Which writer was African-American, Patrick White or Ernest J. Gaines?
Patrick White: Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 191230 September 1990) was an Australian writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. Ernest J. Gaines: Ernest James Gaines (born January 15, 1933) is an African-American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese.
Ernest James Gaines