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Author	Genre	Place of Birth	Date of Birth/Death	Nationality	Source
Baker, Augusta	Children's Lit.	Baltimore, MD	April 1911	American	BW 1989
Baker, Nikki	Mystery	Ohio		American	BW 1994
Baldwin, James	Novelist Essayist Playwright	Harlem, NY	b. Aug. 2, 1924 d. Dec. 1, 1987	American	BLC 1992 BW 1989
Bambara, Toni Cade	Essayist Novelist	New York, NY	March 1939	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 38
Baraka, Amiri	Poetry Playwright	Newark, NJ	October 1934	American	BLC 1992 BW 1994
Beckham, Barry	Novelist	Philadelphia, PA	March 1944	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 33
Bennett, Hal	Short Stories Novelist		April 1930	American	BW 1989 DLB v 33
Bennett, Lerone Jr.	Nonfiction	Clarksdale, MS	October 1928	American	BW 1994
Blassingame, John W.	Nonfiction	Georgia	March 1940	American	BW 1989
Boles, Robert	Novelist Short Stories		April 1905	American	BW 1994
Bontemps, Arna	Poetry Children's Lit. Folklorist	Alexandria, LA	b. Oct. 13, 1902 d. June 1973	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 48
Boyd, Candy Dawson	Children's Lit.	Chicago, IL	1946	American	CSK Award Books
Braithwaite, E. R.	Novelist	Guyana	June 1920	Guyanese	BW 1989
Braithwaite, William Stanley	Poetry	Boston, CT	b. Dec. 6, 1878 d. June 1962	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 50
Brooks, Gwendolyn	Poetry	Topeka, Kansas	June 1917	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 76
Brown, Claude	Essayist	New York, NY	Feb. 23, 1937	American	BW 1989 CLC v. 30
Brown, Sterling	Folklorist Poetry	Washington, D. C.	b. May 1901 d. June 1989	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 51
Brown, William Wells	Novelist	Kentucky	Nov. 6, 1884	American	DLB v. 50
Bryan, Ashley F.	Folklorist Children's Lit.	New York, NY	July 1923	American	BW 1994
Burroughs, Margaret T.	Poetry	St. Rose, LA	Nov. 1, 1917	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 41
Burroughs, Nannie Helen	Nonfiction	Orange, VA	May 2, 1879	American	NBAW
Butler, Octavia	Science Fiction	Pasenda, CA	June 1947	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 33

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Author	Genre	Place of Birth	Date of Birth/Death	Nationality	Source
Campbell, Bebe Moore	Novelist		May 1905	American	BW 1994
Chase-Riboud, Barbara	Novelist	Philadelphia, PA	June 1936	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 33
Chestnutt, Charles	Novelist Essayist	Cleveland, OH	b. June 20, 1858 d. Nov. 15, 1932	American	BW 1989 DLB 50
Childress, Alice	Playwright Novelist Children's Lit.	Charleston, S. C.	b. Oct. 12, 1920 d. August 1994	American	BLC 1992
Clarke, John Henrik	Essayist		Jan, 1, 1915	American	BW 1994
Cleaver, Eldridge	Essayist	Wabbaseka, AR	August 1935	American	BW 1989
Clifton, Lucille	Children's Lit. Poetry	Depew, NY	June 1936	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 41
Conde, Maryse	Novelist	Guadeloupe	Feb. 11, 1937	West Indian	BW 1994
Cooper, J. California	Short Stories Novelist	Berkeley, CA		American	BW 1989 CLC v. 56
Copage, Eric	Novelist
Corbin, Steven	Novelist		Oct. 3, 1953	American	BW 1994
Cose, Ellis	Nonfiction	Chicago, IL	Feb. 29, 1951	American	BW 1994
Cotter, Joseph Seamon	Poetry Playwright Short Stories	Bardstown, KY	b. Feb. 2, 1861 d. Mar. 14, 1949	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 50
Crouch, Stanley	Nonfiction	Los Angeles, CA	Dec. 14, 1945	American	CBB
Cullen, Countee	Poetry Novelist Playwright	Louisville, KY	b. May 1903 d. Jan. 9, 1946	American	DLB v. 51
Cuney, William Waring	Poetry	Washington, D. C.	b. May 1906 d. June 1976	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 51

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