Robert Bone

African-American writer

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer

Writer and activist

Jamaican American writer, poet

African-American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator

Novelist

American poet, novelist

American writer

Teacher, author

Historian, writer and activist

American writer and social activist

American historian and writer

American writer

American philosopher and writer

American poet

American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance

American writer

American surgeon

American writer

Black intellectual and reformer

Author, journalist and social commentator

American physician

American scholar

American poet, essayist, playwright, and the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018.

American writer

African-American historian, writer, and journalist

American writer and photographer

Writer

Novelist, librarian, nurse

United States writer, political and labor movement activist

American poet

American academic

American writer

American literary historian (1888-1948)

American academic

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate

American blacksmith, politician, settler; 19th century Californian settler

American poet and novelist

Archivist, bookseller, salon host during the Harlem Renaissance

African-American playwright

American novelist, writer

American poet and writer

American cartoonist

American writer

First scholar to provide a systematic, critical analysis of African-American artists and their works

American musician, author

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter

American artist