african american authors

Contains the six autobiographies that chronicle the life and career of acclaimed author, Maya Angelou, her childhood in Arkansas and birth of her son after World War Two, her involvement with the Civil Rights movement, and the beginning of her writing career.

The autobiography of an African-American writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn.

Traces the life and achievements of the twentieth-century African American novelist, whose early life was shaped by a strict grandmother who had been a slave, an illiterate father, and a mother educated as a schoolteacher.

Presents a brief biography of children's writer Christopher Paul Curtis, who gave up his job at Fisher Auto Body Plant in Flint, Michigan and began the award-winning author of such books as "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" and "Bud, Not Buddy".

Examines the life and work of the author of "The Color Purple" and other works which focus on the lives of black women.

Examines the life and career of African-American writer James Baldwin, discussing his childhood, his feelings about racism, his move to Paris, and his involvement in the civil rights movement.

An introduction to Walter Dean Myers, author of "Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff," "Hoops," and "Monster," discussing his childhood in West Virginia and Harlem, his speech problems and troubled school years, his discovery of reading, and why he decided to write for young people.

A brief biography of husband and wife writing team, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, their relationship, how they became authors, and their advice for young writers.

A biography of Christopher Paul Curtis based on a personal interview, that discusses his childhood, family, education, jobs, award-winning book "The Watsons Go to Birmingham," and success as an author.