Table of Contents

Preface Elizabeth Laura Adams by Joyce Russell-Robinson Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert by Geetha Ravi James Madison Bell by Robert L. Milde Gwendolyn Bennett by Gwendolyn S. Jones Henry Walton Bibb by Jesse G. Swan Marita Bonner by Heather E. Spahr Arna Bontemps by Jacqueline C. Jones William Stanley Braithwaite by Kirk Nuss Claude Brown by Robin Lucy Sterling A. Brown by Leela Kapai William Wells Brown by Loretta G. Woodard Charles Waddell Chestnutt by Tracie Church Guzzio Anna Julia Cooper by Vivian M. May Countee Cullen by Gilbert N.M.O. Morris Lucy A. Delaney by Verner D. Mitchell Martin Robinson Delany by Adenike Marie Davidson Frederick Douglass by Harish Chander W.E.B. Du. Bois by David L. Dudley Paul Laurence Dunbar-Nelson by Lori Leathers Single Olaudah Equiano by Gilbert N.M.O Morris Jessie Redmon Fauset by Emmanuel S. Nelson Rudolph Fisher by Harish Chander Sarah Lee Brown Fleming by Jacquelyn Y. Mclendon Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. by Peggy Stevenson Ratliff and Roosevelt Ratliff, Jr. Edythe Mae Gordon by Russell Jay Nurick Sutton E. Griggs by Roy Kay Angelina Weld Grimke by Ynitri Jayasundera Charlotte Lottie Forten Grimke by Karen M. Davis Briton Hammon by Harish Chander Jupiter Hammon by Lonnell Johnson Francis Ellen Watkins Harper by Terry Novak Juanita Harrison by Debra J. Rosenthal George Wylie Henderson by Peter G. Christensen Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins by Adenike Marie Davidson George Moses Horton by Lonnell Johnson James H. W. Howard by Ronald A. Tyson Langston Hughes by Emmanuel S. Nelson Zora Neale Hurston by Laurie Champion and Bruce A. Glasrud Rebecca Cox Jackson by Joyce L. Cherry Harriet Ann Jacobs by Terry Novak Amelia E. Johnson by Elaine Saino Georgia Douglas Johnson by Gwendolyn S. Jones Helene Johnson by Barbara L.J. Griffin James Weldon Johnson by Louis Hill Pratt Elizabeth Keckley by Lynn Domina Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins by Julie L. Williams Nella Larsen by Emmanuel S. Nelson Jarena Lee by Riche Richardson Alain Locke by Emmanuel S. Nelson John Marrant by Roland L. Williams, Jr. Claude Mckay by Sarala Krishnamurthy Richard Bruce Nugent by Maxine J. Simple Eliza C. Potter by Nikolas Huot Mary Prince by Nanette Morton Nancy Prince by Loretta G. Woodard Henrietta Cordelia Ray by Marva O. Banks Mary Seacole by Laura L. Moakler Maria W. Stewart by Barbara Ryan Mary Church Terrell by Shara McCallum Lucy Terry by Paula C. Jones Wallace Thurman by Linda M. Carter Katherine Davis Chapman Tilman by Kristen Saunders Melvin Beaunorur Tolson by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure Eugene (Jean) Pinchback by Emma Waters Dawson Sojourner Truth by Suzanne Hotte Massa David Walker by Montye P. Fuse Eric Walrond by Cora Agatucci Booker T. Washington by Ted Olson Frank Webb by Rennie Simson Ida B. Wells-Barnett by Loretta Woodard Phyllis Wheatley by Mona M. Choucair Walter White by Emmanuel S. Nelson James Monroe Whitfield by James L. Hill Alberry Allson Whitman by Bettye J. Williams Harriet E. Wilson by Emmanuel S. Nelson Richard Wright by Eberhard Alsen Zara Wright by Loretta G. Woodard Selected Bibliography

About the Author

EMMANUEL S. NELSON is Professor of English at the State University of New York College at Cortland. He is the author of more than 30 articles, and his previous books include Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (1999), Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (1993), Writers of the Indian Diaspora: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (1993), and Reworlding: The Literature of the Indian Diaspora (1992), all available from Greenwood Press.

Reviews

?[m]akes a very useful contribution to the study of African American culture. It will be helpful to scholars working on literature written before the 1940s.?-Resources for American Literary Study

?[S]olid, astute analysis.?-Booklist

?African American Authors, 1745-1945 is a very useful reference source. It should be acquired by all libraries, academic or public, where there is serious interest in American literature.?-American Reference Books Annual

?Recommended for libraries supporting African American studies and general readers.?-Choice

"�m�akes a very useful contribution to the study of African American culture. It will be helpful to scholars working on literature written before the 1940s."-Resources for American Literary Study

"[m]akes a very useful contribution to the study of African American culture. It will be helpful to scholars working on literature written before the 1940s."-Resources for American Literary Study

"Recommended for libraries supporting African American studies and general readers."-Choice

"African American Authors, 1745-1945 is a very useful reference source. It should be acquired by all libraries, academic or public, where there is serious interest in American literature."-American Reference Books Annual