Elsie B. Washington
... that Elsie B. Washington was called the "mother of the African-American romance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
... that <b id="mwCOI"><a href="./Elsie_B._Washington" id="mwCOM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elsie B. Washington">Elsie B. Washington</a></b> was called the "mother of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwCOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African-American</a> <a href="./Romance_novel" id="mwCOU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Romance novel">romance</a>" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?