| R | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Randall, Dudley | Poetry | January 1914 | American | BW
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| Randall, Dudley | Poetry | Washington, D. C. | Jan. 14, 1914 | American | BW 1989 |
| Redmond, Eugene | Poetry | East St. Louis, MO | Dec. 1, 1937 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 47 |
| Reed, Ishmeal | Mystery Poetry | Chattanooga, TN | Feb. 22, 1938 | American | BW 1994 |
| Reynolds, Barbara | Nonfiction | American | |||
| Ringgold, Faith | Novelist | New York, NY | 1930 | American | CSK Award Books |
| Rollins, Charlemae Hill | Children's Lit. | Yazoo City, MS | b. June 20,
1897 d. Feb. 3, 1979 | American | BW 1989 |
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| S | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Salaam, Kalamu Ya | Poetry Novelist Playwright | New Orleans, LA | March 1947 | American | BW 1994 |
| Sallis, James | Mystery | ||||
| Sanchez, Sonia | Poetry | Birmingham, AL | Sept. 9, 1934 | American | BW
1994 DLB v. 41 |
| Sejour, Victor | Poetry | New Orleans, LA | b. June 2, 1817 d. Sept. 1874 | American | DLB v. 50 |
| Sertima, Ivan Van | Poetry Nonfiction | Kitty Village, Guyana | Jan. 26, 1935 | Guyanese | BW 1994 |
| Shange, Ntozake | Poetry | Trenton, NJ | Oct. 18, 1948 | American | BW
1994 DLB v. 38 |
| Sinclair, April | Novelist | ||||
| Soyinka, Wole | Poetry Novelist | Abeokuta, Nigeria | July 1934 | African | BW
1994 DLB v. 125 |
| Spears, Don | Novelist | New Orleans, LA | American | ||
| Spencer, Ann | Poetry | Henry County, VA | b. Feb. 6, 1882 d. July 1975 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 51 |
| Steptoe, John | Children's Lit. | Brooklyn, NY | b. Sept. 14,
1950 d. Aug. 28, 1989 | American | BW 1989 |
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| T | |||||
| Author | Genre | Place of Birth | Date of Birth/Death | Nationality | Source |
| Taulbert, Clifton | Novelist | Glen Allan, MS | Feb. 19, 1945 | American | BW 1994 |
| Taylor, Mildred | Children's Lit. | Jackson, MS | Sept. 13, 1943 | American | BW 1994 DLB v. 52 |
| Taylor, Susan | Nonfiction | Harlem, NY | Jan. 23, 1946 | American | NBAW |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | Children's Lit. Poetry | Ponca City, OK | May 1938 | American | BW 1994 |
| Thomas, Lorezo | Poetry | Aug. 31, 1944 | American | BW
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| Toomer, Jean | Poetry Short Stories | Washington, D. C. | b. Dec.
26, 1894
d. March 1967 | American | DLB v. 51 |
