AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS

• Aczon, Kimile (fl. 1999) ; More Information ; More Information
• Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909 - )
• Ai [aka Florence Haynes] (1947 - ) ; More Information
• Albert, Octavia V. Rogers (Octavia Victoria Rogers), 1853-1889? (1853 - ca. 1889)
  • The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves (HTML at nypl.org)
• Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- (1962 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Allen, Clarissa Minnie Thompson [aka Clarissa Minne Thompson] (fl. 1885)
• Anderson, Monique Jewell (fl. 2002)
• Andrews, Regina [aka Regina M. Anderson Andrews; Ursula Trelling] (May 21, 1901 - February 5, 1993)
• Angelique [aka Donna Hill] (fl. 2002) ; More Information ; More Information
• Angelou, Maya [aka Marguerite Johnson] (April 4, 1928 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait ; RealAudio ; Wikipedia
• Aniagolu-Johnson, Jacyee (fl. 2004)
• Ansa, Tina McElroy (1949 - )
• Armour, Rachel [aka Kenyata Truth] (fl. 2008) ; More Information
• Armstrong-Miller, Linda (fl. 2002)
• Atkins, Sonya (fl. 2002)
• Avery, Byllye, 1937- [aka Byllye Yvonne Reddick Avery] (1937 - )
• Ayer, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elise), 1884-1971 [aka Gertrude Elise Johnson McDougald] (October 13, 1884 - July 10, 1971)
• Bailey, Frankie Y. (November 21, 1952 - )
• Baiocchi, Regina A. Harris, 1956- (July 16, 1956 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Baker, Augusta (1911 - 1998)
• Bambara, Toni Cade [aka Miltona Mirkin Cade] (1939 - 1995)
• Bandele, Asha (fl. 2005) ; More Information ; More Information
• Banks, Leslie E. [aka Leslie Esdaile; L. A. Banks] (1959 - )
• Barnett, LaShonda K., 1975- [aka LaShonda Katrice Barnett] (1975 - )
• Barras, Jonetta Rose (fl. 2000)
• Battle, Effie T. (fl. 1914)
• Beal, Frances, 1940- [aka Fran Beal] (January 13, 1940 - )
• Beard, Hilary (fl. 2012)
• Beasley, Delilah L. (Delilah Leontium), 1871-1934 (1871 - 1934)
• Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 (1902 - 1981) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Berkley, Ann Sawyer (1914 - 2002)
• Betts, Tara (fl. 2002) ; More Information
• Bibb, Eloise A. (Eloise Alberta), 1878-1927 [aka Eloise Alberta Veronica Bibb Thompson] (June 29, 1878 - January 8, 1928)
  • Poems
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Bird, Bessie Calhoun (ca. 1906 - )
• Bivens, Shawn (fl. 2004)
• Blackwood, Yvonne (fl. 2002)
• Bland, Eleanor Taylor (January 31, 1944 - ) ; More Information
• Bolton, Ruthie, 1961- (1961 - )
• Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971 [aka Marita Odette Bonner Occomy; Joseph Maree Andrew; Joyce N. Reed] (1898 - 1971)
• Boof, Kola [aka Naima Alu Kolbookek] (ca. 1969 - ) ; More Information ; More Information
• Bowman, Sheritha (fl. 2002)
• Brand, Dionne, 1953- (1953 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Brandon, Barbara (fl. 2002)
• Bridgforth, Sharon (1958 - ) ; More Information
• Bright, Nellie Rathbone, 1898-1977 (1898 - 1977)
• Briscoe, Connie (1952 - ) ; More Information
• Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 [aka Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks] (1917 - 2000) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Bibliography ; Papers
• Brooks, Traci (fl. 2002)
• Broughton, Virginia W. [aka Virginia E. Walker Broughton] (ca. 1856 - 1934)
  • Twenty Year's Experience of a Missionary (HTML at nypl.org)
• Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961 (1883 - 1961)
• Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949 (ca. 1845 - 1949) ; More Information
  • Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML at UNC
• Brown, Josephine (1839 - )
  • Biography of an American Bondman (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Brown, Kysha N. (fl. 2002)
• Brown, Rosemary, 1930- [aka Mrs. William Brown; Rosemary Wedderburn] (June 17, 1930 - April 26, 2003) ; More Information ; More Information
• Brown, Sue. M. Wilson (1877 - )
• Brown, Toni (1952 - 2008) ; More Information
• Bryan, T. J. [aka Tenacious] (1968 - )
• Bundles, A'Lelia Perry (fl. 2002)
• Bunkley, Anita R. (Anita Richmond) (fl. 1999)
• Burgess, Marie Louise (fl. 1895)
• Burnham, Linda (1948 - )
• Burrill, Mary, 1884-1946 [aka Mamie P. Burrill] (ca. 1879 - 1946)
• Burton, Annie L., b. 1858? [aka Annie L. Campbell Burton] (1858 - )
  • Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Bush, Angle S. (fl. 2002)
• Bush-Banks, Olivia Ward, b. 1869 (1869 - 1944)
  • Driftwood (HTML at nypl.org)
  • Original Poems (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Butler, Anna Land [aka Anna Mabel Land Butler] (1901 - 1989)
• Butler, Octavia E. [aka Octavia Estelle Butler] (June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Campbell, Bebe Moore, 1950-2006 (1950 - 2006)
• Campbell, Hazel Vivian
• Carter, Charlotte (Charlotte C.) (1946 - )
• Carter, Eunice Roberta Hunton (1899 - 1970)
• Carter, Veola (fl. 2007) ; More Information
• Cartiér, Xam Wilson (1949 - )
• Carver, Mamie Jordan (fl. 1919)
• Carwell, L'Ann, 1944- [aka Pat McKissack; Patricia C. McKissack] (August 9, 1944 - ) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Cary, Lorene (1956 - )
• Casely-Hayford, Gladys [aka Gladys May Casely-Hayford; Aquah LaLuah] (1904 - 1950) ; More Information
• Caution-Davis, Ethel (1880 - December 18, 1981)
• Chase-Riboud, Barbara (June 26, 1939 - ) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Chideya, Farai (fl. 2002)
• Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000 (December 12, 1943 - 2000)
• Clark, Mazie Earhart (1874 - 1958)
• Clayton, Nanci (fl. 2002)
• Clifford, Carrie Williams, 1862-1934 (1862 - 1934)
• Clifton, Lucille, 1936- [aka Thelma Lucille Sayles Clifton] (June 27, 1936 - ) ; More Information
• Cole, Harriette (March 14, 1961 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Cole, Johnnetta B. [aka Johnnetta Betsch Cole] (1936 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Coleman, Anita Scott (1890 - 1960)
• Coleman, Evelyn, 1948- (1948 - ) ; More Information
• Coleman, Wanda (November 13, 1946 - ) ; More Information ; Photo
• Connor, Bernadette Y. (fl. 2005)
• Cooke, Marvel, 1903- (April 4, 1903 - November 29, 2000) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964 [aka Anna Julia Haywood] (ca. 1858 - 1964) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • A Voice from the South, By a Black Woman of the South (Xenia, Ohio: The Aldine Printing House, 1892) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Cooper, Joan California (fl. 1999) ; More Information
• Coppin, Fanny Jackson [aka Frances Marion Jackson Coppin] (October 15, 1837 - January 21, 1913)
  • Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, 1913) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
  • Reminiscences of school life, and hints on teaching / by Fanny Jackson-Coppin. (Philadelphia : A. M. E. Book Concern, [c1913]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cortez, Jayne (May 10, 1936 - )
• Cowdery, Mae Virginia (1909 - 1953)
• Craft, Ellen (fl. 1848)
  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery
    • illustrated HTML at Virginia
    • HTML at Lehigh
    • Gutenberg text
• Crafts, Hannah (fl. 1850) ; More Information
• Cummings-Yeats, Rosalind (fl. 2011) ; More Information
• Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936 [aka Maud Cuney Hare] (1874 - 1936)
• Cuthbert, Marion V. (Marion Vera), b. 1896 (1896 - 1989)
• Daniel, Sadie Iola (fl. 1931)
• Danner, Margaret [aka Margaret Esse Danner] (January 12, 1915 - January 1, 1984)
• Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- (January 19, 1969 - ) ; More Information
• Dash, Julie (October 22, 1952 - )
• Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- [aka Angela Davis] (1944 - )
• Davis, Belva, 1933- (fl. 1968)
• Davis, Elizabeth Lindsay (fl. 1922)
• Day, Caroline Bond [aka Caroline Bond Stewart Day] (1889 - 1948)
• Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann), b. 1828? [aka Lucy Ann Turner; Lucy Ann Berry] (ca. 1828 - )
  • From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or, Struggles for Freedom
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML at UNC
• Delany, Clarissa M. Scott (1901 - 1927)
• Derricotte, Toi, 1941- (1941 - )
• Deveaux, Faith (1971 - )
• Dickinson, Blanche Taylor (1896 - )
• Diggs, Anita Doreen (June 15, 1960 - )
• Diosa, Reina (fl. 2002)
• Dorce-Coupet, Darline (1964 - )
• Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882 (1806 - 1882)
• Dove, Rita (1952 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Lady Freedom Among Us
    • HTML with multimedia and commentary at Virginia
    • HTML at Virginia
• Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) (August 21, 1948 - )
• Drumgoold, Kate (ca. 1858 - )
  • A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold (Brooklyn: The Author, 1898) (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
  • A slave girl's story; being an autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. (Brooklyn, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drummond, Gigi (fl. 2011)
• Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977 (1896 - 1977)
• Due, Tananarive, 1966- (1966 - ) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 [aka Alice Ruth Moore] (1875 - 1935)
  • The Goodness of St. Roque, and Other Stories
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • Gutenberg text
  • Masterpieces of negro eloquence; (New York, The Bookery publishing company, [c1914]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Violets and Other Tales (HTML at nypl.org)
• Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, b. 1902 (1902 - )
• Dunham, Katherine [aka Katherine Mary Dunham] (June 22, 1909 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983 (1906 - 1983)
• Dykes, Eva Beatrice, 1893- (1893 - 1986)
• Early, Sarah J. W. (Sarah Jane Woodson), 1825-1907 [aka Sarah Jane Woodson Early] (1825 - 1907)
  • Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South (Nashville: Publishing House A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Edwards, Grace F. (Grace Frederica) (fl. 2002)
• Elaw, Zilpha, b. ca. 1790 (ca. 1790 - )
• Eldridge, Elleanor, 1784-1845? [aka Elleanor Eldridge] (1784 - ca. 1845)
  • Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge (Providence, RI: B.T. Albro, 1838) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Epperson, Aloise Barbour ( - ca. 1954)
• Evans, Mari, 1923- (1923 - )
• Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882 - 1961)
• Fernandis, Sarah Collins (1863 - 1951)
• Fields, Julia (1938 - )
• Figgs, Carrie Law Morgan (1878 - 1968)
• Files, Lolita (fl. 2002)
• Fisher, Abby (fl. 1881)
  • What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking: Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc. (San Francisco: Women's Co-Operative Printing Office, 1881)
    • multiple formats with commentary at MSU
    • multiple formats at archive.org
• Fisher, Gertrude Arquene (fl. 1910)
• Fisher, Peggy M. (fl. 2002)
• Fleming, Sarah Lee Brown (1875 - 1963)
• Flowers, Nancey (fl. 2002)
• Foote, Julia A. J., 1823-1900 [aka Julia A. J. Foote] (1823 - 1900)
  • A Brand Plucked From the Fire: An Autobiographical Sketch (HTML at nypl.org)
  • A brand plucked from the fire : An autobiographical sketch / Mrs. Julia A. J. Foote. (New York : George Hughes, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • A brand plucked from the fire. An autobiographical sketch, by Mrs. Julia A. J. Foote ... (Cleveland, O., Printed for the author by W. F. Schneider, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fordham, Mary Weston (ca. 1862 - )
  • Magnolia Leaves
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
  • Magnolia leaves; poems. With introductory by Booker T. Washington. (Tuskegee, Ala., [1897]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Magnolia leaves; poems. With introductory by Booker T. Washington. ([Charleston, S. C., Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., c1897]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forten, Charlotte L. [aka Charlotte L. Forten Grimké; Charlotte L. Forten] (ca. 1837 - 1914)
• Fortson, Bettiola Heloise (fl. 1915)
• Foster, Sharon Ewell (fl. 2002)
• Foxx, Nina (fl. 2002)
• Frazier-DeLoach, Nora L. [aka Nora DeLoach] (fl. 1996)
• Fulson, Lula (fl. 2011)
• Funderburg, Lise [aka Lise Kristin Funderburg] (July 27, 1959 - ) ; More Information
• G'Orge-Walker, Pat (fl. 2002)
• Gaines-Shelton, Ruth Ada Galton [aka Mrs. William Obern Shelton] (ca. 1872 - )
• Garrison, Miss (fl. 1889)
• Gaudet, Frances Joseph, 1861-1934 (1861 - 1934) ; More Information ; More Information
• Gibson, Aliona L. (fl. 2002)
• Gilbert, Mercedes (1889 - 1952)
• Gilliam, Dorothy Butler, 1936- (1936 - )
• Giovanni, Nikki (1943 - ) ; More Information ; More Information
• Golden, Marita (1950 - ) ; Picture
• Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- (1948 - )
• Gooden, Lauretta Holman
• Goodwin, Ruby Berkley (1903 - 1961)
• Gordon, Edythe Mae, b. 1896 (1896 - )
• Graham, Ottie B. [aka Ottie Beatrice Graham] (1900 - )
• Green, Vera M. [aka Vera Mae Green] (1928 - 1982)
• Grimké, Angelina Weld, 1880-1958 (1880 - 1958)
• Grosvenor, Linda Dominique (fl. 1999) ; More Information
• Guy, Rosa [aka Rosa Cuthbert Guy] (September 1, 1925 - )
• Guy-Sheftall, Beverly (June 1, 1946 - )
• Hairston, Andrea (fl. 2011) ; Wikipedia
• Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor (fl. 2005)
• Haley, Patricia [aka Patricia Haley-Brown] (fl. 2002)
• Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002 (1936 - 2002) ; More Information ; More Information
• Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 (1930 - 1965) ; More Information ; More Information
• Harmon, Florence Marion (1880 - 1936)
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 [aka Frances Ellen Watkins Harper] (1825 - 1911) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait ; Wikipedia
  • Atlanta Offering: Poems (HTML and TEI at Michigan)
  • Idylls of the Bible. (Philadelphia, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • page images at MOA
  • Iola Leroy, or, Shadows uplifted / by Frances E.W. Harper. (Philadelphia : Garrigues, 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Moses: a story of the Nile. By F. E. W. Harper. (Philadelphia, Merrihew, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Poems
    • illustrated HTML at Virginia
    • Gutenberg text
  • Poems. (Philadelphia, [C. S. Ferguson], 1898 [c1895]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Poems / by Frances E. W. Harper (Philadelphia : [s.n.]., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Poems on miscellaneous subjects / by Frances Ellen Watkins. 10th thousand. (Philadelphia : Merrihew & Thompson, printers, [Ann Arbor, Mich. : Xerox University Microfilms, 1857 ;) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Poems on miscellaneous subjects, by Frances Ellen Watkins. (Philadelphia, Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Sketches of Southern Life (HTML at Virginia)
  • Sketches of Southern life / by Frances E. Watkins. (Harper, [1891]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Sketches of southern life, by Frances E. Watkins Harper. (Philadelphia, Ferguson Bros. & Co., printers, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Harrison, Juanita (ca. 1891 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Harrison-Pace, Yolantha (fl. 2004)
• Hayes, Marian (fl. 2011)
• Haynes, Elizabeth Ross, 1883-1953 (1883 - 1953)
• Hazzard, Alvira, 1899-1953 (1899 - 1953)
• Heard, Josephine Delphine Henderson, b. 1861 (1861 - 1921)
  • Morning Glories (HTML at nypl.org)
• Hobbs, Allison (fl. 2006)
• Holliday, Geneva [aka Bernice L. McFadden] (September 26, 1965 - ) ; More Information
• Holloway, Lucy Ariel Williams (1905 - 1973)
• Holman, Alice (fl. 2005)
• Hooks, Bell [aka Gloria Watkins] (September 25, 1952 - )
• Hope, Akua Lezli (fl. 1995) ; Wikipedia
• Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth) [aka Sarah A. Allen] (1859 - 1930) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
  • Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Hubbard, Vicki L. [aka Vicki L. Williams Hubbard] (fl. 2002)
• Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971 [aka Jane Edna Harris] (1882 - 1971)
• Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (1942 - ) ; More Information
• Hunton, Addie W., b. 1866 [aka Addie D. Waites Hunton] (1866 - 1943)
  • Two Colored Women With the American Expeditionary Forces (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1920) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • Two Colored women with the American expeditionary forces, by Addie W. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson. (Brooklyn, N. Y., Brooklyn eagle press, [c1920]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hurston, Zora Neale (January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • De Turkey and De Law: A Comedy in Three Acts (original manuscript at the Library of Congress; 1930)
    • Gutenberg text and page images
    • page images at loc.gov
  • The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts (original manuscript at the Library of Congress; 1931)
    • Gutenberg text
    • page images at loc.gov
  • Poker! (original manuscript at the Library of Congress; 1931)
    • Gutenberg text
    • page images at loc.gov
  • Three Plays: Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing (from original manuscripts at the Library of Congress; 1931) (Gutenberg text)
  • The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress (10 plays written between 1925 and 1944) (page images with commentary at loc.gov)
• Jackson, Angela, 1951- (1951 - ) ; More Information
• Jackson, Monica (Jackson King) (fl. 2000)
• Jackson, Sheneska (fl. 2002)
• Jackson-Opoku, Sandra (1953 - )
• Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897 [aka Linda Brent] (1813 - March 7, 1897) ; More Information
  • The deeper wrong, or, Incidents in the life of a slave girl / written by herself ; edited by L. Maria Child. (London : W. Tweedie, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • page images at MOA
  • Incidents in the life of a slave girl. Written by herself ... Edited by L. Maria Child. (Boston : Pub. for the author, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
• James, Susan, 1943- [aka Rochelle Alers] (1943 - )
• Jeffrey, Maurine L. (1900 - )
• Jemison, N. K. [aka Nora K. Jemison] (fl. 2011) ; Wikipedia
• Jenkins, Beverly, 1951- (1951 - )
• Jenkins, IlLonka Javette (fl. 2002)
• Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992 [aka Eva Alberta Jessye] (January 20, 1895 - February 21, 1992)
• Johnson, A. E. (Amelia E.), b. 1859 [aka Amelia Etta Hall Johnson; Mrs. A. E. Johnson; Mrs. Harvey Johnson] (1858 - 1922)
  • The Hazeley Family (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Johnson, Angela, 1961- (June 18, 1961 - ) ; More Information ; More Information
• Johnson, Dolores, 1949- (1949 - ) ; More Information
• Johnson, Dorothy Vena (1898 - 1970)
• Johnson, Gabrielle (fl. 2002)
• Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1886-1966 (September 10, 1880 - May 14, 1966) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Johnson, Helene, 1906-1995 [aka Helene Hubbell] (July 7, 1906 - July 6, 1995)
• Johnson, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia), b. 1878 (1878 - )
  • Two Colored Women With the American Expeditionary Forces (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1920) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Johnson, Maggie Pogue [aka Mrs. Walter W. Johnson; Mrs. John Wesley Shellcroft] (fl. 1910)
  • Thoughts for idle hours, by Maggie Pogue Johnson ... ([Roanoke, Va., The Stone Printing & Mfg. Co., c1915]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Virginia Dreams
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Johnson, Zoë (fl. 2002)
• Johnson-Acsadi, Gwendolyn [aka Gwynne Forster] (1935 - )
• Jones, Gayl (November 23, 1949 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Jones, Gloria D. Tillis (fl. 2002)
• Jones, Lillian B. [aka Lillian B. Horace; Lillian B. Ackard] (1886 - 1965)
• Jordan, June, 1936-2002 (1936 - 2002)
• Joy, 1971- [aka Joylynn Jossel] (1971 - ) ; More Information
• Joyner, Carolyn (fl. 2002)
• Keckley, Elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907 [aka Elizabeth Hobbs] (ca. 1818 - 1907) ; More Information
  • Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • page images at MOA
  • Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House / by Elizabeth Keckley. (New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kennedy, Adrienne [aka Adrienne Hawkins] (September 13, 1931 - ) ; More Information
• Killingsworth, Renee Prewitt (fl. 2002)
• Kincaid, Jamaica [aka Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson] (May 25, 1949 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 [aka Mrs. Martin Luther King] (April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006)
• Kitt, Sandra (fl. 2002) ; More Information
• LaMan, Jacqueline Jones (fl. 2002)
• Lambright, Slim [aka Evelyn Lambright] (July 21, 1949 - )
• Lane, Dorothy, 1929- [aka Dorothy Elizabeth Love] (January 20, 1929 - )
• Larsen, Nella [aka Nella Imes Larsen] (April 13, 1891 - March 30, 1964) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Passing (New York and London: A. A. Knopf, 1929) (page images at Michigan)
  • Quicksand, by Nella Larsen. (New York, London, A. A. Knopf, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lee, Jarena, b. 1783 (1783 - ca. 1849)
  • Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel (HTML at nypl.org)
  • Religious experience and journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, giving an account of her call to preach the gospel, revised and corrected from the original manuscript written by herself. (Philadelphia : Published for the author, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lett, Sylvia Willis (fl. 2003)
• Lewis, Lillian Tucker
• Livingston, Myrtle Athleen Smith (1902 - 1973)
• Lorde, Audre (1934 - 1992) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Love, Rose Leary (1898 - 1969)
• Lovelace, Alice (fl. 1994)
• Lynch, Shana N. (fl. 2002)
• Lynn, Eve [aka Evelyn Crawford Reynolds] (ca. 1900 - )
• Magona, Sindiwe (1943 - ) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Major, Devorah, 1952- (1952 - )
• Mallette, Gloria, 1953- (1953 - )
• Malone, Anika (fl. 2002)
• Mason, Helena Arkansas (1864 - 1924)
• Matthews, Victoria Earle (May 27, 1861 - 1907)
• McBrown, Gertrude Parthenia (1902 - 1989)
• McCullogh, Mary Millner (fl. 2000)
• McGriff, Michelle (fl. 2000)
• McMillan, Terry (October 18, 1951 - )
• Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835-1868 [aka Mrs. Alexander Isaac Menken; Mrs. John C. Heenan; Mrs. Robert Henry Newel; Mrs. James Barkley; Adah Bertha Theodore; Philomene Croi Theodore] (June 15, 1835 - August 10, 1868) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Infelicia
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
• Mickelbury, Penny, 1948- (1948 - )
• Miller, Geraldine (1920 - 2005)
• Miller, Karen E. Quinones (fl. 2002)
• Miller, May [aka Mrs. Johnson Sullivan] (1899 - 1995)
• Mitchell, Carol Denise (fl. 2009) ; More Information ; More Information
• Mitchell, Evangeline M. (fl. 2002)
• Mix, Edward, Mrs., 1832-1884 [aka Sarah Freeman Mix] (1832 - 1884)
• Moody, Anne, 1940- (1940 - )
• Moody, Christina (ca. 1896 - )
• Moore, Jessica Care (fl. 2002)
• Moore, Lisa C. (fl. 2000) ; More Information ; More Information
• Moore, Ruth Ella (1903 - 1994)
• Moorer, Lizelia Augusta Jenkins (1861 - )
  • Prejudice Unveiled, and Other Poems (HTML and TEI at Michigan)
• Morgan, Kathryn L. [aka Kathryn Lawson Morgan] (1919 - November 28, 2010) ; More Information ; Obituary
• Morrison, Toni (February 18, 1931 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; RealAudio
• Moryck, Brenda Ray [aka Brenda Ray Francke] (1894 - 1949)
• Moss, Thylias (February 17, 1954 - )
• Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855- [aka Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell] (1855 - 1948)
  • The Work of the Afro-American Woman (second edition, 1908) (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
  • The work of the Afro-American women. (Philadelphia, G. S. Ferguson Co., 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Muhanji, Cherry (1939 - )
• Mullen, Harryette Romell (July 1, 1953 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Murphy, Beatrice M., 1908- [aka Beatrice Campbell Murphy] (1908 - 1992)
• Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985 [aka Anna Murray] (1910 - 1985) ; Wikipedia
• Naylor, Gloria (1950 - )
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• Nunez, Elizabeth (fl. 2002)
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• Pendleton, Leila Amos, b. 1860 (1860 - December 7, 1938)
  • A Narrative of the Negro (1912) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
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• Prince, Lucy Terry, d. 1821 [aka Lucy Terry] (ca. 1730 - 1821)
• Prince, Mary (ca. 1788 - ca. 1833)
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• Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1811 or 12-1898? [aka Sarah Louisa Forten; Ada; Magwasca] (ca. 1811 - 1898)
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• Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman [aka Mrs. George M. Tillman] (February 19, 1870 - ca. 1947) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
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  • La Rabida : a California Columbian souvenir poem / by Mary Lambert. (San Francisco : The Bancroft Company, c1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
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