Description
Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as: Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Terry McMillan.
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Meet the black women writers who Lived Their Dreams—from the early years to modern times.
Margaret Walker Alexander
Maya Angelou
Toni Cade Bambara
Gwendolyn Brooks
Octavia Butler
Lucille Clifton
Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Nikki Giovanni
Lorraine Hansberry
Frances E. W. Harper
Zora Neale Hurston
Harriet Jacobs
Audre Lord
Paule Marshall
Terry McMillan
Toni Morrison
Ann Petry
Ntozake Shange
Sojourner Truth
Alice Walker
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Dorothy West
Phillis Wheatley
This is a great book for middle-grade readers or beyond to inspire them to follow their path. Recommended for Grade levels 6 and up. However, that is up to you.