| H | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Haley, Alex | Novelist | Ithaca, NY | b. Aug. 11, 1921 d. Feb. 10, 1992 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 38 |
| Hamilton, Virginia | Children's Lit. | Ohio | Mar. 12, 1936 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 33 |
| Hammond, Jupiter | Essayist | Oyster Bay, Long Island | b. Oct. 17,
1711 d. ca. 1790-1806 | American | DLB v. 50 |
| Hansberry, Lorraine | Essayist Playwright | Chicago, IL | b. May
1930 d. January 1965 | American | BW 1989 |
| Harper, Frances Ellen | Novelist Poetry Short Stories | Maryland | b. Sept.
24, 1825 d. Feb. 22, 1911 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 50 |
| Harris, E. Lynn | Novelist | American | |||
| Haskins, James S. | Children's Lit. | Montgomery, AL | Sept. 19, 1941 | American | BW 1994 |
| Hayden, Robert | Poetry | Detroit, MI | b. Aug. 4, 1913 d. Feb. 25, 1980 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 79 |
| Hilliard, Asa G., III | Nonfiction | Galveston, TX | Aug. 22, 1933 | American | BW 1994 |
| Himes, Chester | Novelist Mystery | Jefferson City, MO | b. July
1909 d. Nov. 12, 1984 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 76 |
| Horne, Frank | Poetry Essayist | b. Aug. 18, 1899 d. Sept. 7, 1974 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 | |
| Hudson, Wade | Children's Lit. | ||||
| Hughes, Langston | Poetry Novelist | Joplin, MO | b. Feb. 1, 1902
d. May 1967 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Hull, Gloria | Poetry | Shreveport, LA | Dec. 6, 1944 | American | BW 1994 |
| Hunter, Kristin | Children's Lit. | Philadelphia, PA | Sept. 12, 1931 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 33 |
| Hurston, Zora Neale | Novelist Folklorist | Eatonville, FL | b. Jan7,
1891 d. Jan. 28, 1960 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Hutchinson, Earl O. | Nonfiction | Chicago, IL | Oct. 8, 1945 | American | BW 1994 |
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| J | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Jackson, Jesse | Children's Lit. | Columbus, OH | b. January 1908 d. April 1983 | American | BW 1989 |
| Jackson, Rhodesia | Novelist Poetry | New Orleans, LA | American | ||
| Jacobs, Harriet Ann | Novelist | Edenton, NC | American | NBAW | |
| Johnson, Charles | Poetry Playrwright | Georgia | b. Sept. 10,
1886 d. May 1966 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Johnson, Felton | Poetry | Chicago, IL | b. May 7, 1888 d. Sept. 17, 1958 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 45 |
| Johnson, Georgia D. | Poetry Playwright | Georgia | b. Sept. 10,
1886 d. May 1966 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Johnson, Helene | Poetry | July 1907 | American | DLB v. 51 | |
| Johnson, James Weldon | Poetry Novelist | Jacksonville, FL | b.
June 17,
1871 d. June 1938 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Jones, Gayl | Poetry | Lexington, KY | Nov. 23, 1949 | American | BW 1994 v. 33 |
| Jordan, June | Poetry Playwright | Harlem, NY | July 9, 1936 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 38 |
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| K | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Khanga, Yelena | Nonfiction | Moscow, Russia | Russian | ||
| Killens, John Oliver | Novelist | Macon, GA | b. January 1916 d. Oct. 27, 1987 | American | BW 1994 CLC v. 10 |
| Kincaid, Jamaica | Essayist Novelist | Antigua | May 1949 | American | BW 1994 CLC v. 43 |
| Kunjufu, Jwanza | Nonfiction | Chicago, IL | June 15, 1953 | American | CBB |
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| L | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Larsen, Nella | Novelist | Chicago | b. April 13, 1891 d. March 1964 | American | BW 1989 DLB v. 51 |
| Lester, Julius | Children's Lit. Novelist | St. Louis | Jan. 27, 1939 | American | BW 1994 |
| Lewis, Edward | Novelist | Lake Charles, LA | American | ||
| Lincoln, C. Eric | Poetry | Athens, AL | June 1924 | American | BW 1994 |
| Locke, Alain | Essayist | Philadephia , PA | b. Sept. 13, 1886 June 1954 | American | BW 1989 |
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