"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Countee Cullen (formerly known as Countee LeyRoy Porter) was an award-winning African American poet, novelist, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote in a traditional style, praised the beauty…
Amiri Baraka formerly known as LeRoi Jones was a renowned figure in African American History. He was a poet, playwright, and civil rights activist. He wrote in a controversial style…
Paul Laurence Dunbar, a novelist, African-American poet, and playwright, significantly contributed to Black History and American literature. Living for a brief 33 years, Paul was a pioneer of sorts. He…
A professor, Pan-Africanist writer, and historian, John Henrik Clarke, is credited with redressing the distorted view of African history by traditional scholars. Clarke noticed the systematic and racist erosion of…
August Wilson remains one of the greatest playwrights in American and Black history, as no other playwright has developed such an ambitious oeuvre. He is remembered for writing a series…
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a writer, academic, historian, activist, and collector played an integral role in Black History. His is a story of a black/Puerto Rican who devoted his life to…
Phillis Wheatley is one of the stars that shine bright in the big story of Black History. Like a beautiful poem, her life reveals how strong we can be and…
James Arthur Baldwin was an American fiction writer, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and poet whose eloquence and passion on the issue of race in America propelled him to prominence, particularly in…
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri 1. Her parents divorced when…