Ann Petry: 1st African American Female Author To Sell 1 Million Books

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January 28, 2016

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Black Mail Fast Fact: Author Ann Petry (1908 – 1997) was an American writer who became the first black woman author that achieved book sales of over 1 million copies for the novel, “The Street” published in 1946.

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