African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

543 Pages·2000·2.997 MB·English

by  Emmanuel S. Nelson

African American
Authors, 1745–1945

AFRICAN AMERICAN
AUTHORS, 1745–1945
A Bio-Bibliographical Critical
Sourcebook
Edited by
EMMANUEL S. NELSON
GreenwoodPress
Westport,Connecticut • London
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1. Americanliterature—Afro-Americanauthors—Bio-bibliography
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CONTENTS
Preface xiii
ELIZABETHLAURAADAMSbyJoyceRussell-Robinson 1
OCTAVIAVICTORIAROGERSALBERTbyGeethaRavi 6
JAMESMADISONBELLbyRobertL.Milde 13
GWENDOLYNBENNETTbyGwendolynS.Jones 18
HENRYWALTONBIBBbyJesseG.Swan 24
MARITABONNERbyHeatherE.Spahr 30
ARNABONTEMPSbyJacquelineC.Jones 36
WILLIAMSTANLEYBRAITHWAITEbyKirkNuss 44
CLAUDEBROWNbyRobinLucy 50
STERLINGA.BROWNbyLeelaKapai 57
WILLIAMWELLSBROWNbyLorettaG.Woodard 64
CHARLESWADDELLCHESNUTTbyTracieChurchGuzzio 73
viii CONTENTS
ANNAJULIACOOPERbyVivianM.May 80
COUNTEECULLENbyGilbertN.M.O.Morris 88
LUCYA.DELANEYbyVernerD.Mitchell 98
MARTINROBINSONDELANYbyAdenikeMarieDavidson 101
FREDERICKDOUGLASSbyHarishChander 108
W.E.B.DUBOISbyDavidL.Dudley 121
PAULLAURENCEDUNBARbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 132
ALICEMOOREDUNBAR-NELSONbyLoriLeathersSingle 139
OLAUDAHEQUIANObyGilbertN.M.O.Morris 147
JESSIEREDMONFAUSETbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 155
RUDOLPHFISHERbyHarishChander 161
SARAHLEEBROWNFLEMINGbyJacquelynY.McLendon 170
MARCUSMOSIAHGARVEYJR.byPeggyStevensonRatliffand
RooseveltRatliffJr. 175
EDYTHEMAEGORDONbyRussellJayNurick 184
SUTTONE.GRIGGSbyRoyKay 188
ANGELINAWELDGRIMKE´ byYmitriJayasundera 194
CHARLOTTELOTTIEFORTENGRIMKE´ byKarenM.Davis 199
BRITONHAMMONbyHarishChander 205
JUPITERHAMMONbyLonnellE.Johnson 209
FRANCESELLENWATKINSHARPERbyTerryNovak 213
JUANITAHARRISONbyDebraJ.Rosenthal 220
CONTENTS ix
GEORGEWYLIEHENDERSONbyPeterG.Christensen 224
PAULINEELIZABETHHOPKINSbyAdenikeMarieDavidson 231
GEORGEMOSESHORTONbyLonnellE.Johnson 239
JAMESH.W.HOWARDbyRonaldA.Tyson 244
LANGSTONHUGHESbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 249
ZORANEALEHURSTONbyLaurieChampionandBruceA.Glasrud 259
REBECCACOXJACKSONbyJoyceL.Cherry 270
HARRIETANNJACOBSbyTerryNovak 275
AMELIAE.JOHNSONbyElaineSaino 280
GEORGIADOUGLASJOHNSONbyGwendolynS.Jones 284
HELENEJOHNSONbyBarbaraL.J.Griffin 290
JAMESWELDONJOHNSONbyLouisHillPratt 297
ELIZABETHKECKLEYbyLynnDomina 306
EMMADUNHAMKELLEY-HAWKINSbyJulieL.Williams 311
NELLALARSENbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 316
JARENALEEbyRiche´ Richardson 324
ALAINLOCKEbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 329
JOHNMARRANTbyRolandL.WilliamsJr. 334
CLAUDEMCKAYbySaralaKrishnamurthy 338
RICHARDBRUCENUGENTbyMaxineJ.Sample 349
ELIZAC.POTTERbyNikolasHuot 353
MARYPRINCEbyNanetteMorton 357
x CONTENTS
NANCYPRINCEbyLorettaG.Woodard 361
HENRIETTACORDELIARAYbyMarvaOsborneBanks 366
MARYSEACOLEbyLauraL.Moakler 371
MARIAW.STEWARTbyBarbaraRyan 375
MARYCHURCHTERRELLbySharaMcCallum 379
LUCYTERRYbyPaulaC.Barnes 384
WALLACETHURMANbyLindaM.Carter 387
KATHERINEDAVISCHAPMANTILLMANbyKirstenSaunders 396
MELVINBEAUNORUSTOLSONbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 400
EUGENE(JEAN)PINCHBACKTOOMERbyEmmaWatersDawson 408
SOJOURNERTRUTHbySuzanneHotteMassa 418
DAVIDWALKERbyMontyeP.Fuse 424
ERICWALRONDbyCoraAgatucci 429
BOOKERT.WASHINGTONbyTedOlson 440
FRANKWEBBbyRennieSimson 448
IDAB.WELLS-BARNETTbyLorettaG.Woodard 455
PHILLISWHEATLEYbyMonaM.Choucair 463
WALTERWHITEbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 469
JAMESMONROEWHITFIELDbyJamesL.Hill 474
ALBERYALLSONWHITMANbyBettyeJ.Williams 479
HARRIETE.WILSONbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 483
RICHARDWRIGHTbyEberhardAlsen 488
ZARAWRIGHTbyLorettaG.Woodard 508