Quandra Prettyman

Biography

Quandra Prettyman Stadler (January 19, 1933 – October 21, 2021) was senior associate of Africana Studies and English Literature at Barnard College, New York City, United States. She inaugurated Black literary studies in the United States and university courses examining novel topics that later were adopted broadly by others in her profession. She was described as the champion of Black women's literature by the New York Times.

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