Occupation-Writer-Playwright
Chibundu Onuzo (1991- )
In June 2021, Dr. Chibundu Onuzo exemplified the range of her talents when she released a music video entitled “Good...
Millie Jackson (1944- )
Mildred “Millie” Virginia Jackson, R&B singer, playwright, model, lyricist who is often called the “Mother of Hip Hop,” was born...
Adrienne Kennedy (1931- )
Adrienne Kennedy has earned a place as one of contemporary America’s most renowned and admired African American authors, lecturers, and...
Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
A professor, poet, and playwright of English, Dutch, and African descent, Derek Walcott was a 1981 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant...
Lonne Elder III (1931-1996)
Lonne Elder was a playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Born December 26, 1927, in Americus, Georgia, to father Lonne Elder II and Quincy Elder....
Lynn Nottage (1964- )
Lynn Nottage, an award-winning American playwright, was born on November 2, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a schoolteacher and...
Wayland Rudd (1900-1952)
Wayland Rudd was an American-born actor who moved to the Soviet Union in 1932 as part of a group of 22 African Americans called...
Julian Mayfield (1928-1984)
Julian Hudson Mayfield was best known as an American actor, director, writer, lecturer, and civil rights activist. Mayfield was born...
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930)
Late 19th and early 20th century African American playwright, novelist, and columnist Pauline Hopkins was born in Portland, Maine in...
