List of Famous African Americans Claude E. Brown Corey Montrel Myers (1990- ) W. E. B. Du Bois Henry Louis Gates, Jr. bell hooks Joseph Jarman Elizabeth Keckley Thomas Sowell Beverly Daniel Tatum Cornel West Maya Angelou M.K. Asante, Jr Toni Cade Bambara Leslie Esdaile Banks Amiri Baraka Steven Barnes Paul Beatty Derrick Bell Lerone [...]