Wade, Brent: [32] 427-433
--Company Man: [32] 427-433Walker, Alice: [32] 503-504
--The Color Purple: [32] 503-504

Walcott, Derek: [24] 365-368; [33] 708-710; [36] 333-337
--Another Life: [24] 365-368

Waldman, Anne: [12] 4, 11

Waldron, Mal: [25] 648

Walker, Aida Overton: [29] 320-321
--"Miss Hannah from Savannah": [29] 320-321
--"That's Why They Call Me Shine": [29] 321

Walker, A'Lelia: [2] 55

Walker, Alice: [11] 3-8, 20-23; [18] 143, 155-163; [19] 144; [20] 113-141, 347-370, 409-410, 413-416, 419; [21] 8-10, 12, 14-15; [22] 65-79, 81-95; [24] 156-159; [25] 425-427; [26] 77-97, 437-451, 507-514; [27] 11-12, 195-204; [28] 411-421, 665-667; [29] 67-82; [30] 221-244, 308-309; [31] 463-479; [33] 715-716, 719-722; [34] 443-459; [35] 489-491; [37] 170-171; [39] 172
--"The Abortion": [22] 69
--Anything We Love Can Be Saved: [33] 715-716
--By the Light of My Father's Smile: [33] 719-722
--The Color Purple (novel): [18] 155-161; [19] 144; [20] 347-370, 409-410, 413-416, 419; [21] 8; [22] 76-77, 81-95; [24] 156-159; [26] 89-97, 439, 446-449; [28] 411-421; [29] 67-82; [39] 172
--The Color Purple (film): [21] 8-10, 12, 14-15; [25] 425-427
--"Everyday Use": [30] 308-309; [34] 443-459
--In Love & Trouble: [11] 3-7, 21-23
--In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: [18] 161; [20] 347-370
--"The Lover": [22] 69
--Meridian: [11] 23; [20] 125, 129-141; [26] 77-88, 440-441, 445-446; [31] 463-479
--"Nineteen Fifty-five": [26] 446; [30] 221-236
--Possessing the Secret of Joy: [30] 237-244
--"Really, Doesn't Crime Pay?": [22] 69; [26] 445
--"The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff": [11] 3-6
--"Roselily": [22] 68
--"Source": [22] 69-70
--"Strong Horse Tea": [11] 6-7
--The Temple of My Familiar: [26] 449-450, 507-514
--The Third Life of Grange Copeland: [11] 3, 7-8, 23; [20] 113-128; [22] 70-77; [27] 195-204

Walker, David: [33] 524-525

Walker, Joseph A.: [13] 21-22
--The River Niger: [13] 21-22

Walker, Margaret: [9] 95-96; [11] 139-145; [14] 7; [39] 17-18, 20, 24
--"For My People": [9] 95-96; [39] 18, 20
--Jubilee: [11] 139-145

Wallace, Michelle: [14] 12; [16] 95; [18] 140-141, 163-167; [21] 13-14; [40] 303-304, 306
--Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman: [16] 95; [18] 140-141, 163-167

Waller, Thomas "Fats": [20] 179-180, 188, 202

Walrond, Eric: [10] 57; [40] 145-152, 156-158
--"The Color of the Caribbean": [40] 149
--"The Palm Porch": [40] 145, 148, 150
--"Imperator Africanus": [40] 157
--"Panama Gold": [40] 147-148
--"Subjection": [40] 148-149
--Tropic Death: [10] 57; [40] 146-148, 151
--"The Yellow One": [40] 148

Waniek, Marilyn: [30] 504-506
--Magnificat: [30] 504-506

Ward, Douglas Turner: [14] 54-55, 58-59
--Day of Absence: [14] 58
--Happy Ending: [14] 58-59

Ward, Samuel R.: [6] 76-77
--Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: [6] 76-77

Ward, Theodore: [14] 7

Wardrop, Daneen: [40] 464-465

Wartts, Charles, Jr.: [12] 10

Washington, Booker T.: [4] 114, 118-119, 125-126; [12] 114-116; [14] 15-20; [16] 3; [24] 384, 391, 405-408; [40] 158, 257, 259-260, 467, 759, 763, 801
--The Story of My Life and Work: [14] 15-20; [24] 391, 405-406
--Up from Slavery: [4] 114, 118-119, 125-126; [14] 15-20; [16] 3; [24] 384, 391, 405-408; [40] 158, 257

Washington, Jerome: [30] 497-499
--Iron House: [30] 497-499

Washington, Mary Helen: [11] 20-24
--Black-Eyed Susans: [11] 20-24

Waters, Ethel: [20] 182, 202

Watkins, Mel: [34] 561-562
--Dancing with Strangers: A Memoir: [34] 561-562

Weather Report: [25] 649

Weatherford, Carol Boston: [32] 169-171
--Juneteenth Jamboree: [32] 169-171
--The Tan Chanteuse: [32] 169-171

Weaver, Afaa Michael: [35] 494-497
--Multitudes: [35] 494-497

Weaver, Elisha: [40] 651, 657-658, 724, 731, 733, 735

Webb, Frank J.: [35] 297-308; [38] 201-211, 442; [39] 432; [40] 619, 687-688, 697
--The Garies and their Friends: [38] 201-211, 442; [39] 432; [40] 619, 687-688, 697

Webb, Margot: [17] 3-7

Wegelin, Oscar: [40] 208, 212

Welburn, Ron: [12] 158

Wells, Ida B.: [24] 342-345, 385; [31] 363-365
--Crusade for Justice: [24] 342-345, 385

Wells, William "Dicky": [20] 180, 202

Welty, Eudora: [10] 135

Wertham, Frederic: [12] 65, 67-68
--Dark Legend: [12] 67-68

Wesley, Richard: [13] 22-23; [17] 20
--Gettin'   It Together: [13] 22
--The Mighty Gents: [13] 23
--The Past Is the Past: [13] 22-23
--The Sirens: [13] 22
--Strike Heaven in the Face: [13] 23
--The Talented Tenth: [17] 20

West African Pilot (newspaper): [12] 84-91

West, Cornel: [40] 85

West, Dorothy: [19] 85-86; [26] 161-172; [36] 435-446; [38] 609-622; [39] 569-578
--The Living Is Easy: [19] 85-86; [26] 161-172; [36] 435-446; [38] 609-622; [39] 569-578

Weston, Randy: [25] 649

Wheatley, Phillis: [9] 91-92, 123-126; [18] 36-38; [21] 85-95; [22] 843-844; [23] 579-592, 601-607; [30] 71-88; [36] 121-135; [40] 208-210, 215
--"On Being Brought From Africa to America": [30] 76-77; [36] 129-132
--"On the Death of J. C., an Infant": [21] 93
--"On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewall, 1769": [30] 80-82
--"On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1770": [21] 86-88
--"Thoughts on the Works on Providence": [30] 84-86
--"To Mæcenas": [23] 579-592; [30] 74-79
--"To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works": [21] 91-92
--"To the Honourable T. H., Esq.; on the Death of His Daughter": [21] 91
--"To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth": [21] 92-93
--"To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for North America": [21] 88-90
--"To the University of Cambridge": [36] 124-129

Wheatstraw, Peetie: [20] 180

White, Booker "Bukka": [20] 189, 202

White, Edgar: [11] 109-110
--The Life and Times of J. Walter Smintheus: [11] 109-110

White, George: [39] 291-293

White, Joseph: [8] 219-220
--The Leader: [8] 219-220

White, Josh: [20] 189; [36] 167-168

White, Walter: [13] 154-155; [14] 91-99; [19] 62; [20] 342, 343, 344; [37] 664-666; [38] 382, 445, 447, 583; [39] 90
--The Fire in the Flint: [14] 92, 96, 97; [19] 62; [38] 382
--Flight: [38] 445, 447

Whitehead, Colson: [40] 359-368
--The Intuitionist: [40] 359-368

Whiteman, Paul: [20] 182

Whitfield, Vantile: [17] 24-25

Whitman, Walt: [16] 15

Whitmore, Terry: [31] 116-120
--Memphis--Nam--Sweden: [31] 116-120

Wickham, Dewayne: [33] 174-176
--Woodholme: [33] 174-176

Wideman, John Edgar: [20] 143-150; [24] 594-600; [26] 453-457; [30] 292-293; [32] 362-365, 579-595; [34] 249-272, 368-369, 544-546
--The Battle Killing: [32] 362-365; [34] 249-262
--Fatheralong: [30] 292-293
--Hiding Place: [26] 456-457
--Philadelphia Fire: [32] 579-595
--Sent for You Yesterday: [20] 143-150
--"Damballah": [34] 249-262
--Two Cities: [34] 263-272, 368-369

Williams, Clarence: [20] 189

Williams, Joe: [20] 180, 202

Williams, John A.: [13] 5-6; [21] 29-40
--Captain Blackman: [13] 5-6
--The Man Who Cried I Am: [21] 29-40

Williams, Martin: [25] 476-477, 482-485
--The Jazz Tradition: [25] 483-485

Williams, Ronnie: [13] 113, 114
--"Everything Is Everything": [13] 113, 114

Williams, Sherley Anne: [20] 335-340; [23] 631-659; [24] 641-647; [27] 365-389; [28] 223-235; [36] 383-401
--Dessa Rose: [20] 335-340; [24] 641-647; [27] 365-389; [28] 223-235; [36] 383-401
--"Meditations on History": [23] 631-659

Williams, Spencer: [12] 128-134
--Beale Street Mama (film): [12] 133
--The Blood of Jesus (film): [12] 130-131
--Go Down Death (film): [12] 132-133
--Marching On (film): [12] 131-132

Williams, Tennessee: [18] 150-154; [25] 147-181; [26] 308-317; [40] 249
--A Streetcar Named Desire: [25] 147-181; [40] 246
--Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: [40] 249
--The Glass Menagerie: [26] 308-317
--The Rose Tattoo: [18] 150-154

Williams, William Carlos: [16] 19-25; [40] 433-435
--"The Desert Music": [16] 22
--The Great American Novel: [40] 433
--Paterson: [16] 19-25

Willmott, Kevin: [35] 249-262
--Ninth Street (film): [35] 249-262

Wilmer, Val: [25] 583

Wilson, August: [25] 135-146; [27] 539-567; [29] 606-613; [30] 99-113; [31] 151-154, 343-345, 565, 579-590, 595-599, 659-666; [32] 263-271; [33] 712-715; [34] 550-551; [35] 93-102, 471-479, 676-679; [37] 115-125; [39] 87, 126, 281, 293-298; [40] 288, 349-357
--Black Bart and the Sacred Hills: [27] 545-546
--The Coldest Day of the Year: [27] 541
--Fences: [27] 547-548, 563; [39] 281, 293, 295; [40] 349-357
--Fullerton Street: [27] 542-543
--How I Learned What I Learned: [40] 288
--The Janitor: [27] 545
--Jitney!: [27] 543-544
--Joe Turner's Come and Gone: [27] 543, 555, 562, 565; [35] 471-479; [37] 117-120; [39] 293
--Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: [25] 135-146; [27] 540-541, 548-549, 555, 562-564; [31] 659-666; [37] 116-117; [39] 293-294
--Moon Going Down: [27] 555-556
--The Piano Lesson: [27] 541-542, 565; [30] 99-113; [32] 263-271; [37] 120-121; [39] 293, 296
--Recycle: [27] 541
--Seven Guitars: [31] 659-666; [39] 293
--Two Trains Running: [27] 543-547, 550-553; [37] 121-122; [39] 293

Wilson, Harriet E.: [26] 121; [27] 391-404; [35] 561-580; [39] 432; [40] 401-402, 617, 619-621, 631, 649
--Our Nig: [26] 121; [27] 391-404; [35] 561-580; [39] 432; [40] 401-402, 617-621, 631, 649

Wilson, Teddy: [25] 649

Winfrey, Oprah: [35] 181-204; [39] 514

Wister, Owen: [38] 363, 370-371, 373
--The Virginian: [38] 363, 370-371, 373

Wolfe, George C.: [31] 677-686
--Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk: [31] 677-686

Wong, Shawn: [12] 11

Wood, Maxine: [16] 164, 166-167
--On Whitman Avenue: [16] 164, 166-167

Woodbury, Billy: [25] 315-322
--Bless Their Little Hearts (film): [25] 315-322

Woodson, Carter G.: [29] 507-509

Woolf, Virginia: [40] 67-75
--A Room of One’s Own: [40] 68
--Mrs. Dalloway: [40] 67-75

Workshops for Centers in the Arts: [17] 23-24, 26

World War II: [39] 358-371

Wright, Jay: [16] 4, 5, 9-11; [24] 473-488
--"(Albuquerque)": [24] 485-488
--"The Dead": [16] 10
--The Double Invention of Komo: [24] 473-488
--"The Master of Names": [16] 9
--"(Mexico City/Consolapa)": [24] 479-480
--"Son": [16] 10-11
--"Sources (4)": [16] 9
--"Tamborito": [16] 10
--"What Is True": [16] 10

Wright, Richard: [1] 4-6; [2] 4, 32; [4] 52-55; [6] 99-112; [7] 46-48, 122; [8] 235-243; [9] 17, 53-56; [10] 3-12, 111-128; [11] 106-107, 126-127, 157-158; [12] 61-68, 148-149; [13] 3, 4-5, 18-19, 113-114, 117; [14] 7, 130-131; [15] 3-4, 31-33, 36-38; [16] 5-6, 43-44, 48, 107-124; [17] 145; [18] 12-13, 24, 100-109; [19] 57-58, 70-75, 158-159; [20] 9-61, 119-122; [21] 27-29, 31; [22] 355; [23] 767-783; [24] 9-12, 382-384, 386, 390-393, 408-415, 821-828; [25] 729-743; [27] 9, 315-316, 687-691; [28] 375-387; [29] 131-134, 525-527, 683-687; [30] 255-280, 315-320; [31] 148-151, 337-339, 497-504; [33] 125-133, 197-207, 451-466, 539-541, 639-654; [35] 29-40, 439-458, 626-632; [36] 503-505; [37] 39-64; [38] 57, 64, 66, 70, 627, 629-631, 634; [39] 17, 80, 113, 356, 358-361, 366, 371, 541-543, 545-546, 555-565; [40] 247, 319, 359-360, 440, 475-482, 488-489
--American Hunger: [16] 107-109, 112, 122-123; [20] 56, 58; [24] 408-409, 414-415; [35] 626-630
--"Between the World and Me": [8] 236-239; [20] 60
--"Big Boy Leaves Home": [10] 4-6; [11] 106-107; [13] 18-19; [16] 121; [19] 57-58; [20] 45, 49, 51, 121; [25] 730-733; [39] 541-546, 551
--Black Boy: [7] 46-48; [8] 237-239; [10] 117-119; [11] 126; [12] 65; [16] 5-6, 116; [17] 145; [18] 100; [19] 70-75; [20] 29-30, 32, 35, 37-39, 43-44, 47, 50-53, 56-58; [24] 382-384, 386, 390-393, 408-414; [27] 9; [28] 377-380; [38] 57; [39] 17, 555; [40] 360
--Black Power: [16] 123; [20] 31-36; [24] 9-12
--"Blueprint for Negro Writing": [16] 117; [40] 319
--"Bright and Morning Star": [6] 100-101, 110-112; [10] 10-12; [13] 18; [18] 24; [20] 45, 49
--"Down by the Riverside": [10] 6-7; [20] 29, 45, 49; [25] 733-735; [39] 555
--Eight Men: [20] 38, 40, 43, 45
--"The Ethics of Living Jim Crow": [39] 542-543
--"Fire and Cloud": [6] 100; [10] 9-10; [13] 18; [20] 45, 49; [25] 737-741; [33] 125-133
--The God That Failed: [10] 128; [20] 29, 32, 39
--"Hearst Headline Blues": [22] 355
--"How 'Bigger' Was Born": [20] 41; [39] 541, 555, 562-563; [40] 359
--Lawd Today!: [10] 125; [12] 65-66; [13] 113-114, 117; [16] 108, 110, 111; [20] 50, 52-53, 56, 60; [33] 451-466; [37] 39-52
--"The Literature of the Negro in the United States": [15] 3-4
--"Long Black Song": [10] 7-8, 126-127; [20] 29, 45, 49; [25] 735-737
--The Long Dream: [10] 120-125; [20] 32, 34-37, 52, 56, 59; [30] 267-280; [33] 197-207
--"Man, God Ain't Like That": [6] 103-104
--"The Man Who Killed a Shadow": [12] 66; [16] 119-121; [39] 555
--"The Man Who Lived Underground": [4] 52-55; [11] 126-127; [19] 158-159; [20] 38, 40, 43, 58, 60-61; [23] 767-783; [28] 383-385; [38] 64; [39] 555
--"Memories of My Grandmother": [16] 110-112
--Native Son (novel): [1] 4-6; [2] 4; [6] 101-102, 105-109; [7] 122; [8] 235, 240-243; [9] 17, 53-56; [10] 111-115, 125-126; [11] 126; [12] 61-64, 66-67; [16] 43-44, 48, 112-115, 121; [17] 145; [18] 100-109; [19] 159; [20] 9-25, 29-39, 41, 45-46, 48-58, 60, 119-122; [21] 27-29, 31; [24] 821-828; [27] 687-691; [28] 381-383; [31] 497-504; [33] 125-133, 451-466, 639-654; [35] 29-40, 439-458, 628-629; [38] 629-630; [39] 113, 541, 544, 546, 550, 555-565; [40] 290, 293, 440, 475-482, 488-489
--Native Son (film): [9] 53-54
--Native Son (play): [18] 106-109
--The Outsider: [6] 102-103; [10] 126-128; [11] 127; [13] 4-5; [19] 159; [20] 29-35, 37-39, 42, 45-47, 50, 52, 54, 58-59; [30] 255-266; [35] 630-631; [39] 555
--poetry: [20] 48, 57, 60
--Review of Gertrude Stein's Wars I Have Seen: [16] 107, 109, 111, 112
--Rite of Passage: [30] 315-320; [39] 555
--Savage Holiday: [12] 65, 67-68; [20] 33, 52, 56; [39] 555-556
--Tarbaby's Dawn: [16] 108, 109
--12 Million Black Voices: [13] 3; [16] 116-119; [20] 29
--Uncle Tom's Children: [10] 3-12; [13] 18-19; [17] 145; [20] 29-32, 35-39, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53-56, 69-60; [25] 729-743; [35] 627-628
--White Man, Listen!: [20] 33,44; [39] 80

Wright, Sarah E.: [31] 211-222
--This Child's Gonna Live: [31] 211-222

Writers League Against Lynching: [39] 91

Wydro, Ken, and Vy Higgensen: [25] 77-79
--Mama, I Want to Sing: [25] 77-79