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- Brenda Jackson
- Elliott Eli Jackson (born 1955) author, poet, motivational speaker
- Jesse C. Jackson (born 1908), young-adult novelist
- Harriet Jacobs
- T.D. Jakes
- John Jea
- Georgia Douglas Johnson
- Helene Johnson
- Charles R. Johnson
- James Weldon Johnson
- Mat Johnson
- Edward P. Jones
- Gayl Jones
- Tayari Jones
- June Jordan
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