AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS

• Aczon, Kimile (fl.1999) ; More Information
• Adams, Elizabeth Laura (1909-)
• Addison, Linda (fl.2002)
• Ai [aka Florence Haynes] (1947-)
• Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-c. 1889)
  • The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves (HTML at nypl.org)
• Alers, Rochelle (fl.2002)
• Anderson, Monique (fl.2002)
• Andrews, Regina M. Anderson [aka Ursula Trelling] (1901-)
• Angelou, Maya [aka Marguerite Johnson] (1928-) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Bibliography ; Portrait ; RealAudio ; More Information
• Aniagolu-Johnson, Jacyee (fl.2004)
• Ansa, Tina McElroy (1949-)
• Armstrong-Miller, Linda (fl.2002)
• Atkins, Sonya (fl.2002)
• Bailey, Frankie Y. (fl.2002)
• Baker, Augusta (1911-1998)
• Bambara, Toni Cade [aka Miltona Mirkin Cade] (1939-1995)
• Bandele, Asha (fl.2005) ; More Information
• Barras, Jonetta Rose (fl.2000)
• Battle, Effie T. (fl.1914)
• Beasley, Delilah Leontium (1871-1934)
• Bennett, Gwendolyn B. (1902-1981)
• Berkley, Ann Sawyer (1914-2002)
• Betts, Tara (fl.2002)
• Bibb, Eloise Alberta [aka Eloise Alberta Veronica Bibb Thompson] (1878-1928)
  • Poems
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Bird, Bessie Calhoun (ca.1906-)
• Bivens, Shawn (fl.2004)
• Blackwood, Yvonne (fl.2002)
• Bolton, Ruthie (1961-)
• Boof, Kola [aka Naima Alu Kolbookek] (fl.2002)
• Bowman, Sheritha (fl.2002)
• Brand, Dionne (1953-) ; More Information ; More Information
• Brandon, Barbara (fl.2002)
• Bridgforth, Sharon (fl.2000) ; More Information
• Bright, Nellie Rathborne (1902-1976)
• Briscoe, Connie (fl.1999)
• Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth (1917-2000) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Bibliography ; Bibliography
• Brooks, Traci (fl.2002)
• Brown, Charlotte Hawkins (1882-1961)
• Brown, Hallie Quinn (ca.1845-1949)
  • Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML at UNC
• Brown, Josephine (fl.1855)
  • Biography of an American Bondman (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Brown, Kysha N. (fl.2002)
• Brown, Sue. M. Wilson (fl.1925)
• Brown, Toni (1952-2008)
• Bryan, T. J. [aka Tenacious] (1968-)
• Bundles, A'Lelia (fl.2002)
• Bunkley, Anita (fl.1999)
• Burgess, Marie Louise (fl. 1895)
• Burrill, Mary (ca.1882-1946)
• Burton, Annie L. Campbell (fl.1909)
  • Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Bush, Angle S. (fl.2002)
• Bush-Banks, Olivia Ward (1869-1944)
  • Driftwood (HTML at nypl.org)
  • Original Poems (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Butler, Anna Mabel Land (1901-1989)
• Butler, Octavia Estelle (1947-2006)
• Campbell, Bebe Moore (1950-2006)
• Campbell, Hazel Vivian
• Campbell, Terrie Stinson (fl.2005)
• Carrington, Roslyn [aka Simona Taylor] (fl.2002)
• Carter, Eunice Roberta Hunton (1899-1970)
• Carter, Monica (fl.2002)
• Carter, Veola (fl.2007)
• Carver, Mamie Jordan (fl.1919)
• Cary, Lorene (1956-)
• Caution-Davis, Ethel (1880-1981)
• Chase-Riboud, Barbara (1936-)
• Chideya, Farai (fl.2002)
• Clark, Mazie Earhart (1874-1958)
• Clayton, Nancy (fl.2002)
• Clifford, Carrie Williams (1862-1934)
• Clifton, Lucille Sayles (1936-) ; More Information
• Cole, Johnnetta Betsch (1936-) ; Wikipedia
• Coleman, Anita Scott (1890-1960)
• Coleman, Evelyn (fl.2002)
• Coleman, Wanda (1946-) ; Photo
• Connor, Bernadette Y. (fl.2005)
• Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood (ca.1858-1964) ; 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)
• Copeland, Josephine
• Coppin, Fanny Marion Jackson (ca.1837-1913)
  • Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, 1913) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Cortez, Jayne (1937-)
• Cowdery, Mae Virginia (1909-1953)
• Crafts, Hannah (fl.1850)
• Cuthbert, Marion Vera (1896-1989)
• Daniel, Sadie Iola (fl.1931)
• Danticat, Edwidge (1969-) ; More Information
• Dash, Julie (fl.2002)
• Davis, Angela (1944-)
• Davis, Belva (fl.1968)
• Davis, Elizabeth Lindsay (fl.1933)
• Day, Caroline Bond Stewart (1889-1948)
• Delaney, Lucy Ann [aka Lucy Ann Berry] (ca.1828-)
• Delaney, Lucy Ann Berry Turner (fl.1890)
  • From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or, Struggles for Freedom
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML at UNC
• Delany, Clarissa M. Scott (1901-1927)
• DeLoach, Nora (fl.1996)
• Derricotte, Toi (1941-)
• Deveaux, Faith (1971-)
• Dickinson, Blanche Taylor (1896-)
• Diggs, Anita Doreen (fl.2002)
• Diosa, Reina (fl.2002)
• Dorce-Coupet, Darline (1964-)
• Douglass, Sarah Mapps (1806-1882)
• Dove, Rita (1952-) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Lady Freedom Among Us
    • HTML with multimedia and commentary at Virginia
    • HTML at Virginia
• Draper, Sharon M. (fl.2003)
• Drumgoold, Kate (fl.1898)
  • A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold (Brooklyn: The Author, 1898) (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Due, Tananarive (fl.2002)
• Duncan, Thelma Myrtle (1902-)
• Dunham, Katherine Mary (1910-) ; Wikipedia
• Dunnigan, Alice Allison (1906-)
• Dykes, Eva Beatrice (1893-1986)
• Early, Sarah Jane Woodson (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. (fl.2002)
• Elaw, Zilpha (fl.1846)
• Eldridge, Elleanor (1784-1845?)
  • Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge (Providence, RI: B.T. Albro, 1838) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Epperson, Aloise Barbour (-ca.1954)
• Esdaile, Leslie (fl. 2000)
• Evans, Mari (1923-)
• Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882-1961)
• Fernandis, Sarah Collins (1863-1951)
• Figgs, Carrie Law Morgan (fl.1921)
• Files, Lolita (fl.2002)
• 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)
  • A Brand Plucked From the Fire: An Autobiographical Sketch (HTML at nypl.org)
• Fordham, Mary Weston (ca.1862-)
  • Magnolia Leaves
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Forster, Gwynne (fl.1995)
• Fortson, Bettiola Heloise (fl.1915)
• Foster, Sharon Ewell (fl.2002)
• Foxx, Nina (fl.2002)
• Fullilove, Maggie Shaw (fl.1919)
• G'Orge-Walker, Pat (fl.2002)
• Gaines-Shelton, Ruth Ada (1872-)
• Garrison, Miss (fl.1889)
• Gaudet, Frances Joseph (fl.1913)
• Gibson, Aliona (fl.2002)
• Gilbert, Mercedes (1889-1952)
• Gilliam, Dorothy (fl.1960)
• Giovanni, Nikki (1943-)
• Golden, Marita (1950-) ; Picture
• Gomez, Jewelle (1948-)
• Gooden, Lauretta Holman
• Goodwin, Ruby Berkley (1903-1961)
• Gordon, Edythe Mae (ca.1890-)
• Graham, Ottie Beatrice (1900-)
• Graham Du Bois, Shirley Lola (1896-1977)
• Grimke, Angelina Weld (1880-1958)
• Grimke, Charlotte L. Forten [aka Charlotte L. Forten] (ca.1837-1914)
• Grosvenor, Linda Dominique (fl.1999)
• Guy, Rosa Cuthbert (ca.1928-)
• Guy-Sheftall, Beverly (fl.2000)
• Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor (fl.2005)
• Haley-Brown, Patricia (fl.2002)
• Hamilton, Virginia (1936-2002) ; More Information ; More Information
• Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965) ; More Information
• Hare, Maud Cuney (1874-1936)
• Harmon, Florence Marion (1880-1936)
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911) ; More Information ; Portrait
  • Atlanta Offering: Poems (HTML and TEI at Michigan)
  • Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • page images at MOA
  • Poems
    • illustrated HTML at Virginia
    • Gutenberg text
  • Sketches of Southern Life (HTML at Virginia)
• Harrison, Juanita (ca.1891-)
• Harrison-Pace, Yolantha (fl.2004)
• Hayford, Gladys May Casely [aka Aguah Laluah] (1904-1950)
• Haynes, Elizabeth Ross (fl.1921)
• Hazzard, Alvira (1899-1953)
• Heard, Josephine Delphine Henderson (1861-1921)
  • Morning Glories (HTML at nypl.org)
• Hill, Donna (fl.2002)
• Hobbs, Allison (fl.2006)
• Holloway, Lucy Ariel Williams (1905-1973)
• Holman, Alice (fl.2005)
• hooks, bell (1952-)
• Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth [aka Sarah A. Allen] (1859-1930) ; 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. Williams (fl.2002)
• Hunter, Jane Edna [aka Jane Edna Harris] (1882-1971)
• Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (fl.1965) ; More Information
• Hunton, Addie D. Waites (1870-1943)
• Hurston, Zora Neale (ca.1891-1960) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, Lisa (fl.2002)
• Jackson, Sheneska (fl.2002)
• Jackson-Opoku, Sandra (1953-)
• Jacobs, Harriet Ann [aka Linda Brent] (1813-1897)
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • page images at MOA
• Jeffrey, Maurine L. (1900-)
• Jenkins, Beverly (fl.2002)
• Jenkins, IlLonka Javette (fl.2002)
• Jessye, Eva Alberta (ca.1897-1992)
• Johnson, Amelia Etta Hall [aka Mrs. A. E. Johnson] (1858-1922)
  • The Hazeley Family (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Johnson, Angela (1961-)
• Johnson, Dorothy Vena (1898-1970)
• Johnson, Gabrielle (fl.2002)
• Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp (1880-1966)
• Johnson, Helene [aka Helene Hubbell] (1907-1995)
• Johnson, Kathryn M. (fl.1920)
• Johnson, Maggie Pogue (fl.1910)
  • Virginia Dreams
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
    • HTML at nypl.org
• Johnson, Zoe (fl.2002)
• Jones, Gayle (1949-)
• Jones, Gloria D. Tillis (fl.2002)
• Jones, Lillian B. (fl.1916)
• Jordan, June (1936-)
• Jossel, Joylynn (fl.2002)
• Joyner, Carolyn (fl.2002)
• Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs (1824-1907)
  • 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
• Kelley, Emma Dunham [aka Forget-Me-Not] (fl.1891)
  • Megda (HTML at nypl.org)
• Kennedy, Adrienne (1931-) ; More Information
• Killingsworth, Renee (fl.2002)
• Kincaid, Jamaica [aka Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson] (1949-) ; More Information ; More Information
• King, Coretta Scott (1927-)
• Kitt, Sandra (fl.2002)
• LaMan, Jacqueline Jones (fl.2002)
• Lambert, Mary Eliza Tucker [aka Mary Eliza Perine Tucker] (1838-)
  • Loew's Bridge: A Broadway Idyl
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
  • Poems
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
• Lambright, Slim [aka Evelyn Lambright] (fl.2005)
• Larsen, Nella Imes (1891-1964)
• Lee, Jarena (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)
• Lett, Sylvia Willis (fl.2003)
• Lewis, Lillian Tucker
• Livingston, Myrtle Athleen Smith (1902-1973)
• Lorde, Audre (1934-1992) ; More Information
• Love, Dorothy Elizabeth (fl.2002)
• Love, Rose Leary (1898-1969)
• Lynch, Shana N. (fl.2002)
• Magona, Sindiwe (1943-) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Major, Devorah (fl.2002)
• Mallette, Gloria (fl.2002)
• Malone, Anika (fl.2002)
• Mason, Helena Arkansas (1864-1924)
• Matthews, Victoria Earle (1861-1907)
• McBrown, Gertrude Parthenia (1902-1989)
• McDougald, Gertrude Elise Johnson [aka Gertrude Ayer] (1885-1971)
• McFadden, Bernice L. (fl.2002)
• McGriff, Michelle (fl.2000)
• McKissack, Patricia (1944-)
• McMillan, Terry L. (1951-)
• Menken, Adah Isaacs [aka Philomene Croi Theodore] (ca.1839-1868)
  • Infelicia
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
• Mickelbury, Penny (fl.2002)
• Miller, Karen E. Quinones (fl.2002)
• Miller, May [aka Mrs Johnson Sullivan] (1899-1995)
• Mitchell, Evangeline M. (fl.2002)
• Mix, Mrs. Edward (1832-1884)
• Moody, Anne (1940-)
• Moody, Christina (ca.1896-)
• Moore, Jessica Care (fl.2002)
• Moore, Lisa C. (fl.2000)
• Moorer, Lizelia Augusta Jenkins (fl.1907)
  • Prejudice Unveiled, and Other Poems (HTML and TEI at Michigan)
• Morrison, Toni (1931-) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; RealAudio
• Moryck, Brenda Ray [aka Brenda Ray Francke] (1894-1949)
• Moss, Thylias (fl.2000)
• Mossell, Mrs. N. F. [aka Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell] (1855-)
  • The Work of the Afro-American Woman (second edition, 1908) (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Muhanji, Cherry (1939-)
• Mullen, Harryette (fl.2000) ; Wikipedia
• Murphy, Beatrice Campbell (1908-1992)
• Murray, Pauli [aka Anna Murray] (1910-1985) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Naylor, Gloria (1950-) ; Bibliography
• Neely, Barbara (1941-)
• Neely, Teresa Y. (fl.1996)
• Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar [aka Alice Dunbar; Alice Ruth Moore] (1875-1935)
  • The Goodness of St. Roque, and Other Stories
    • HTML at nypl.org
    • Gutenberg text
  • Violets and Other Tales (HTML at nypl.org)
• Newsome, Mary Effie Lee (1885-1979)
• Ntantala, Phyllis [aka Phyllis Jordan] (fl.1992)
  • A Life's Mosaic: The Autobiography of Phyllis Ntantala (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993) (HTML at UC Press)
• Nunez, Elizabeth (fl.2002)
• O'Neal, Terry (fl.2002)
• Occomy, Marita Odette Bonner [aka Marita Bonner; Joseph Maree Andrew] (1898-1971)
• Ormes, Zelda Jackson (1910-1985)
• Ottey, Sandra A. [aka Jamaica] (fl.2002)
• Parker, Brook Susan (fl.2002)
• Parker, Gwendolyn M. (1950-)
• Parker, Pat (1944-1989)
• Payne, Ethel (fl.1957)
• Pendleton, Leila Amos (fl.1912)
  • A Narrative of the Negro (1912) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Peterson, Stevie (1973-)
• Petry, Ann Lane (1908-)
• Phipps, Wanda (1960-) ; Wikipedia
• Picquet, Louisa (1828-)
  • Louisa Picquet, The Octoroon: or Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Pinkney, Andrea Davis (1963-)
• Pitts, Lucia Mae (1904-1973)
• Plato, Ann (ca.1820)
  • Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Plummer, Nettie Arnold (fl.1927)
• Popel, Esther A. B. [aka Esther Shaw] (1896-1958)
• Porter, Dorothy Louise Burnett (1905-)
• Postles, Grace Vera (1906-)
• Price, Doris D.
• Prince, Mary (ca.1788-)
  • The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Prince, Nancy Gardener (1799-)
  • A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (second edition, 1853) (HTML at nypl.org)
• Prosser, Inez Beverly (1897-1934)
• Rahim, Rahimah Abdur (1946-)
• Ransom, Birdelle Wycoff (1914-)
• Rawles, Nancy (fl.2002)
• Ray, Henrietta Cordelia (ca.1850-ca.1916)
  • Poems (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Reynolds, Evelyn Crawford [aka Eve Lynn] (ca.1900-)
• Riddley-D'Entremont, Sharon (fl.2005)
• Ridley, Florida Ruffin (1861-1943)
• Robeson, Eslanda Cardoza Goode (1896-1965)
• Robey, Kimberla Lawson (fl.2002)
• Rodgers, Carolyn M. (1942-)
• Rollin, Frank A. [aka Frances Anne Rollin Whipper] (ca.1845-1901)
  • Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Rowland, Ida (1904-)
• Rucker, Ursula (fl.2002)
• Sanchez, Sonia [aka Wilsonia Benita Driver] (1934-) ; More Information
• Sapphire [aka Ramona Lofton] (1950-)
• Sarana, Sister Shiree (fl.2002)
• Saxton, Lisa (fl.2002)
• Senna, Danzy (1970-)
• Shakur, Assata Olugbala [aka JoAnee Deborah Byron; Joanne Chesimard] (1947-)
• Shange, Ntozake [aka Paulette Williams] (1948-)
• Sharp, Saundra (1942-)
• Shields, Nichole L. (fl.2002)
• Sinclair, April (1953-)
• Smith, Amanda (1837-1915)
  • An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Smith, Amanda Berry (1837-1915)
• Smith, Barbara (fl.2000) ; More Information
• Smith, Effie Waller [aka Effie Waller] (1879-1960)
  • Rhymes from the Cumberland (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
  • Songs of the Months (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Smith, J. Pauline (fl.1922)
• Smith, Patricia (fl.2000)
• Smith-Levin, Judith (fl.1999)
• Solomon, Stephannie R. E. (fl.2002)
• Souljah, Sister (1964-)
• Spence, Eulalie (1894-1981)
• Spence, Gail A. (fl.2002)
• Spencer, Anne Bethel Bannister Scales (1882-1975)
• Spencer, Camika C. (fl.2002)
• Spencer, Mary Etta (fl. 1921)
• Spiller, Peggy E. (fl.2002)
• Stephens, Brooke (fl.2002)
• Stewart, Maria W. (1803-1879)
  • Productions of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart, Presented to the First African Baptist Church & Society, of the City of Boston (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Tademy, Lalita (fl.2007)
• Tarry, Ellen (1906)
• Tate, Eleanora E. (fl.2002)
• Taylor, Marlene (fl.2002)
• Taylor, Susie King (1848-1912)
  • Reminiscences of My Life in Camp With the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Teasley, Lisa (fl.2000) ; Picture
• Terrell, Mary Eliza Church (1863-1954)
• Terry, Lucy [aka Lucy Terry Prince] (ca.1730-1821)
• Thomas, Brenda (fl.2002)
• Thomas-Graham, Pamela (fl.2002)
• Thompson, Clara Ann (1869-1949)
  • Songs from the Wayside (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)
• Thompson, Clarissa Minnie (fl.1885)
• Thompson, Era Bell (1906-1986)
• Thompson, Priscilla Jane (1871-1942)
  • Ethiope Lays
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
  • Gleanings of Quiet Hours
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • HTML and TEI at Michigan
• Thornton, Delores (fl.2002)
• Tiller, Gayle (fl.2002)
• Tillman, Katherine Davis (fl.1910)
• Truth, Sojourner [aka Isabella Bomefree; Isabella Baumfree] (ca.1797-1883) ; More Information
  • Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The author, 1850; main text as reprinted by Oxford University Press in 1991) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The Author, 1850) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
  • Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Boston: For the Author, 1875)
    • HTML and TEI at UNC
    • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Battle Creek, MI: For the author, 1878) (HTML at LOC)
• Turner, Lucy Mae (1884-)
• Tyner, Marilyn (fl.2002)
• Vanzant, Iyanla (1953-)
• Vay, Ola (fl.2004)
• Veney, Bethany (fl.1889)
  • The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman
    • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
• Vertreace, Martha Modena (1945-)
• Walker, Alice (1944-)
• Walker, Charrise (fl.2000)
• Walker, Margaret Abigail Alexander (1915-1998)
• Walker, Rebecca (1969-)
• Walker, Virginia Broughton (fl.1907)
• Weeden, Lula Lowe (1918-)
• Wells, Ida Bell [aka Iola Wells-Barnett] (1862-1931) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • The Arkansas Race Riot (with other works by this author; Chicago: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 1920) (illustrated HTML at NIO)
  • The East St. Louis Massacre: The Greatest Outrage of the Century (with other works by this author; Chicago: The Negro Fellowship Herald Press, 1917) (illustrated HTML at NIU)
  • Lynch Law in Georgia (with other works by this author; Chicago: Chicago Colored Citizens, 1899) (illustrated HTML at NIU)
  • The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature (Chicago: Ida B. Wells, 1893)
    • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
    • HTML with commentary in Canada
  • A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894, Respectfully Submitted to the Nineteenth Century Civilization in 'the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave' (with other works by this author; Chicago: Donohue and Henneberry, 1895) (illustrated HTML at NIU)
• Welsing, Frances Cress (fl.2002)
• Wesley, Valerie Wilson (fl.1993)
• West, Dorothy (1901-1998)
• Wheatley, Phillis [aka Phillis Peters] (ca.1753-1784) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of That Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Late Reverend, and Pious, George Whitefield (Boston: Russell and Boyles, 1770) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of the Great Divine, the Reverend and Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783 (HTML at Virginia)
  • An Elegy to Miss Mary Moorhead, on the Death of Her Father, the Rev. Mr. John Moorhead (Boston: William M'Alpine, 1773) (page image and HTML at masshist.org)
  • Liberty and Peace (Boston: Warden and Russell, 1784) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
    • HTML with line numbers at Renascence Editions
    • illustrated HTML at nypl.org
    • Gutenberg text
  • Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Wiggins, Bernice Love (1897-)
• Wilds, Myra Viola (fl.1915)
• Wilkes, Laura Eliza (fl.1919)
• Wilkinson, Crystal E. (1962-) ; More Information
• Williams, Niama Leslie (fl.2006)
• Williams, Sherley Anne (1944-1999)
• Willis, Janice Dean (fl.2004)
• Wilson, Harriet Adams (ca.1828-ca.1860)
• Wilson, Harriet E. (1808-ca.1870)
  • Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
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• Wilson, Marjorie (fl.1927)
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