Hurston-Wright Legacy Award
Encyclopedia
The Hurston-Wright Legacy Award is a literary award given by the National Community of Black Writers.
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award is the first national award given to black American writers. The award namesakes are two of the most influential black authors, Zora Neale Hurston
and Richard Wright
.
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award is the first national award given to black American writers. The award namesakes are two of the most influential black authors, Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance...
and Richard Wright
Richard Wright (author)
Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries...
.
Fiction
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Nonfiction
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- The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging by Kym Ragusa
Fiction
- My Jim: A Novel by Nancy RawlesNancy RawlesNancy Rawles is an African American playwright, novelist, and teacher.-Life:Nancy grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism....
- Pride of Carthage by David Anthony DurhamDavid Anthony DurhamDavid Anthony Durham is an American novelist, author of historical fiction and fantasy.Durham's first novel, Gabriel's Story, centered on African American settlers in the American West. Walk Through Darkness followed a runaway slave during the tense times leading up to the American Civil War...
- The Untelling by Tayari JonesTayari JonesTayari Jones is an African American author and winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction...
Nonfiction
- Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin by John Hope FranklinJohn Hope FranklinJohn Hope Franklin was a United States historian and past president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. Franklin is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and...
- Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald BogleDonald BogleDonald Bogle is a film historian and author of six books concerning African Americans in film and on television. He is an instructor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at the University of Pennsylvania.-Early years:...
- Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists by Lisa E. Farrington