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. From 1935 to 1987, he published twelve novels, three short-story collections and eight plays.
Patrick Allitt Patrick N. Allitt (born 1956) is a historian who has written seven books on religious history, education, politics and environmental history and teaches at Emory University in Atlanta.