This is a list of African American nonfiction writers who are notable enough to be, or are likely to be, the subject of Wikipedia articles and who are largely known for their books or writing:

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• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. He was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and...
  
   (born 1950), literary critic and Harvard professor
• John Langston Gwaltney
  John Langston Gwaltney
  John Langston Gwaltney was an African-American writer and anthropologist focused on African American culture, best known for his book Drylongso: A Self Portrait of Black America.-Academic background:...
  
   (born 1928), anthropologist, author of Drylongso

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• Elizabeth Keckley (born 1818/19), wrote a controversial book about her time at the White House as Mary Todd Lincoln
  Mary Todd Lincoln
  Mary Ann Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865.-Life before the White House:...
  
  's employee and confidante.

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Shayne Lee, sociologist and scholar of contemporary American religion. Coined the phrase "The New Black Church" to delineate a new phenomenon of high-tech culture-affirming mega churches in the U.S.

• G. Craige Lewis
  G. Craige Lewis
  George Craige Lewis is a Christian minister based in Arlington, Texas. His message includes informing youth and parents about the spiritual influences of media and music. Lewis charges rap stars with hiding Satanic images in their music. He is currently the pastor of the Arlington Bible...
  
  , Christian writer and Minister

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• Beverly Daniel Tatum, writer, current president of Spelman College
  Spelman College
  Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the first historically black female...
  
  
• Toby Thompkins, writer.

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• Cornel West
  Cornel West
  Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America....
  
   (born 1953), public intellectual, author, Princeton University
  Princeton University
  Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
  
   professor
• Steven Whitehurst
  Steven Whitehurst
  Steven Whitehurst is an African American author, poet, and educator. He is a divorced father who currently resides in Calumet City, Illinois.- Biography :...
  
  http://www.stevenwhitehurst.com/ - Award winning author.