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  2. Broadside Lotus Press - Wikipedia

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    Broadside Press was founded in 1965 by the poet librarian Dudley Randall as a showcase for African American authors. Early in the Press' history, Randall began by publishing 8.5x11 broadsides of single poems. [3] Broadside Press was launched with publication of his poem "The Ballad of Birmingham."

  3. The Colored American Magazine - Wikipedia

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    By publishing poetry and fiction written by African Americans and biographies and news reports about successful African Americans, The Colored American Magazine countered negative stereotypes. [7] It also covered aspects of history that were overlooked by other publications and put African American women's issues in the foreground. [7]

  4. Ashley Bryan - Wikipedia

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    Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry (1997, 2001) [24] [32] Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems by Langston Hughes (1998) [32] The House with No Door: African Riddle-Poems by Brian Swann (1998) [32] Ashley Bryan’s African Tales, Uh Huh (1998) [12] Why Leopard Has Spots, Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H ...

  5. Dudley Randall - Wikipedia

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    Randall in 1972. Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-American writers, among them Melvin Tolson, Sonia Sanchez, [2] Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks, [2] Etheridge Knight, Margaret Walker, and ...

  6. Negro Poets and Their Poems - Wikipedia

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    The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American life centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. A major aspect of this revival was poetry. [1] Hundreds of poems were written and published by African Americans during the era, which covered a wide variety of themes. [2]

  7. Amanda Johnston - Wikipedia

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    Johnston is the creator of a style of poetry known as Genesis. It is a style consisting of five poems written in columns, and read from top to bottom, plus an additional sixth poem that is created by reading all five columns together, left to right, and a seventh poem that is created from italicized words and phrases in the five columns, which are also read left to right.

  8. Melba Boyd - Wikipedia

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    Melba Joyce Boyd (born April 2, 1950) is an American writer, editor and academic, who is a significant figure in African-American poetry. [1] She has authored 13 books and is a Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University .

  9. Patricia Smith (poet) - Wikipedia

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    Patricia Smith (born 1955) is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist.She has published poems in literary magazines and journals including TriQuarterly, Poetry, The Paris Review, Tin House, and in anthologies including American Voices and The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. [1]

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