To brush up your knowledge about American women's contributions to Civil Rights Movement, read this essay. What does it say about Naylor? Would you use this article as a source when writing a research paper? http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/3/97.03.10.x.html
This page has some information about a video series called In Black and White: Six Profiles of African American Authors. One of them is Gloria Naylor. How would you find out if your library owns the series? http://www.newsreel.org/films/inblack.htm
Bibliographical
Are you interested in reading more by Naylor? The first chapter of her novel The Men of Brewster Place is available on the New York Times website. (Free Registration Required.) http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/n/naylor-men.html