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Authors & Literature
 Websites presented in alphabetical order aalbc.com: African American Literature Book Club 
 This site is a "source of critical reviews of books by and about African American Authors. ... The site features profiles of hundreds of published and unpublished authors and poets, book description and reviews, an online reading group, discussion boards, and much more. ... Not all authors on AALBC.com are African-American. However, all of the authors whose work appears on AALBC.com has been deemed significant to the African-American community." http://aalbc.com/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Communications, English Language, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Writing Last updated Jan 17, 2005 African American Fiction & Literature: Websites
Collection of sites from various libraries listing black authors of romance, mystery, science fiction, and other popular fiction works. From Onondaga County Public Library, New York. http://www.ocpl.lib.ny.us/web/search_tools/pathfinders/books/afram_fiction.htm#websites Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literature: Fiction Last updated Feb 14, 2009 African American Mysteries
Brief, annotated selection of African American mystery novels with themes ranging from "bomb-defusing journalists to investigators descended from Voodoo Queens." Other African American fiction reading lists can be found by clicking on "African & African American Fiction" on the Booklists listing at the left-hand sidebar. From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/books/booklists/aamysteries.html Topics: Black Resources, Mysteries and More Last updated Jan 13, 2009 African American Science Books for Younger Readers
This guide, meant for younger readers, "lists sources chronicling the considerable contributions and achievements made by African Americans in the fields of science and technology." It includes Library of Congress subject headings, and lists of individual and collective biographies of scientists and inventors, and biographical reference tools. Also provides resources for teachers, "best book" sources, and a listing of relevant organizations. From Library of Congress Science Reference Services. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/afri-scibookstb.html Topics: Black Resources, Children's Literature, Librarianship, Literature & Books Last updated Jan 13, 2009 African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
This collection of about 50 works provides "access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920." The collection is searchable by author, title and genre. The latter includes fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, and essays. A project from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Digital Schomburg of the New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, History, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, Poetry, Women Last updated Feb 3, 2005 Alex Haley Biography
Biography of writer Alex Haley, who is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Roots" (about his African ancestors) and his contributions to "The Autobiography of Malcolm X." Includes related material about Haley's ancestor, Kunta Kinte, two versions of his family tree, and genealogy resources. From the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation. http://www.kintehaley.org/rootshaleybio.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources Last updated Aug 3, 2006 Amiri Baraka
Official website for Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), "the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist." Features a biography, audio and video clips, essays and poems (including the controversial "Somebody Blew Up America," written about the September 11, 2001, attacks when Baraka was New Jersey's poet laureate), and related links. http://www.amiribaraka.com/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 27, 2007 The Bancroft Library: African Americans in California
This site contains a searchable catalog of the Bancroft Library's holdings of materials by and about African Americans, with an emphasis on materials relating to California and the West (including items from the NAACP West Coast Region, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the Black Scholar Journal). Also features a timeline and links to related sites. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/africanamerican/ Topics: Black Resources, California: History Last updated Aug 19, 2006 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
An annual award given to black authors and illustrators "to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood." The site includes a discussion guide, a list of winners since 1970, and submission guidelines. From the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Children's Literature, Literature & Books Last updated Mar 1, 2009 Documenting the American South (DAS)
Over 1,200 primary sources documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes Southern literature to 1920; first-person narratives, including diaries, memoirs, ex-slave narratives, and travel accounts; the church in black communities to 1920; materials documenting life during the Civil War; and a collection on the history of North Carolina to 1940. Searchable. From the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://docsouth.unc.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 17, 2004 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
Contains a facsimile of the March 1925 Survey Graphic magazine special issue about the Harlem Renaissance. The issue features essays, stories, and poems by Alain Locke, W.E.B. Du Bois, Arthur Schomburg, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and others. Includes original advertisements. From the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center. http://etext.virginia.edu/harlem/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Mar 3, 2004 Langston Hughes at 100
This online exhibition, created in observance of the centenary of the birth of Langston Hughes (1902-1967), Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and playwright, presents images and audio and video clips. Material includes poem manuscripts, video of Hughes reading his poetry, photos, and related material. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/langstonhughes/web.html Topics: Black Resources, Poetry Last updated Jan 21, 2009 Life of Rosa Parks
Brief guide to researching Rosa Parks (1913-2005), "known as the 'mother of the civil rights movement' for turning the course of American history in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man." Includes annotated links to websites, and tips for newspaper searching. From the Arlington, Virginia, Department of Libraries. http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Libraries/sites/LibrariesSitesRosaParks.aspx Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 31, 2007 Maya Angelou, b. 1928
A profile and critique of Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson), briefly reviewing her autobiographical novels. The related links provide additional background on her life and works. From the project Voices From the Gaps, Women Writers of Color, at the University of Minnesota. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/angelouMaya.php Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, History, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 7, 2009 Octavia Estelle Butler, 1947-2006
Biography of Octavia Butler, "the first African-American woman to gain popularity and critical acclaim as a major science fiction writer." Includes a selected bibliography, extensive references to works about the author, and a few related links. From Voices From the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, a collaborative academic project housed at the University of Minnesota Department of English. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/butlerOctavia.php Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 7, 2009 Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection
"This digital collection of a selected group of [Paul Laurence] Dunbar's poetry is intended to encourage the use of and interest in the works" of "the first African-American poet and novelist to attain international recognition." Features book covers, libretti covers and text, and individual poems (browsable and searchable), a biography, related links, and a bibliography. From Wright State University Libraries. http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Jun 15, 2005 Perspectives in American Literature: Chapter 9: Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937
This site features a selected bibliography of articles and books that focus on the people and ideas of the Harlem Renaissance literature movement. It includes profiles of Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Alain Locke, Anne Spencer, Wallace Thurman, Dorothy West, and others. Also provides research and study guides for students, as well as links to the other author profiles. From an English professor at California State University, Stanislaus. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/CHAP9.HTML?Submit=9.+The+Harlem+Renaissance Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Sep 9, 2008 Ralph Ellison: An American Journey
This site contains a biographical essay and career timeline of the author of "Invisible Man." From the PBS "American Masters" series, the site also features an interview with filmmaker Avon Kirkland and additional footage not included in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ellison_r_homepage.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Richard Wright, Black Boy
Companion to a documentary about Richard Wright, the "influential and infamous writer who changed the face of American literature." Features a chronology of Wright's life from his birth in 1908 to a sharecropper and teacher in Mississippi, the publication of "Native Son" in 1940 and "Black Boy" in 1945, and his death in 1960. Also includes a selected bibliography. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). http://www.itvs.org/RichardWright/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources Last updated Aug 20, 2007 Street Lit Takes a Hit: An African American Author Raps the Genre, But Librarians Defend It
This 2006 article discusses how "urban fiction, street lit, ghetto fiction, gangsta lit, whatever you call it, this gritty genre of African American writing is enormously popular, both in bookstores and libraries," but is not popular with Nick Chiles, an education reporter and author, who believe these novels glamorize black criminals. From LibraryJournal.com. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6299839.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Oct 22, 2007 Uncle Remus: Social Context and Ramifications
Selections from the Uncle Remus tales of Joel Chandler Harris, with analysis, historical context, selected reviews, and biographical information on the author. Also includes illustrations from various volumes and bibliographies of related works on Harris and Uncle Remus. A student project from a class at the University of Virginia. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/remus.html Topics: Black Resources, Literature: Fiction Last updated Jan 7, 2006 The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
This site presents "a selection of ten plays written by [Zora Neale] Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944. ... The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South." Includes a chronology, a bibliography, and searchable and browsable images of pages from the plays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/hurston/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Performing Arts Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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