african american authors

Presents the life and career of the African-American author who grew up listening to stories and who carries on the storytelling tradition in his numerous and award-winning books.

"Read about Walter Dean Myer's life, his writing, and the awards he has received"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the life of W. E. B. Du Bois, describing his accomplishments as an author, scholar, and civil rights leader, along with his relationships with Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. Includes a time line.

Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.

Presents a variety of documents which have been chosen to help readers understand the political, racial, literary, social, and general cultural contexts of the fictional autobiography "Black Boy.".

Contains biographical and critical information about civil rights activist Malcolm X, features historical and contemporary views on racism as it appears in the autobiography of Malcolm X, and includes a time line and suggestions for further reading.

Presents a comprehensive history of the Harlem Renaissance during the early decades of the twentieth century; and contains essays and an audio CD on the music, art, literature, and politics of that era.

Presents a biography of Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, discussing her early life, the effects of a disfiguring accident on her thinking, her marriages and daughter, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and the development of her writing career.

Critical essays examine the life of African-American author Maya Angelou, and explore her use of autobiographical fiction.

An account by the African-American author of her rise to a place of prominence among American writers.