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21st-century African-American writers

  • 50 CentCurtis James Jackson III was born on the 6th of July 1975 in Queens, New York City. He grew up in the South Jamaica neighborhood after his mother died in a…
  • J. D. DillardJ. D. Dillard was born on the 26th of December 1987 into a family defined by service and flight. His father Bruce worked as a Naval flight officer who became…
  • Billy Dee WilliamsWilliam December Williams Jr. was born on the 6th of April 1937 in New York City. He grew up on 110th Street between Lenox and 5th Avenue, right next to the…