In 1987, some of the most important Black women in American literature posed for a photo at Spelman. Here's how it came about. - Atlanta Magazine

In 1987, a group of writers gathered on the steps of Spelman College’s Rockefeller Fine Arts building to fete Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, who, that weekend, had become the college’s first Black woman president. We had just gotten out of a wonderful program honoring Dr. Cole and Black women in the arts. P..