Black History Book Mug. African American Literary Coffee Mug. Honoring Inspiring Black Authors and The 1619 Project. 20+ Best Black Authors. Book Lover Writer English Teacher Gift 15oz Ceramic Mug

African American authors have achieved prodigious feats of truth-telling and imaginative storytelling in the face of the oppressive American nation. Black literature is quintessential American literature, and black women and men authors have been writing since the nation’s founding both for and against the nation whose ideals they were driven to help actualize. Here is a list of each author and the work that is featured on the mug: Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; David Walker, An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World [1829], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave [1845]; Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery [1901]; W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk [1903]; James Weldon Johnson, God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse [1927]; Paul Laurence Dunbar, We Wear the Mask [1896]; Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God [1937]; Langston Hughes, I Too [1926]; Richard Wright, Native Son [1940]; Chester Himes, Cotton Comes To Harlem [1964]; Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man [1953]; Gwendolyn Brooks, The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock[1957]; James Baldwin, Go Tell It On The Mountain [1953]; Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings [1969]; Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin In The Sun [1959]; Toni Morrison, Jazz [1992]; Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo [1972; Nikki Giovanni, The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.[1968]; Alice Walker, The Color Purple [1982]; Charles R. Johnson, Middle Passage [1990]; Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb [2021]
Inspirational 15 oz mug honors the history and proud heritage of America and Black American leaders and authors who overcame tremendous racism and other obstacles to bring the world their exceptional words
These amazing writers are: Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Chester Himes, Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, and Tony Morrison.
Outstanding black writers still alive are: Ishmael Reed, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Charles R. Johnson, and Amanda Gorman
Makes a wonderful gift for english or ELA teachers, students, professors, writers, librarians, writing club friends, bookworms, literature, history or lit lovers in your life.
Designed and printed in the USA on a high quality ceramic mug made in China. Dishwasher and microwave safe.