plot and, 66–67
preface by, 56, 61, 62
researching, 93–94
Wilson, James Q., 544
Wilson, Thomas, 50
Wilson, Wash, 258, 259
Wilson, William Julius, 309, 311, 544
interview of, 555, 593–604
Wimsatt, William K., 249, 252
Winfrey, Absalom F., 403
Winfrey, Constantine, 13, 403–406, 409, 545
Winfrey, Elmore, 401, 402, 409
Winfrey, Oprah Gail, 193, 447, 396–396, 545, 594
ancestry of, 392–393, 396, 397–409
education of, 394–395, 396, 398–399, 404
Winfrey, Pat, 393
Winfrey, Sanford, 402–403
Winfrey, Vernita Lee, 391, 392
Winfrey, Vernon, 391, 392, 395, 397, 402–403
Winfrey, Violet, 403, 404
Winfrey, Zelma, 395
Winston, Michael R., 128
Winters, Amanda, 397–398, 399
Winters, Henrietta, 397, 399, 408
Winters, Jesse, 397
Winters, Pearce, 397, 399
Wolfe, George, 458, 526, 540
Wolfe, Richard, 457
Wolfe, Thomas, 191
Wolff, Edward N., 545
Wolitzer, Hilma, 346
Wolverton, Doc, 19
Wood, Margaret, 104
Woods, Beatrice, 401, 402, 409
Woodson, Carter G., 74, 135, 136, 137, 308, 420, 495
Work, Monroe N., 60–61
Wright, Giles R., 111
Wright, Jeremiah, 594, 597, 600
Wright, Joe, 83
Wright, Lyle, 61
Wright, Mae, 295
Wright, Richard, 114, 171, 172, 178, 316, 455, 459, 460, 461, 462, 521, 620
autobiography of, 617
on Negro/America’s metaphor, 458
on racism/black literature, 179
on slavery, 422
Xavier, Marie Evalina, 367
Yarborough, Richard Alan, 60
Yeats, William Butler, 209
Yellin, Jean Fagan, 77, 78, 91, 98
Yerby, Frank, 79, 518
Young, John, 320
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