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  2. Mae Louise Miller - Wikipedia

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    Wallace Miller. Children. 4 (adopted) Parents. Cain Walls, Sr. Lela Mae Holden Walls. Mae Louise Miller (born Mae Louise Wall; August 24, 1943 – 2014) was an American woman who was kept in modern-day slavery, known as peonage, near Gillsburg, Mississippi and Kentwood, Louisiana until her family achieved freedom in early 1961. [2] [3] [4] Mae ...

  3. Crystal Wilkinson - Wikipedia

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    crystalewilkinson .net. Crystal E. Wilkinson is an African-American feminist writer from Kentucky, and proponent of the Affrilachian Poet movement. [1] She is the winner of a 2022 NAACP Image Award, a 2020 winner of the USA Fellow of Creative Writing, and a 2021 O. Henry Prize winner. She teaches at the University of Kentucky.

  4. Book Review: Short story anthology 'The Black Girl Survives ...

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    “The Black Girl Survives in This One,” a short story anthology edited by Saraciea J. Fennell and Desiree S. Evans, is changing the literary horror canon. As self-proclaimed fans of “Scary ...

  5. Alice Walker - Wikipedia

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    Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) [2] is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. [3] [4] Over the span of her career, Walker has published ...

  6. These 21 Black women changed history forever - AOL

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    Read her story and others in honor of Black History Month or to inspire your own journey. For these women not only helped shape the world, but in the process, have made it a better place for all.

  7. Complicated and trailblazing: The best shows about women to ...

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    This month, find your new onscreen besties. 'Julia' (1968 - 1971) ... portraying Black women as central figures in their community, and broadening the depiction of Black experiences on TV. 'Living ...

  8. Black Like Me - Wikipedia

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    E185.61 .G8. Black Like Me, first published in 1961, is a nonfiction book by journalist John Howard Griffin recounting his journey in the Deep South of the United States, at a time when African-Americans lived under racial segregation. Griffin was a native of Mansfield, Texas, who had his skin temporarily darkened to pass as a black man.

  9. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (book) - Wikipedia

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    First edition (publ. 37 INK) The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a 2015 memoir written by Issa Rae. [1] [2] [3] In the book, Rae chronicles her life through a series of humorous autobiographical essays and stories. [4] [5] [6] The book's title is taken from Rae's popular web series of the same name, often simply referred to as Awkward ...

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