African American Author

Maya Angelou

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/maya-angelou/

James Baldwin

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/james-baldwin/

Paul Beatty

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/paul-beatty/

Adrienne Maree Brown

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/adrienne-maree-brown/

Octavia Butler

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/octavia-e-butler/

W.E. B. Du Bois

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/w-e-b-du-bois/

Pearl Cleage

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/pearl-cleage/

Ta Nehisi Coates

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/ta-nehisi-coates/

Brittney Cooper

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/brittney-cooper/

Kia Corthron

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/kia-corthron/

S. A. Cosby

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/s-a-cosby/

Dr. Joy DeGruy

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/dr-joy-degruy/

Deborah Riley Draper

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/deborah-riley-draper/

Dr. Froswa Booker Drew

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/dr-froswa-booker-drew/

Michael Eric Dyson

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/michael-eric-dyson/

Danielle Evans

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/danielle-evans/

Percival Everett

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/percival-everett/

Roxanne Gay

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/roxanne-gay/

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/eddie-s-glaude-jr/

Ed Gordon – American author

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/ed-gordon-american-author/

Yaa Gyasi

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/yaa-gyasi/

E. Lynn Harris

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/e-lynn-harris/

Kai Harris

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/kai-harris/

Nathan Harris

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/nathan-harris/

Jesse J. Holland

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/jesse-j-holland/

Beverly Jenkins

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/beverly-jenkins/

N. K. Jesmin

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/n-k-jesmin/

Nancy Johnson

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/nancy-johnson/

Gayl Jones

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/gayl-jones/

Robert Jones Jr.

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/robert-jones-jr/

Tayari Jones

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/tayari-jones/

Peniel E. Joseph

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/peniel-e-joseph/

Imbolo Mbue

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/imbolo-mbue/

Maaza Mengiste

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/maaza-mengiste/

Anne Moody

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/anne-moody/

Toni Morrison

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/toni-morrison/

Walter Mosley

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/walter-mosley/

Victoria Christopher Murphy

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/victoria-christopher-murphy/

Barack Obama

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/barack-obama/

Ijeoma Oluo

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/ijeoma-oluo/

Gary-Phillips/

Deesha-Philyaw/

Brontez-Purnell/

Frances Ray

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/frances-ray/

Layla F. Saad

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/layla-f-saad/

Christina Sharpe

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/christina-sharpe/

Tracy K. Smith

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/tracy-k-smith/

Asali Solomon

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/asali-solomon/

Gretchen Sullivan Sorin

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/gretchen-sullivan-sorin/

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/nafissa-thompson-spires/

Bryan Stevenson

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/bryan-stevenson/

Brandon Taylor

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/brandon-taylor/

Iyanla Vanzant

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/iyanla-vanzant/

Carole Boston Weatherford

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/carole-boston-weatherford/

Colson Whitehead

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/colson-whitehead/

John Edgar Wideman

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/john-edgar-wideman/

Isabel Wilkerson

https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/isabel-wilkerson/