It was the first book I'd ever opened written by an African-American author.

There will be food, dance, music and vendors, and African-American authors will sign their books.

An-award-winning imprint of traditional and contemporary romance novels written by African-American authors.

It is the earliest known work of fiction by an African-American author.

Participants are invited to bring and read literature written by their favorite African-American authors.

Or they can hear readings of African-American authors.

Morrison isn't the first African-American author to become enamoured with 'the sound'.

Sandra Kitt is an African-American author of contemporary romance novels.

Iola Leroy was for some time cited as the first novel by an African-American author.

The following year, in 2002, she became the first African-American author to have a novel published as part of the Silhouette Desire line.