Asare Meshack
Asili Celebrates Black Writers from
1711 to the present, Cont'd
The following tables presents a partial listing of Black writers, poets and playwrights (African Americans and those of African descent) who created, shaped and influenced Black literature in the United States and the world from 1711 to the present.
We at Asili recognize that these tables are incomplete. We invite you to send us pictures, birth data and web data of any writer that we have inadvertantly missed. This page will be up for a considerable amount of time and we will make corrections if you point them out to us. Contact the webmaster@asilithejournal.com.
Table 3a: Transitioning to and through the Black Arts Movement --
Eugene B. Redmond to Steven Barnes
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A special thanks to the African American Library and Cultural Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and the assistance of Pearl Woolridge and Wayne Draper of the special collections section, Deborah Keeler and Celia Suarez of the Miami Dade College North Campus library, Asili writers Geoffrey Philp for his input on English speaking Carribean writers and Max Pierre for his input on Haitian-Creole and Francophone writers. We would also like to acknowldge the hundreds of sites visited to build our tables. especially the following:
The African American Literature book Club
©2005 by Joseph D. McNair
Web Author: Joseph D. McNair Copyright © 2005 by Joseph D. McNair -ALL RIGHTS RESERVED