[By Kenton Rambsy]
1986
– A second adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son is made
with Victor Love playing the role of Bigger Thomas and Oprah Winfrey playing
his mother, Mrs. Thomas.
– A second adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son is made
with Victor Love playing the role of Bigger Thomas and Oprah Winfrey playing
his mother, Mrs. Thomas.
1988
– Toni Morrison wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel
Beloved.
– Toni Morrison wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel
Beloved.
1989
–
Donna Deitch directs the television mini-series The Women of Brewster’s Place based on Gloria Naylor’s novel. The
mini-series stars Oprah Winfrey, Robin Givens, and Jackée.
–
Donna Deitch directs the television mini-series The Women of Brewster’s Place based on Gloria Naylor’s novel. The
mini-series stars Oprah Winfrey, Robin Givens, and Jackée.
1990
–
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter
Mosley is published.
–
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter
Mosley is published.
1990
–
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson is
published.
–
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson is
published.
1990 – Charles Johnson is awarded the National Book Award for Fiction for Middle Passage. During his acceptance
speech, Johnson acknowledged the 1953 winner of the award Ralph Ellison, who
was in the audience.
speech, Johnson acknowledged the 1953 winner of the award Ralph Ellison, who
was in the audience.
1992- Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan is published.
1993 – Ernest J Gaines A Lesson
Before Dying is published by Knopf Publishing group.
Before Dying is published by Knopf Publishing group.
1993 – Ernest J Gaines A Lesson Before
Dying wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Dying wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
1993 – Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
1994 – Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
is published.
is published.
1995 – Carl Franklin directs Devil in
a Blue Dress based on Walter Mosley’s novel. The film stars Denzel
Washington.
a Blue Dress based on Walter Mosley’s novel. The film stars Denzel
Washington.
1995 – Forest Whitaker directs Waiting to Exhale based on Terry McMillan’s novel. The film stars Whitney Houston and
Angela Bassett.
Angela Bassett.
1995
– Carl Franklin directs Devil in a Blue
Dress based on Walter Mosley’s novel. The film stars Denzel Washington.
– Carl Franklin directs Devil in a Blue
Dress based on Walter Mosley’s novel. The film stars Denzel Washington.
1995–
Octavia Bulter becomes the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur
Foundation “Genius” Grant.
Octavia Bulter becomes the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur
Foundation “Genius” Grant.