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98 authors
Memoir contributor
Alex Haley
Photo by University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection · CC BY 4.0 · cropped
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History writer
Andrés Reséndez
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Fiction writer
Ann Petry
Photo by Jet magazine, September 3, 1953 (cropped from the review of The Narrows) · Public domain (U.S.) · cropped
Music writer
Anthony Heilbut
Memoir contributor
Assata Shakur
Photo by U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain (U.S. government work) · cropped
History writer
Benjamin Quarles
Photo by The Associated Publishers (original dust jacket) · Public domain (U.S.) · cropped
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Memoir contributor
Booker T. Washington
Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston · Public domain · cropped
Essayist
Carter G. Woodson
Photo by Addison N. Scurlock / University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives · Public domain · cropped
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Biography contributor
Daniel de Visé
Memoir contributor
Duke Ellington
Photo by Unknown photographer (publicity still) · Public domain (U.S.) · cropped
