American Writers Museum

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As one of the most unique Chicago museums downtown, our mission is to celebrate the enduring influence of American writers on our history, identity, culture, and daily lives.

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AMERICAN VOICES

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de VacaJohn SmithWilliam BradfordAnne BradstreetMary RowlandsonSamuel SewallJonathan EdwardsBenjamin FranklinWilliam BartramThomas JeffersonAbigail AdamsJames MadisonPhillis WheatleySusanna RowsonJohn Quincy AdamsCharles Brockden BrownWashington IrvingJames Fenimore CooperSojourner TruthWilliam ApessRalph Waldo EmersonNathaniel HawthorneHenry Wadsworth LongfellowEdgar Allen PoeAbraham Lincoln

Dark Testament

FREDERICK DOUGLASSIDA B. WELLSPAUL LAURENCE DUNBARMA RAINEYFRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPERNELLA LARSENLANGSTON HUGHESW.E.B. DU BOISRICHARD WRIGHTPAULI MURRAYZORA NEALE HURSTONETHEL PAYNEJAMES BALDWINRALPHELLISONMALCOLM XMAYA ANGELOU