African American authors History and criticism 205 American literature 146 African Americans 108 Intellectual life 103 African Americans in literature 92 History 57 more ... American fiction 53 Women authors 45 African American women in literature 28 Race in literature 28 African American women 26 American poetry 24 Women and literature 22 Slavery in literature 17 Criticism and interpretation 15 American drama 12 Black authors 12 In literature 12 Race identity 12 American prose literature 11 Authors, American 11 Autobiography 11 Modernism (Literature) 11 Theory, etc 11 African American women authors 10 Harlem Renaissance 10 Blacks in literature 9 Blacks 8 Literature and society 8 less ...