NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS INCLUDED
IN NORTON ANTHOLOGIES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
BY YEAR AND MOVEMENT


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Green= Pre Harlem Renaissance
Purple = Harlem Renaissance
Black = Black Arts Movement
Blue= Non-affiliated (Post HR/ Pre BAM)
Pink= Non-affiliated (Post BAM)





1956 - The American Tradition in Literature Volume 1


5 Negro Songs


1962 - The American Tradition in Literature Volume 2


5 Negro Songs


1967 - The American Tradition in Literature Volume 3 [1]


LeRoi Jones


1974 - The American Tradition in Literature Volume 4 -- Grosset and Dunlap (Random House), distributed by Norton [10]


Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Charles Chestnutt
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Amiri Baraka




1979 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature [14]


Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Malcolm X
Gwendolyn Brooks
Amiri Baraka


1985 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 2 [15]


Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Gwendolyn Brooks
Amiri Baraka
Audre Lorde


1989 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 3 [20]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Amiri Baraka
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


1994 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 4 [22]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Amiri Baraka
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


1998 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 5 [26]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglas
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Ishmael Reed
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


2003 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 6 [29]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Briton Hammom
Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Paule Marshall
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Ishmael Reed
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


2007 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 7 [39]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Yusef Komunyakaa
Rita Dove


2012 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 8 [44]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Julius Lester
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Martin Luther King
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Rita Dove
Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat


2017 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume 9 [46]


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Samuel Cornish
John Russwurm
Sojourner Truth
James Monroe Whitfield
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Edward P. Jones
Rita Dove
Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat
Tracy K. Smith


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