African Americans in literature African American authors 9 History and criticism 8 African Americans 6 American literature 5 History 5 Intellectual life 4 Slavery in literature 3 American drama 2 American fiction 2 Collective memory in literature 2 Culture in literature 2 Publishing 2 Race in literature 2 Women authors 2 African American aesthetics 1 African American theater 1 African American women 1 African American women authors 1 African American women in literature 1 African Americans in the performing arts 1 African diaspora 1 African diaspora in literature 1 American poetry 1 American prose literature 1 Autobiography 1 Black American Literature 1 Black Arts movement 1 Borders 1 Butler, Octavia E. 1