Preface
Acknowledgments
Ni'mat Mujahid Abdus-Samad
Ameerah Hasin Ahmad
Islah Samirah Beyah Ali, see Islah Beyah
Glora Lucille Amos
Amina Baraka
Carole Bartel, see Oona'o Haynes
Daphne Haygood Benyard
Islah Beyah
Undra Elissa Clay Biggs
Louis Scott Thompson Blanks
Sue Booker, see Thandeka
Dnie Michele Brown, see Islah Beyah
Margery Wheeler Brown
Martha Hursey Brown
Vashti Proctor Brown
Irene Martin Bryant
Gracie Diane Burnett
Anna Land Butler
Rebecca Batts Butler
Sally Central Butler
Bertha Georgetta Merritt Campbell
Georgetta Campbell, see Bertha Georgetta Merritt Campbell
Mary Elizabeth Cornish Carmichael
Cheryl Lynn Clarke
Evelyn Clyburn
Chrisena Anne Coleman
Elsie McIntosh Collins
Carole Darden, see Carole Darden Lloyd
Norma Jean Darden
Esther Louise Davis-Thompson
Lenora Allen Dorin
Theresa Bowman Downing
Cecelia Hodges Drewry
Frankie W. Dudley
Sylvia Clarke Edge
Jessie Redmon Fauset
E. Alma Williams Flagg
Valerie Rose Flournoy
Vanessa Flournoy
Annabelle Robinson Freeland
Mindy Thompson Fullilove
Kathryn Elizabeth Gaines
Monique Gilmore-Scott
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant
Carolyn Jetter Greene
Diana Brenda Guyton, see Jaleelah Karriem
Shirley T. Hailstock
Valerie Hall, see Ameerah Ahmad
Leola Grant Hayes
Oona'o Haynes
Essie Lee Kirkland Hendley
Maurita Miles Hinton
Mary Rose Holley
Linda Janet Holmes
Helen Shaw Hooks, see Helen Shaw
Christine Moore Howell
Cheryl AuVal Willis Hudson
Sally Page Hughes
Kristin Elaine Eggleston Hunter-Lattany
Mary Jane Ray Jackson
Norma Jean Jarrett
Catherine Juanita Fortune Johnson, see Ni'Mat Mujahid Abdus-Samad
Birdie (Byerte) Wilson Johnson
Sylvia Robinson Jones, see Amina Baraka
Jaleelah Karriem
Amalya Lyle Kearse
Janice Green Kenyatta
Lurey Khan
Nancy Kofie, see Nancy Elizabeth Travis
Patricia Layne
Kristin Lattany, see Kristin Hunter-Lattany
Doris Mae Laws, see Ummil-Khair Zakiyyah Sharif
Helen Corrine Jackson Lee
Jarena Lee
Helen Marie Tudos Lee Lindsey
Benilde Elease Little
Eddiemae Livingston
Carole Darden Lloyd
Pauline Mason Lowery
Sharon Yvonne Bell Mathis
Carrie Allen McCray
Hope Taylor McGriff, see Hope Rosemary Taylor
Lenora Sylvia Walker McKay
Sharon L. Mitchell
Betty Jean Green Moore
Margaret Lee Hicks Morris
Evelyn Stalling Murray
Betty Elizabeth Harris Neals
Gladys Cannon Nunery
J. Joyce Coleman Payne
Vanessa Payton, see Vanessa Flournoy
Gertrude Williams Pitts
Dorothy Burnett Porter, see Dorothy Louise Burnett Porter Wesley
Mattie Hunter Pouncy
Maurice Lee Ficklin Riley
Irose Fernella Adams Roberts
La Francis Audrey Rodgers-rose
Grace Ariadne Trott Roper
Phontella Cloteal Butcher Ruff
Kate Rushin
Nefeterri Salaam
Viola Harris Sanders
Esther "Hetty" Saunders
Qadriyyah Buteen Shakir
Ntozake Shange
Ummil-Khair Zakiyyah Sharif
Helen Shaw
Ruby Williams Shivers
Patricia Nicely Simon, see Nefeterri Salaam
Bettye Delores Tyson Spinner
Elberta Wilhelmina Hayes Stone
Dorothy Mae Salley Strickland
Jere Elaine Talley
Claudia C. Tate
Hope Rosemary Taylor
Thandeka
Naturi Songhai Thomas
Veona Young Thomas
Mary Louise Thompson
Mindy Thompson, see Mindy Thompson Fullilove
Jeanette Frances Thornton
Rita Louise Thornton
Yvonne Shirley Thornton
Nancy Elizabeth Travis
Emma Marie H. Cooper Trusty
Michele Lois Tuck-Ponder
Wanda Regina Buggs Tucker
Sheila Suzanne Walker
Cheryl Ann Wall
Dorothy Louise Burnett Porter Wesley
Valerie Deane Wilson Wesley
Cheryl Anne Fisher White
Lola Buteen Wiggins, see Qadriyyah Buteen Shakir
Ruby Ora Williams
Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe
Marion Manola Thompson Wright
Appendix A: Distribution of African American Women Writers in New Jersey, by Geographical Affiliation (Town)
Appendix B: Distribution of African American Women Writers in New Jersey, by Genre
