African American authors History and criticism 474 African Americans 351 American literature 341 Intellectual life 317 African Americans in literature 304 American fiction 140 more ... History 138 Women authors 138 American poetry 103 African American women 97 African American women in literature 91 Women and literature 84 Authors, American 60 Race in literature 56 American drama 53 Criticism and interpretation 50 Harlem Renaissance 47 Slavery in literature 36 Black authors 30 Theory, etc 30 American prose literature 28 In literature 25 African American women authors 23 Autobiography 21 Race identity 21 Race relations in literature 21 African American theater 19 Feminism and literature 19 Modernism (Literature) 18 less ...