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Hank Aaron

Wikimedia Commons (Photo by White House Photographers)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Eric Draper
Ralph David Abernathy

Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990)
National Press Club luncheon, June 14, 1968. Photograph by Warren K. Leffler
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Daniel Abraham

Catriona Sparks
Mumia Abu-Jamal

http://mumia.de/
Chinua Achebe

Photo © Stephen Long
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Okey Adichie
Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, Mar. 22, 1955 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-92018)
Mitch Albom

Taken at Barnes and Noble on 11-16-06 at book signing by Oklahomabook lady
Madeleine Albright

from Wikipedia
Rochelle Alers

Photographed by DeVito Studios
Isabel Allende

Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Lavere Anderson

LaVere Anderson
M.T. Anderson

Library of Congress
Maya Angelou

National Park Service
Anonymous

Louis Armstrong

World Telegram & Sun photo, 1953 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-127236)
John Ashcroft

Wikimedia Commons (Dept. of Justice Photo)
Red Auerbach

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
R. M. Ballantyne

wikipedia
Charles Barkley

Harry Benson
Thomas P.M. Barnett

Naval War College Public Affairs Office photo by Jon Hockersmith
Daisy Bates

Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden (1911-1988), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, April 15, 1944 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-42507)
Greg Bear

By Marci Malinowycz, © 1999.
Paul Beatty

www.dentontaylor.com
Brooklyn Lit Festival 2008
Lerone Bennett

John H. White. Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Carl Bernstein

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas
Bertice Berry

James Berry

This image of James Berry, hangman and executioner, is scanned from the author's work MY EXPERIENCES AS AN EXECUTIONER (1892).
Joe Biden

Roy Blount Jr.

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas
Judy Blume

Benjamin O Davis Jr

af.mil
W.E.B. Dubois

Photo by Cornelius M. Battey, 1918 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-16767)
Arna Bontemps

Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, Aug. 15, 1939 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-6356)
William Boyd

Jerry Bauer
Ray Bradbury

Bill Bradley

Rick Bragg

Steven Forster
Taylor Branch

Photo by Ellen Wright, 2006
Douglas Brinkley

flickr user
eschipul(cropped by uploader)
Tom Brokaw

Photo by David Shankbone, 2007 (Wikimedia Commons)
Gwendolyn Brooks

MDCarchives
Sigmund Brouwer

Used by permission of
Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2008. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published(see © info.)
Belmore Browne

George Grantham Bain Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division
(LC-USZ62-53120)
James Brown

James Brown (Singer) ~ Photo by Flickr User David Washington, DC
William W. Brown

From an 1854 publication
Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Ashley Bryan

Library of Congress
Patrick J. Buchanan

Kyle Cassidy, Oct 2004 (Wikimedia Commons)
Art Buchwald

Robert Burleigh

Credit: Mark Burleigh
Ian Buruma

Photo by Larry D. Moore at the Texas Book Festival
Jenna Bush

White House photo by Shealah Craighead
(cropped)
Octavia E. Butler

Nikolas Coukouma
Bebe Moore Campbell

Barbara DuMetz
Jack Canfield

Eye on Books
Andrew Carroll

Author Andrew Carroll (right) chats with Navy Petty Officer 2nd class David Garner. Photo by Rudi Williams
(defenselink.mil)
Ben Carson

Charlotte Carter

Jimmy Carter

Photograph by Rick Diamond/Wireimage
Stephen L. Carter

Elena Seibert
Ray Charles

Don Cheadle

James E. Cherry

Tom Clancy

Richard A. Clarke

Author photograph by AFP/Corbis
William L. Clay

U.S. House of Representatives Historical Office
Pearl Cleage

Eye on Books
Eldridge Cleaver

Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998)
Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, October 18, 1968.
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Lucille Clifton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Official portrait of Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, Jan. 2009
Johnnie Cochran

Mark Winograd
Natalie Cole

Photo by Alan Light, 1992 (Cropped/Flickr)
Maryse Conde

Helene Cooper

Center for American Progress
J. California Cooper

Photo Courtesy of National Book Club Conference founder Curtis Bunn
Bill Cosby

U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Scott King (cropped for Wikimedia Commons)
June Cross

Chris Crowe

Brigham Young University
Yasmin Crowther

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham, writer
Credit: David Shankbone, 2007
Drew Curtis

Roald Dahl

Photo by Carl Van Vechten, Apr. 20, 1954 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, reproduction number, LC-USZ62-116610)
Rosie Daley

Romo Dallaire

Joshua Sherurcij
Eddie Daniels

Professor Bop, 2007
Edwidge Danticat

http://www.dentontaylor.com
Leon Dash

Columbia University
(Mr. Dash is at left)
Miles Davis

Ned Vizzini
Ossie Davis

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Photo credit: Alan Light, 1989
Carmen Agra Deedy

Library of Congress
Delacorta

Daniel Odier
John D'emilio

Jim Oleson
Alan Dershowitz

Charles Dickens

Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin
Eric Jerome Dickey

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest Headquarters, Pleasantville, New York. Image by user Atilin / Wikimedia Commons.
Sylviane A. Diouf

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay
Walt Disney

E. L. Doctorow

Frederick Douglass

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Maureen Dowd

Crescent Dragonwagon

Cornbread Gospels
Joe Drape

Heather Johnson
Sharon M. Draper

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr)
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Tony Dungy

af.mil
Dominick Dunne

Eye on Books
Jim Dwyer

Columbia University
Marian Wright Edelman

Ralph Ellison

Harold Evans

Richard Paul Evans

Eye on Books
Cathryn Falwell

Frantz Fanon

James Farmer

World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin, 1963 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-119481)
Jon Fasman

Jenny Black
Jessie Redmon Fauset

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
John Feinstein

Lolita Files

Antwone Q. Fisher

navy.mil
Steve Forbes

Robert Scoble
Aminatta Forna

Anne Frank

Wikipédia France
Al Franken

Credit: David Shankbone, 2006, New York City
Aretha Franklin

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin wipes a tear after being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, during ceremonies at the White House. Looking on are fellow recipients Robert Conquest, left, and Alan Greenspan.
John Hope Franklin

Public domain (Wikipedia)
Louis J. Freeh

fbi.gov
Stephen W. Frey

Ernest J. Gaines

Ian Edelstein / Seattle Municipal Archives
Bill Gates

Henry Louis Jr Gates

Nelson George

Kahlil Gibran

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Photographed circa 1898 in costume by F. Holland Day
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-48305)
Elizabeth L. Gilbert

Newt Gingrich

Thomas V. Nash
Nikki Giovanni

Bernard Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Credit: David Shankbone, Nov. 13, 2008, demonstration in New York City
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nadine Gordimer

Gershom Gorenberg

Philip Gourevitch

Credit: Larry D. Moore, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX, Nov. 1, 2008
Billy Graham

Russell Busby
Katharine Graham

Columbia University
Ruth Bell Graham

Used by permission of
Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2008. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published(see © info.)
Stedman Graham

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.
Donna Grant

Bill Wylie
A. C. Grayling

Dick Gregory

World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller, 1964 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-121425)
W. E. B. Griffin

Nikki Grimes

Courtesy of Nikki Grimes
Steven Hahn

Columbia University
Shirlee Taylor Haizlip

Roger Ericson
David Halberstam

Alex Haley

Courtesy of www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
Barbara Hambly

Photo by Robin Schindler
Denise Hamilton

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
Lionel Hampton

Paul Spürk, May 19th 1977
Warren Hanson

Courtesy of Warren Hanson
E. Lynn Harris

Lynn Harris

DENISE WINTERS
Stephen L. Harris

Aidan Hartley

James Brabazon
Richie Havens

Credit: Phil Konstantin, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 25, 2006
Paul Hawken

Shirley Hazzard

Jimi Hendrix

Dubose Heyward

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Chester Himes

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231]
Milt Hinton

guyman22, May 1989
Alfred Hitchcock

World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo, 1956 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-121483)
Eric Hobsbawm

Billie Holiday

Library of Congress, Carl van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-116612 DLC
Harold Holzer

Harold Holzer, Lincoln scholar and Co-Chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 2009 Commission
A. M. Homes

Dorothy Hoobler

Courtesy of Hahchette Book Group
Bell Hooks

A pic I took at a talk at UNC-Charlotte
Nalo Hopkinson

Alan Huffman

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Photography by Jack Delano, april 1942.
(Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress)
Zora Neale HURSTON

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-79898 DLC
Mark Hyman

Photograph by John Fitzpatrick
Satomi Ichikawa

Gwen Ifill

Center for American Progress
David Ignatius

Library of Congress
Immaculee Ilibagiza

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.
Bo Jackson

af.mil
Harriet A. Jacobs

wikipedia
Angela Johnson

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay
Charles Johnson

Photograph by Mary Randlett
James Weldon Johnson

Photo taken circa 1920s
Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
RM Johnson

Photograph by Darlene Martin
Edward P. Jones

Library of Congress
Imamu Amiri Baraka

Library of Congress
Quincy Jones

World Economic Forum, January 05, 2007
Stephen Jones

Catriona Sparks
Hamilton Jordan

Carter White House Photographs Collection (NARA) - Wikipedia
June Jordan

Michael Jordan

Joshua Massel
Neil Jordan

Photo by Franz Richter
Garrison Keillor

photo by Brian Velenchenko
Caroline Kennedy

Pete Souza
Douglas Kennedy

www.mathieu-bourgois.com
Senator Edward M. Kennedy

Pagan Kennedy

Sue Monk Kidd

Sigrid Estrada
Jamaica Kincaid

Embassy of the U.S./Israel (Distinguished American Speaker Series)
B.B. King

Dexter Scott King

Martin Luther King

Marion S. Trinkoso (1964)
Stephen King

Photo by user Penguino / Flickr, edited by Wikimedia uploader.
Eartha Kitt

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight and the Pips perform aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (Wikimedia Commons)
Jayne Ann Krentz

Patti LaBelle

Jacob Lawrence

Photo by Carl Van Vechten, July 31, 1941 (Library of Congress, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-95743)
Spike Lee

photo by Gregg Chadwick
Nicholas Lemann

Courtesy of Columbia University.
Craig Lesley

http://www.craiglesley.com/media.php
Julius Lester

David Lewis

Used by permission of
Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2008. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published(see © info.)
David Levering Lewis

Columbia University
John Lewis

John R. Lewis (b1940) ~ U.S. House of Representatives History Office
Linda Lowery

Linda in her San Miguel de Allende garden
Wangari Maathai

Madonna

Wikipedia, GNU Free Documentation License
Nelson Mandela

Winnie, Mandela

"Rotational"
Stephen Mansfield

Manning Marable

Photo by David Shankbone, September 2007
Doug Marlette

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wynton Marsalis

feinsteinphotos, 2004-01-01
Yann Martel

© Daniele Schaub
Hugh Masekela

Ritwik Dey, August 29, 2007
James McBride

Photo by Judy Lawne
Scott McClellan

White House Photo
(whitehouse.gov)
Frank McCourt

Faith J. H. McDonnell

Used by permission of
Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2008. All rights to this material are reserved. Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published(see © info.)
Bernice L. McFadden

McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill Building, New York, May 2007, photo by Lampbane
Erin McHugh

Jay Mcinerney

Photo © 2005 Marion Ettlinger
Ron McLarty

James M. Mcpherson

Prof. James M. McPherson (photo courtesy of Princeton University)
Diane Mcwhorter

Columbia University
John McWhorter

Angela Shelf Medearis

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Paul F. Burns, V
Dinaw Mengestu

Blair Feathers
Fern Michaels

James A. Michener

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Caille Millner

Christopher Moore

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas
Michael Moore

Wikimedia Commons
Toni Morrison

Photo © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Greg Mortenson

Tauheed ashraf
Walter Mosley

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
Bill Moyers

Liza Mundy

Claudio Vazquez
Walter Dean Myers

Donna Jo Napoli

Gloria Naylor

David Shankbone, August 2007
Jill Nelson

Audrey Niffenegger

Photo. by Dennis Hearne, courtesy MacAdam/Cage
Stephen B. Oates

Dr. Stephen B Oates speaking at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. (An NPS photo)
Barack Obama

Michelle Obama

Joyce N. Boghosian, White House photographer
February 18, 2009
Sandra Day O'Connor

The Supreme Court Historical Society
Lynne Olson

Stanley Cloud
David Ortiz

Malika Oufkir

Photo by Larry D. Moore, 2006 (Wikimedia Commons)
Sharon Owens

ZZ Packer

Marion Ettinger
Gordon Parks

Rosa Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks

Columbia University
Alan Paton

Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-44776
Gary Paulsen

Eye on Books
Melvin Van Peebles

Photo by David Shankbone, April 25,2008
Anne Perry

Ann Petry

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library
Per Petterson

Per Petterson, Norwegian author. Photo by Wikipedia user GAD.
Jodi Picoult

Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
Gloria Jean Pinkney

Terry Pluto

Gary M. Pomerantz

Joe Posnanski

Joe Posnanski (seated). Dave Hogg, July 20, 2007
Colin L. Powell

Credit: Charles Haynes, March 15, 2005
Richard Powell

Courtesy of BookThink
Philip Pullman

Jamie Pullman
Arnold Rampersad

Brigitte Carnochan
Ayn Rand

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-114904
James Redfield

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.
Marcus Rediker

Used with permission from author, Marcus Rediker.
Thomas E. Ricks

Credit: Terry Ballard, 2007
Nora Roberts

Flickr user Dev Librarian
Paul Robeson

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson accepts the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of her husband Jackie Robinson during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, March 2, 2005. Pictured, from left, are Nancy Pelosi, President Bush, Rachel Robinson and Dennis Hastert.
Kimberla Lawson Roby

Chris Rock

Norman Rockwell

Luis J. Rodriguez

Photo Courtesy of Gina Marysol Ruiz
Al Roker

Phyllis Rose

Victoria Rowell

Library of Congress
Paul Rusesabagina

Eye on Books
Timothy J. Russert

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
William Safire

Credit: White House photo by Shealah Craighead, Dec. 15, 2006, receiving the 2006 President Medal of Freedom
J D Salinger

Bob Schieffer

Scott Wagers
Arthur M Schlesinger

From Wikipedia.com
Alice Schroeder

John Burlinson
Charles Schultz

Photo by Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer
Dr. Seuss

1982, oil on canvas by Everett Raymond Kinstler (Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College) Image should not be reproduced or distributed without permission of the
Hood Museum of ArtWilliam Shakespeare

Wikipedia
Ntozake Shange

Photo by Frank Stewart
Jeff Sharlet

Greg Martin
Al Sharpton

Credit: Leslie Rae, 2006
Diane Z. Shore

Frank Sikora

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr)
Nina Simone

Marcel flaubert
Mike Singletary

by SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF: National Football League Hall of Fame star Mike Singletary addresses the audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during the Secretary of Defense Holiday Show 2000, on December 17th, 2000.
(defenseimagery.mil)
Tavis Smiley

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.
Alexander McCall Smith

Graham Clark, photographer
Lillian Eugenia Smith

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divison, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-109699
Liz Smith

Rick Smolan

Robert Scoble
S. P. Somtow

S.P. Somtow
Martha Southgate

denton@speakeasy.net
Diane Stanley

MDCarchives
Robert Louis Stevenson

c. 1885
Ron Suskind

Columbia University
Koji Suzuki

© Vertical, Inc.
Joni Eareckson Tada

Lalita Tademy

Library of Congress
Andre Leon Talley

Andre Leon Talley (center)
Credit: David Shankbone, 2007
Marcia Talley

David A. Taylor

Erica Berger
Susan L. Taylor

Author and ESSENCE Magazine Editorial Director Susan L. Taylor, second from right next to author-poet Aberjhani at a book signing in Savannah, Georgia. At far left is Kephra Burns, Taylor's husband and co-author on CONFIRMATION, standing next to Velma Was
Susie King Taylor

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
(REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ61-1863)
(cropped)
Wallace Terry

Mike Thaler

mikethaler.com
Clarence Thomas

Wikimedia Commons/Official U.S. Government Photo
Carolyn Quick Tillery

Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library ~ Flickr ~ (Photo by Larry O. Gay)
Time-Life Books

Time & Life Sculpture, Manhattan, New York. Photo by Jeremy Keith / Flickr
The New York Times

Robert Scoble
Jeffrey Toobin

Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas
Calvin Trillin

Harry Turtledove

Library of Congress
Desmond Tutu

Photo By Benny Gool, www.en.wikipedia.com
Omar Tyree

Liv Ullmann

Credit: Rita Molnár, Cannes Film Festival, 2000
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Iyanla Vanzant

Photo courtesy of Hay House, Inc.
Various

Verdi

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal, posing in Casa delle Letterature, Rome. Photo by
Rino Bianchi (courtesy of Rino Bianchi)
Alice Walker

Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Frank Arnold
Walter Wangerin

Samuel Ringgold Ward

Frontispiece, 1855
Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Booker T. Washington

1911 photograph (cropped)
Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery(image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Denzel Washington

Photo by S. Jaud, 2000 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ethel WATERS

Courtesy of the
NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
J. C. Watts

U.S. House of Representatives History Office
Colson Whitehead

Credit: David Shankbone, Sept. 2007, Brooklyn Book Festival
John Wideman

Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Juan Williams

Montel Williams

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant
Dave Winfield

Jacqueline Woodson

Credit: David Shankbone, Sept. 2007
Bob Woodward

Richard Wright

Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Photograph by Gordon Parks, May 1943
(Farm Security Administration-
Office of War Information Photograph Collection,
Library of Congress)
Andrew Young

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Kevin Young

Library of Congress
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