Amiri Baraka

  Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at…

Alice Walker

Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African-American novelist and                                poet most famous for authoring ‘The Color Purple.’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker is best known for her stories about African American women who achieve heroic stature within the borders of…