This is a list of African-American authors and writers.

See also

A

• Muhammad Ali
• Maya Angelou

B

• James Baldwin

C

• Stephen L. Carter
• Charles Chesnutt
• Marvel Cooke

D

• Angela Davis
• Samuel Delaney
• Eric Jerome Dickey
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Paul Laurence Dunbar

E

• Ralph Ellison
• Olaudah Equiano

F

• Jessie Fauset

G

• Marcus Garvey

H

• Frances E. W. Harper
• Langston Hughes
• Zora Neale Hurston
• E. Lynn Harris

I

J

• Jackson, C.F.
• James Weldon Johnson

K

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

L

• Nella Larsen

M

• Oscar Micheaux
• Toni Morrison

N

O

P

Q

R

• Ishmael Reed

S

• Thomas Sowell

T

• Harriet Tubman

U

V

W

• Alice Malsenior Walker
• Booker T. Washington
• Cornel West
• Phillis Wheatley
• Richard Wright

X

• Malcolm X

Y

• Frank Yerby

Z

• Zane

See also

• list of writers