Nobel Prize

Maya Angelou

National Authors Day: An Ode to Black Authors

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Toni Morrison: February 18 - The best-selling author turns 81. (Photo: Francois Durand/Getty Images)

This Day in Black History: March 31, 1988

Novelist Toni Morrison wins a Pulitzer Prize for Beloved.
03/31/2013

This Day in Black History: Jan. 23, 1915

Nobel Prize winner William Lewis was born.
01/23/2013
Wole Soyinka

This Day in Black History: Oct. 8, 1986

Nigerian author Wole Soyinka wins a Nobel Prize.
10/08/2012