What are some of the famous works in African American literature?
Ralph Ellison,Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Alex Haley, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston - all have written outstanding novels. I particularly enjoyed Beloved, Roots ,The Color Purple.
Outstanding poets are Rita Dove and Cyrus Cassells.
This site will give the names and works of a number of others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_literature