NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS INCLUDED
IN NORTON ANTHOLOGIES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE BY YEAR
Names are listed from left to right in the order they appear (generally chronologically)

For The American Tradition in Literature, where available, I have linked to online TOCs for each of the volumes. The TOCs for the Norton I have from the publisher, although I do not have permission to reproduce them here. For further details, please feel free to contact me.


1956 - The American Tradition in Literature 1st Edition, Volumes One and Two
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

5 Negro Songs


1962 - The American Tradition in Literature 2nd Edition, Volumes One and Two
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

5 Negro Songs


1967 - The American Tradition in Literature 3rd Edition, Volumes One and Two [1]
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

LeRoi Jones


1974 - The American Tradition in Literature 4th Edition -- Grosset and Dunlap (Random House), distributed by Norton, Volumes One and Two [10]
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, George Perkins, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
 		Frederick Douglass
 		Charles Chestnutt
 		Paul Laurence Dunbar
Countee Cullen
 		Langston Hughes
 		Richard Wright
 		Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
 		Amiri Baraka




1979 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, First Edition [14]
(Ronald Gotteman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
 		Frederick Douglass
 		Booker T. Washington
 		Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
 		Jean Toomer
 		Langston Hughes
 		Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
 		Ralph Ellison
 		James Baldwin
 		Malcolm X
Gwendolyn Brooks
 		Amiri Baraka


1985 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Second Edition [15]
(Nina Baym, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, David Kalstone, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
 		Frederick Douglass
 		Booker T. Washington
 		Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
 		Jean Toomer
 		Zora Neale Hurston
 		Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
 		Richard Wright
 		Ralph Ellison
 		James Baldwin
Gwendolyn Brooks
 		Amiri Baraka
 		Audre Lorde


1989 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Third Edition [20]
(Nina Baym, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		Frederick Douglass
 		Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
 		WEB Du Bois
 		Zora Neale Hurston
 		Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
 		Countee Cullen
 		Richard Wright
 		Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
 		Alice Walker
 		Robert Hayden
 		Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
 		Amiri Baraka
 		Michael Harper
 		Rita Dove


1994 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Fourth Edition [22]
(Nina Baym, Wayne Franklin, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Arnold Krupat, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		Frederick Douglass
 		Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
 		WEB Du Bois
 		Zora Neale Hurston
 		Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
 Langston Hughes
 Countee Cullen
 		Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
 James Baldwin
 Alice Walker
 August Wilson
Robert Hayden
 Gwendolyn Brooks
 Audre Lorde
 Amiri Baraka
Michael Harper
 Rita Dove


1998 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition [26]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)
(Wayne Franklin, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Jerome Klinkowitz, Arnold Krupat, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		Harriet Jacobs
 		Frederick Douglas
Booker T. Washington
 		Charles Chestnutt
 		WEB Du Bois
 		Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
 Jean Toomer
 Sterling Brown
 Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
 		Richard Wright
 Ralph Ellison
 James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
 Amiri Baraka
 Ishmael Reed
 Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
 Robert Hayden
 Gwendolyn Brooks
 Audre Lorde
Michael Harper
 Rita Dove


2003 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Sixth Edition [29]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		Briton Hammom
 		Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglass
 		Booker T. Washington
 		Charles Chestnutt
 		W.E.B. Du Bois
Claude McKay
 Zora Neale Hurston
 Nella Larsen
 Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
 		Langston Hughes
 Countee Cullen
 Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
 James Baldwin
 Paule Marshall
 Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
 Ishmael Reed
 Toni Cade Bambara
 Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
 Gwendolyn Brooks
 Audre Lorde
 Michael Harper
Rita Dove


2007 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition [39]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		David Walker
 Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
 		Harriet Jacobs
 		William Wells Brown
 		Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
 Booker T. Washington
 Charles Chestnutt
 Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
 		W.E.B. Du Bois
 James Weldon Johnson
 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
 Langston Hughes
 Claude McKay
 Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
 Jean Toomer
 Sterling Brown
 Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
 Robert Hayden
 Ralph Ellison
 Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
 James Baldwin
 Toni Morrison
 Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
 Ishmael Reed
 Michael Harper
 Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
 Yusef Komunyakaa
 Rita Dove


2012 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Eigth Edition [44]
(Nina Baym, General Editor) (Robert S. Levine, Associate General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		David Walker
 Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
 		Harriet Jacobs
 		William Wells Brown
 		Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
 Julius Lester
 Booker T. Washington
 Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
 		Ida Wells Barnett
 W.E.B. Du Bois
 James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
 Jessie Fauset
 Langston Hughes
 Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
 Nella Larsen
 Jean Toomer
 Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
 Richard Wright
 Robert Hayden
 Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
 Audre Lorde
 James Baldwin
 Martin Luther King
Toni Morrison
 Amiri Baraka
 Lucille Clifton
 Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
 Toni Cade Bambara
 Alice Walker
 August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
 Rita Dove
 Jamaica Kincaid
 Edwidge Danticat


2017 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Ninth Edition [46]
(Robert S. Levine, General Editor)
(Michael A. Elliott, Sandra A. Gustafson, Amy Hungerford, Mary Loeffelholz, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
 		Phyllis Wheatley
 		David Walker
 Samuel Cornish
John Russwurm
 		Sojourner Truth
 		James Monroe Whitfield
 		Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
 William Wells Brown
 Frederick Douglass
 Frances Harper
Booker T. Washington
 		Charles Chestnutt
 Pauline Hopkins
 Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
 Paul Laurence Dunbar
 Jessie Fauset
 Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
 Zora Neale Hurston
 Nella Larsen
 Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
 Countee Cullen
 Richard Wright
 Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
 Gwendolyn Brooks
 Audre Lorde
 James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
 Amiri Baraka
 Lucille Clifton
 Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
 Toni Cade Bambara
 Alice Walker
 August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
 Edward P. Jones
 Rita Dove
 Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat
 Tracy K. Smith