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Parry A. Brown
Anita R. Bunkley
Tajuana Butler
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Samuel R. Delany
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Tananarive Due
David Anthony Durham
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Anthony Grooms
Linda Grosvenor
Hilda Gurley-Highgate
Barbara Hambly
Brenda Hampton
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Shannon Holmes
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Diane McKinney-Whetstone
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Karen Quinones Miller
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Stephanie Perry Moore
Y. Blak Moore
Mary B. Morrison
Toni Morrison
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J. J. Murray
Victoria C. Murray
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Martha Southgate
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Jacquelin Thomas
Trisha Thomas
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Omar Tyree
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