Historical Overview
Pioneering Voices
Harlem Renaissance
Post-Harlem Renaissance Period and Civil
Rights
Black Power Movement
Building on the Tradition
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Paule Marshall
Praisesong for the Widow
Toni Morrison
Beloved
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
Gloria Naylor
Mama Day
Name Index
Bibliography