Highlighting authors born in the month of January 

These are the famous Black writers who have fearlessly studied cultural stigmas, provided intimate life details, presented new ideas and created impressive fiction through literary works. For their prophetic genius, these men and women have earned Pulitzer Prizes, NAACP awards and even Nobel Prizes, among other honors and their works will be highlighted on their birth months.

Zora Neale Hurston   John Hope Franklin   Walter Mosley   Flora Nwapa   Dudley Randall   Ernest Gaines   Gloria Naylor   Angela Davis   Julius Lester