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Find Interesting and Authoritative Information about Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Arthur Ashe, and more in Contemporary Authors!
Did you know?
Maya Angelou was Hollywood's first female black director?
James Baldwin was variously employed as a handyman, dishwasher, waiter, and in defense work in Belle Meade, NJ?
Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993?
Arthur Ashe discovered writing as therapy after his second coronary bypass surgery in 1983, when he began A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete.
Contemporary Authors includes the most influential black novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters. Author entries include information such as career highlights, awards, works, media adaptations, descriptive essays called "Sidelights," and further Readings.
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