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James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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Kevin Young
Kevin Young
American poet, essayist, and editor
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
American writer
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
American author
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
American sociologist and social reformer
Solomon Northup: image from Twelve Years a Slave (1853)
Solomon Northup
American farmer and writer
Maria Stewart
Maria Stewart
American author
August Wilson
August Wilson
American dramatist
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
abolitionist and writer
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
American writer
Alex Haley
Alex Haley
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William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
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