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List of African-American writers

This is a list of African American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African American literature.

Note: Consult Who is African American? to gain a better sense as to who can be listed as an African American writer.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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    • Maya Angelou (born 1928), author and poet<ref>[http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/maya/maya1.htm] "Maya Angelou, poet, was among the first African-American women to hit the bestsellers lists..."</li>

    <li id="wp-_note-1">'''[[#wp-_ref-1|^]]''' [http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/maya/maya1.htm] "Maya Angelou, poet, was among the first African-American women to hit the bestsellers lists..."</li> <li id="wp-_note-2">'''[[#wp-_ref-2|^]]''' [http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/absentman.htm] "As the first African-American fiction writer to achieve a national reputation, Ohio native Charles W. Chesnutt..."</li> <li id="wp-_note-3">'''[[#wp-_ref-3|^]]''' [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/delany/delany_samuel_r0.html] "Although he has written much outside the genre, Samuel R. Delany is, along with Octavia Butler, one of two African Americans who, as writers, rank near the..."</li> <li id="wp-_note-4">'''[[#wp-_ref-4|^]]''' [http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/] "Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet."</li> <li id="wp-_note-5">'''[[#wp-_ref-5|^]]''' [http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1469/Ernest_Gaines_a_soulful_writer] "He is an African-American writer and educator."</li></ol></ref>

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