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This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans. Ron Allen, poet, playwright [1]
Youngest person and first Black American to be the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. [4] [5] Sharon Draper (born 1948) W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP [6] His most notable work is The Souls of Black Folk. [7]
Pages in category "African-American poets" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 417 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Every year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more diverse stories and The post 20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day appeared first on ...
Their words cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America. The post 14 Amazing Black Poets to Know About Now appeared first on Reader's Digest.
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 ...
Nafis, who has teamed up with fellow poet Morgan Parker on projects like the Other Black Girl Collective, has work published both in print and online at The BreakBeat Poets Anthology, The Rumpus ...
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.