Lee, born March 20, 1957, is a renowned film director, producer, writer, and actor. He's known for his major studio films, and his contributions to aspiring filmmake...
C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garcia, Nisha, Lori Obayomi, Lisa McGovern, Stephanie Thomas, Tracee Upteen, and Elona Washington
C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garcia, Nisha, Lori Obayomi, Lisa McGovern, Stephanie Thomas, Tracee Upteen, and Elona Washington MULTIPLE C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garc...
Janelle Washington
Janelle Washington NONE Janelle Washington, a self-taught paper cut artist from Virginia, has work in the Smithsonian National Museum and Downing-Gross Community Arts Center. She is a member of The G...
Elona Washington
Elona Washington NONE Elona Washington, a DC native and best-selling author, is a sexual assault survivor turned advocate who has worked with RAINN since 2011. A successful publisher, TV host, and bl...
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...
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...
Charles D. Ellison
Charles D. Ellison NONE Charles D. Ellison is an acclaimed political strategist, commentator, and advocacy expert with nearly 20 years of experience. He's the Washington Correspondent for The Philade...
Clyde W. Ford
Clyde W. Ford 0000000109297208 Clyde W. Ford, NYC-born author of 13 fiction and non-fiction works, is also a psychotherapist, mythologist, and public speaker. He's received numerous accolades includi...
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston MULTIPLE "Karla Renee Flo...
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano MULTIPLE "Explore the works of acclaimed authors Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker...
Breena Clarke
Breena Clarke 0000000116790578 Breena Clarke, a Washington D.C. native and Howard University alumnus, is a renowned author known for her debut novel, an Oprah Book Club selection 'River, Cross My Hea...
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...
Jill Nelson
Jill Nelson 0000000066956364 Jill Nelson, a seasoned journalist from Harlem, is a graduate of the City College of New York and the Columbia School of Journalism. Her work has graced various publicati...
Don Fulton
Don Fulton NONE Don Fulton, a Washington D.C. native, is a screenwriter inspired by the lack of quality and diverse Christmas films in Hollywood. His screenplay, “Please Come Home for Christmas,” is ...
David Washington
David Washington NONE Dr. David Washington decision to write a graphic novel stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the lack of diversity in the superhero genre. He hoped to provide his children with ...
Mary Helen Washington
Mary Helen Washington 0000000076894080 Mary Helen Washington is an English Professor at the University of Maryland. She's a former Bunting Fellow at Harvard and has taught at the University of Massac...
AlTonya Washington
AlTonya Washington NONE AlTonya Washington is an award-winning romance novelist with 12 years of experience. She's won two Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Awards and the Romance Slam Jam EM...
Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw 0000000401543576 Deesha Philyaw, co-author of Co-Parenting 101, is known for her notable work on race, parenting, gender, and culture. Her writing has been featured in renowned publica...
Brigid Washington
Brigid Washington NONE Brigid R. Washington is a Trinidadian food writer who has covered a variety of topics, including Caribbean food and culture as it intersects with life in the United States. ...
James M. Washington
James M. Washington NONE James M. Washington, Ph.D., was a renowned academic, serving as a Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary and an Adjunct Professor of Religion at Columbia U...
Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington 0000000493630393 Bryan Washington is a renowned author featured in publications like The New Yorker, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, and The Paris Review. He resides in Houston. Bryan ...
Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington
Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington MULTIPLE Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington are renowned authors known for their significant contributions to literature and music studies. Farah Ja...
Oge Mora, Frank Morrison, Janelle Washington, and Others
Oge Mora, Frank Morrison, Janelle Washington, and Others MULTIPLE Illustrators include award-winning artists such as: Oge Mora Frank Morrison Janelle Washington …and many more talented...
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...