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African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Read samples of stories and poems written by African-American women of the 19th century. From the New York Public Library Digital Library Collection.http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
@Angelou, Maya
Pulitzer Prize-winning African American author./directory/School-Bell/Language-Arts/Poetry/Poets/Angelou--Maya
@Baldwin, James
Novelist, essayist, and playwright./directory/School-Bell/Language-Arts/Authors/Baldwin--James
Black History Month: Literature
Read biographies on African-American writers, including Zora Neal Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Maya Angelou. From Time for Kids.http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,194530,00.html
@Brooks, Gwendolyn
Pulitzer Prize-winning African-American woman poet./directory/School-Bell/Language-Arts/Poetry/Poets/Brooks--Gwendolyn
Brown, William Wells
Read an essay about this man's life and his place in American history.http://www.africawithin.com/bios/william_brown.htm
@Curtis, Christopher Paul
/directory/School-Bell/Language-Arts/Authors/Curtis--Christopher-Paul
@Douglass, Frederick
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@Du Bois, W.E.B.
Founding member of the NAACP./directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Civil-Rights-Movemen...
@Dunbar, Paul Laurence
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