Table of Contents
Introduction,
Chronology,
A–Z ENTRIES
Angelou, Maya (1928–2014),
Autobiography,
Baldwin, James (1924–1987),
Baraka, Amiri (1934–2014),
Black Arts Movement (1960–1970),
Blues Poetry,
Bontemps, Arna (1902–1973),
Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917–2000),
Butler, Octavia E. (1947–2006),
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell (1858–1932),
Children's Literature,
Clifton, Lucille (1936–2010),
Coates, Ta-Nehisi (1975–),
Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood (1858/1859–1964),
Craft, William (1824–1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826–1891),
Crafts, Hannah (1830?–?),
Crime and Mystery Fiction,
Cullen, Countee (1903–1946),
Danticat, Edwidge (born 1969),
Delany, Martin R. (1812–1885),
Delany, Samuel R. (1942–),
Dialect Poetry,
Douglass, Frederick (1818–1895),
Dove, Rita (1952–),
Drama,
Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868–1963),
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872–1906),
Elaw, Zilpha (ca. 1790–1873),
Ellison, Ralph (1914–1994),
Epic Poetry/The Long Poem,
Equiano, Olaudah (1745–1797),
Essay,
E-Zines, E-News, E-Jourbanals, and E-Collections,
Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882–1961),
Feminism/Black Feminism,
Fisher, Rudolph John Chauncey (1897–1934),
Folklore,
Formal Verse,
Free Verse,
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (1950–),
Gay, Roxane (1974–),
Gay Literature,
Giovanni, Nikki (1943–),
Graphic Novels,
Grimké, Angelina Weld (1880–1958),
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–1965),
Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1920–1932),
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825–1911),
Hayden, Robert (1913–1980),
Hayes, Terrance (1971–),
Hemphill, Essex (1957–1995),
Hip-Hop,
Horror Fiction,
Hughes, Langston (1901–1967),
Humor,
Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960),
Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813–1897),
Jazz in Literature,
Johnson, Georgia Douglas (1886–1966),
Johnson, James Weldon (1871–1938),
Jones, Gayl (1949–),
Jordan, June (1936–2002),
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968),
Knight, Etheridge (1931–1991),
Komunyakaa, Yusef (1947–),
Larsen, Nella (1891–1964),
Lesbian Literature,
Lorde, Audre (1934–1992),
Lyric Poetry,
Madhubuti, Haki R. (Don Luther Lee) (1942–),
Major, Clarence (1936–),
Malcolm X (1925–1965),
McKay, Claude (1889–1948),
Modernism (ca. 1890–1940),
Morrison, Toni (1931–2019),
Naylor, Gloria (1950–2016),
Novel,
Nugent, Richard Bruce (1906–1987),
Parks, Suzan-Lori (1963–),
Performance Poetry,
Perkins-Valdez, Dolen (1973–),
Petry, Ann Lane (1908–1997),
Poetics,
Postmodernism,
Poststructuralism,
Prison Literature,
Protest Literature,
Rap,
Realism,
Reed, Ishmael (1938–),
Research Resources: Electronic Works,
Research Sources: Reference Works,
Rodgers, Carolyn Marie (1945–2010),
Romance Novel,
Sanchez, Sonia (1934–),
Satire,
Schuyler, George Samuel (1895–1977),
Shange, Ntozake (1948–2018),
Short Fiction,
Simms, Renee Elizabeth (1966–),
Slave Narrative,
Smith, Anna Deavere (1950–),
Smith, Venture (1728/1729–1805),
Spirituals,
Terry [Prince], Lucy (ca. 1730–1821),
Tolson, Melvin B. (1898–1966),
Toomer, Jean (1894–1967),
Trickster,
Troupe, Quincy Thomas, Jr. (1943–),
Truth, Sojourbaner (1797–1883),
Tubman, Harriet Ross (ca. 1820–1913),
Vernacular,
Walker, Alice (1944–),
Walrond, Eric Derwent (1898–1966),
Washington, Booker T. (1856–1915),
West, Cornel (1953–),
West, Dorothy (1907–1998),
Wheatley, Phillis (ca. 1753–1784),
Wideman, John Edgar (1941–),
Wilson, August (1945–2005),
Wilson, Harriet E. (1825–1900),
Wright, Richard (1908–1960),
General Bibliography and List of Organizations, Museums, and Research Centers,
About the Editors and Contributors,
Index,
