Notable black playwrights include Ntozake Shange, who wrote "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf"; Ed Bullins; Suzan-Lori Parks; and the prolific August Wilson, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his plays.
Njegova druga žena je nekaj njegovih predavanj in drugih del zbrala v knjigah "Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Or, Africa for the Africans" (1924) in "More Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey" (1977).