Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders

African American slave

Louisiana historian

Britain actor

American novelist, essayist and academic

American businessman

Novelist, autobiographer, editor

Artist, Printmaker, Activist and editor

American writer

American historian and professor

Kenyan-Mexican actress and film director

Novelist, biographer, academic

American novelist, short story writer, editor

American novelist

Novelist, gardening writer, gardener

United States Representative from Louisiana

American writer

American journalist

Novelist, memoirist

African American artist

Novelist

U.S. Representative from California

African American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist

American writer and editor

American photographer and writer

American writer and educator

American author

American school teacher and children's book author

American art historian, museum curator, and author specializing in historic American silversmithing and jewelry

American writer and illustrator

American poet

American author

American playwright and screenwriter

American author

American author

American playwright

American writer

American painter

American novelist

American writer

American author

American writer

American writer