List of African American nonfiction writers
- List of African American nonfiction writers
This is a list of African American nonfiction writers who are notable enough to be, or are likely to be, the subject of Wikipedia articles and who are largely known for their books or writing:
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Claude E. Brown
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*W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), writer, activist, scholar [ [http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/a/2003_12_07.htm W.E.B. Du Bois - African-American History Archives ] ]
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*Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), literary critic and Harvard professor
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*bell hooks (born 1952), feminist, author, professor
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*Joseph Jarman, Buddhist writer and teacher
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*Elizabeth Keckley (born 1818/19), wrote a controversial book about her time at the White House as Mary Todd Lincoln's employee and confidante.
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Shayne Lee, sociologist and scholar of contemporary American religion. Coined the phrase "The New Black Church" to delineate a new phenomenon of high-tech culture-affirming mega churches in the U.S.
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* Thomas Sowell, economist, syndicated columnist, academic at the Hoover Institution
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*Cornel West (born 1953), public intellectual, author, Princeton University professor
* Steven Whitehurst http://www.stevenwhitehurst.com/ - Award winning author.
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* List of African-American authors
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