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list of African American writers
This is a list of notable African American writers ordered alphabetically by surname. The term writers is here broadly defined to include philosophers, critics, journalists, sociologists, and historians as well as poets and novelists. (See also African American literature.)
- Evelyn Cunningham
- Charles Gordone
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