ANN PETRY (1908–1997) was a reporter, pharmacist, social worker, and community activist. She illuminated the range of black and white experience in her novels, short stories, and other writing. Her book The Street was the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies.
JAMILAH LEMIEUX is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in a host of venues, including Mic, Ebony, The Nation, the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Guardian, Gawker, and her now-defunct award-winning blog, The Beautiful Struggler.
