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Gloria Naylor, the Glossary

Gloria Naylor (January 25, 1950 – September 28, 2016) was an American novelist, known for novels including The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Linden Hills (1985) and Mama Day (1988).^[1]

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African-American short story writers

AALBC.com

AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club, is a website dedicated to books and film by and about African Americans and people of African descent, with content also aimed at African-American bookstores.

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African American Review

African American Review is a scholarly aggregation of essays on African-American literature, theatre, film, the visual arts, and culture; interviews; poetry; fiction; and book reviews.

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Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. Gloria Naylor and Alice Walker are 20th-century African-American women writers, 20th-century African-American writers, African-American novelists and National Book Award winners.

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Bailey's Cafe

Bailey's Café is a 1992 novel by award-winning American author Gloria Naylor.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States.

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Candace Award

The Candace Award is an award that was given from 1982 to 1992 by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) to "Black role models of uncommon distinction who have set a standard of excellence for young people of all races".

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Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

Christiansted is the largest town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken) is the public university system of New York City.

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Clarence Major

Clarence Major (born December 31, 1936) is an American poet, painter, and novelist; winner of the 2015 "Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts", presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Gloria Naylor and Clarence Major are 20th-century African-American writers and 21st-century African-American writers.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Daughters of Africa

Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present is a compilation of orature and literature by more than 200 women from Africa and the African diaspora, edited and introduced by Margaret Busby,Tonya Bolden,, Black Enterprise, March 1993, p.

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Debut novel

A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes.

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Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority.

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Ebony (magazine)

Ebony is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment.

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English studies

English studies (or simply, English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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George Washington University

The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim.

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H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Harpo Productions

Harpo Productions (or Harpo Studios) is an American multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey and based in West Hollywood, California.

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Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Lehigh University

Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

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Lillian Smith Book Award

The Lillian Smith Book Awards' are an award which honors those authors who, through their outstanding writing about the American South, carry on Lillian Smith's legacy of elucidating the condition of racial and social inequity and proposing a vision of justice and human understanding.

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Linden Hills (novel)

Linden Hills is a novel written by Gloria Naylor, originally published in 1985.

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Mama Day

Mama Day is the third novel by Gloria Naylor.

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Margaret Busby

Margaret Yvonne Busby,, Hon.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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Medgar Evers College

Medgar Evers College is a public college in New York City.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Myocardial infarction

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.

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National Book Award

The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards.

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National Book Foundation

The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established with the goal "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell.

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National Coalition of 100 Black Women

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) is a non-profit volunteer organization for African American women.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. Gloria Naylor and Oprah Winfrey are 20th-century African-American women writers, 20th-century African-American writers and 21st-century African-American writers.

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Poverty

Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private, Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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Saint Croix

Saint Croix (Santa Cruz; Sint-Kruis; Sainte-Croix; Danish and Sankt Croix; Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist. Gloria Naylor and Terry McMillan are 20th-century African-American women writers, 20th-century African-American writers, 21st-century African-American writers, African-American novelists and American Book Award winners.

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The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison.

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The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries)

The Women of Brewster Place is an American television miniseries that was broadcast on March 19 and 20, 1989 on ABC.

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The Women of Brewster Place (novel)

The Women of Brewster Place (1982) is the debut novel of American author Gloria Naylor.

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Third World Press

Third World Press (TWP) is the largest independent black-owned press in the United States, founded in 1967 by Haki R. Madhubuti (then known as Don L. Lee), with early support from Johari Amini and Carolyn Rodgers.

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Toni Morrison

Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (née Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Gloria Naylor and Toni Morrison are 20th-century African-American women writers, 20th-century African-American writers, 21st-century African-American writers, African-American novelists and American Book Award winners.

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Tulane University

Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

Tunica Resorts,"." U.S. Census Bureau.

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University of Kent

The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a semi-collegiate public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. Gloria Naylor and Zora Neale Hurston are 20th-century African-American women writers, 20th-century African-American writers, African-American novelists and African-American short story writers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Naylor

, The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries), The Women of Brewster Place (novel), Third World Press, Toni Morrison, Tulane University, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi, University of Kent, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Zora Neale Hurston.

Gloria Naylor, the Glossary

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African-American short story writers

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