“I am a thinker, writer, activist, creative being, man, dad, husband, grandpop, and son. But just to keep...
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. Although she never published her own...
James Weldon Johnson was an African-American writer, who distinguished himself in civil rights, diplomacy, education, journalism, law, literature, and music. In 1900, Johnson wrote the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,”...
“I wanted to understand my people. I wanted to understand what it meant to be a [Black]. What...
I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head, and joy like a pearl, attends the needs...
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first female African-American novelist, as well as the first African American of any gender to publish a novel on the North American continent. Her novel...
Frances E.W. Harper was a leading African-American poet and writer. She was also an ardent activist in the...
Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American poet best known for his radical sonnet “If We Must Die,” one of...
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the earliest African-American female poets to gain widespread recognition. As part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Johnson was the most prolific Black woman...
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 – August 13, 1930) was a prominent African American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and...
Alex Haley is the celebrated author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976). By April 1977...
James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, who is considered to be one of the 20th century’s greatest writers. Born on August 2, 1924,...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
