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  2. Amanda Gorman - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.theamandagorman.com. Amanda S. C. Gorman[ 1 ] (born March 7, 1998) [ 2 ] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.

  3. Maya Angelou - Wikipedia

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    Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over ...

  4. Ntozake Shange - Wikipedia

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    Bisa Williams (sister) Website. officialntozakeshange.com. Ntozake Shange (/ ˌɛntoʊˈzɑːki ˈʃɑːŋɡeɪ / EN-toh-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-Ê; [1] October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. [2] As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work.

  5. Nikki Giovanni - Wikipedia

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    Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.

  6. Rita Dove - Wikipedia

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    Rita Frances Dove(born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African Americanto have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86).

  7. Toni Cade Bambara - Wikipedia

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    educator. Notable works. " Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird " The Salt Eaters The Black Woman: An Anthology. Children. 1. Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade[ 1 ] (March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995), [ 2 ] was an African-American author, documentary film -maker, social activist and college professor.

  8. Naomi Long Madgett - Wikipedia

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    Naomi Long Madgett (July 5, 1923 – November 5, 2020) was an American poet and publisher. Originally a teacher, she later found fame with her award-winning poems and was also the founder and senior editor of Lotus Press, established in 1972, a publisher of poetry books by black poets. Known as "the godmother of African-American poetry", she ...

  9. Sonia Sanchez - Wikipedia

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    Sonia Sanchez. Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books. In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in ...