1. 1930s
From: Race Relations in the United States, 1920–1940

2. 1940s
From: Race Relations in the United States, 1940–1960

3. Abernathy, Ralph David (1926–1990).
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

4. ADRIENNE KENNEDY (1931– )
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

5. ALICE MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875–1935)
From: African American Autobiographers

6. ALICE WALKER (1944– )
From: African American Autobiographers

7. AMANDA BERRY SMITH (1837–1915)
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

8. AMIRI BARAKA (LEROI JONES) (1934– )
From: African American Autobiographers

9. ANGELA Y. DAVIS (1944– )
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

10. ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS (1944– )
From: African American Autobiographers

11. Angelou, Maya (born 1928).
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

12. ANNE MOODY (1940– )
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

13. ANNE MOODY (1940– )
From: African American Autobiographers

14. ANNIE LOUISE BURTON (1858–1910)
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

15. AUDRE GERALDINE LORDE (1934–1992)
From: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

16. AUDRE GERALDINE LORDE (1934–1992)
From: African American Autobiographers

17. Baraka, Amiri (born 1934)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

18. Beckwourth, James (1798–c. 1867)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

19. Beckwourth, James Pierson (1798–1866)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

20. BELL HOOKS (1952– )
From: African American Autobiographers

21. Bibb, Henry Walton (1815–1854)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

22. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (1856–1915)
From: African American Autobiographers

23. BRENT STAPLES (1951– )
From: African American Autobiographers

24. Broughton, Virginia W. (?–1934)
From: Writing African American Women

25. Brown, Claude (1937–2002)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

26. Brown, Henry “Box” (c. 1815–?)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

27. Brown, William Wells (1815–1884)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

28. Burton, Annie Louise (1858?–?)
From: Writing African American Women

29. Burton, Annie Louise (1860–?)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

30. Campanella, Roy (1921–1993)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

31. Carmichael, Stokely (also known as Kwame Ture) (1941–1998)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

32. Carter, Rubin “Hurricane” (born 1937)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

33. CHESTER BOMAR HIMES (1909–1984)
From: African American Autobiographers

34. Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill (1924–2005)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

35. CLAUDE BROWN (1937– )
From: African American Autobiographers

36. CLAUDE MCKAY (1890–1948)
From: African American Autobiographers

37. Clifton, Lucille (1936- )
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

38. Cobb, Ned (1885–1973)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

39. Cobb, Ned (1885-1973)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

40. Coppin, Fanny Jackson (1837–1913)
From: Writing African American Women

41. Corrothers, James (1869–1917)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

42. DOUGLASS, FREDERICK (1818–1895).
From: Encyclopedia Of Modern Christian Politics

43. Davis, Angela (1944– )
From: Writing African American Women

44. Davis, Frank Marshall (1905–1987)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

45. Delaney, Lucy A. (c. 1828)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

46. Delaney, Lucy A. (c. 1830–c. 1890s)
From: Writing African American Women

47. Delaney, Lucy Ann (c. 1830-c. 1890s)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature

48. Dickerson, Debra J. (born 1959)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

49. Dorr, David F. (1827/1828–1872)
From: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

50. Douglass, Frederick (1818–1895)
From: Writing African American Women