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Also Known As Ramona Lofton
Born August 4, 1950 (age 76) • California
Notable Works “Push” • “The Kid” • “Wild Thing”

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Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Gil Scott-Heron sings into a microphone onstage before a large crowd, circa 1974, wearing a patterned shirt.
Gil Scott-Heron
American poet and musician
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Frances E.W. Harper
Frances E.W. Harper
American author and social reformer
Claude McKay
Claude McKay
American writer
Lorde, Audre
Audre Lorde
American poet and author
Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1906.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American writer
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange
American author
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
American writer
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen
American poet
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Ed Bullins
American playwright
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
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Margaret Walker
American author and poet
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
American author
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Henry Dumas
American author
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Owen Dodson
American author and educator
Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Arna Bontemps
American writer
Jean Toomer and wife
Jean Toomer
American writer

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