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The poetry of the era was published in several different ways, notably in the form of anthologies. The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), Negro Poets and Their Poems (1923), An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes (1924), and Caroling Dusk (1927) have been cited as four major poetry anthologies of the Harlem Renaissance. [2]
The Book of American Negro Poetry. The Book of American Negro Poetry is a 1922 poetry anthology that was compiled by James Weldon Johnson. The first edition, published in 1922, was "the first of its kind ever published" [1] and included the works of thirty-one poets. A second edition was released in 1931 with works by nine additional poets.
This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans. Ron Allen, poet, playwright [1] Elizabeth Alexander, poet, essayist, playwright [2] Maya Angelou, novelist, poet, and activist [3] Amiri Baraka, poet, writer, activist, and essayist [4] Gwendolyn B. Bennett, poet, writer, journalist ...
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797) was an African man who wrote The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, an autobiography published in 1789 that became one of the first influential works about the transatlantic slave trade and the experiences of enslaved Africans.
Louis Alemayehu. Elizabeth Alexander (poet) Kwame Alexander. Lewis Grandison Alexander. Will Alexander (poet) Muhammad Ali. Clarissa Allen. Ron Allen (playwright) Maya Angelou.
Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist. Kathy Y. Wilson (d. 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator. William Julius Wilson (born 1935), author of When Work Disappears, The Truly Disadvantaged, and The Declining Significance of Race.
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 [ 1 ] – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that ...
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was chosen as executive secretary of ...