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  2. Helene Johnson - Wikipedia

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    The poem was known to illustrate varying aspects of African-American culture through vivid writing: "And he wouldn't be carrying no cane. He'd be carrying a spear with a sharp fine point Like the bayonets we had “over there." And the end of it would be dipped in some kind of Hoo-doo poison. And he'd be dancin' black and naked and gleaming.

  3. 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]

  4. African-American literature - Wikipedia

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    African American literature has both been influenced by the great African diasporic heritage [7] and shaped it in many countries. It has been created within the larger realm of post-colonial literature, although scholars distinguish between the two, saying that "African American literature differs from most post-colonial literature in that it is written by members of a minority community who ...

  5. We Wear the Mask - Wikipedia

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    Dunbar was perhaps best known for writing poems in "African-American dialect", but abandoned that style in this poem. [9] The mask may refer to African Americans being forced to conform to stereotypes forced upon them by white society, such as Dunbar's dialect poems, [10] which he at times felt confined to writing. [11] Dunbar is saying that ...

  6. Poetry of Maya Angelou - Wikipedia

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    She has been called "the black woman's poet laureate", and her poems have been called the anthems of African Americans. [1] Angelou studied and began writing poetry at a young age, and used poetry and other great literature to cope with trauma, as she described in her first and most well-known autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

  7. Etheridge Knight - Wikipedia

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    Etheridge Knight (April 19, 1931 – March 10, 1991) was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison.The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after his arrest for robbery in 1960.

  8. Eloise Greenfield - Wikipedia

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    Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job.

  9. Mari Evans - Wikipedia

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    Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 [3] [1] – March 10, 2017) [4] was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist [5] associated with the Black Arts Movement. [6] Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.

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