Highlighting authors born in the month of September

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.

Rosa Guy   Richard Wright   Sonia Sanchez   Alain Locke   John Steptoe   Claud McKay   Henry Louis Gates, Jr.   Bell Hooks