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Jayne Cortez (May 10, 1934 [1] – December 28, 2012) was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist. [2] Her writing is part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement.
Albery Whitman's poems are not regularly reprinted in modern anthologies of Black poetry. Benjamin Brawley referred to Whitman as "probably the ablest of the race before Dunbar," [ 10 ] and a recent scholar echoes this view, asserting that Whitman was "one of the most important African American poets between Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence ...
Zephaniah was poet-in-residence at the chambers of Michael Mansfield QC, and sat in on the inquiry into Bloody Sunday and other cases, [26] these experiences led to his Too Black, Too Strong poetry collection (2001). [9] We Are Britain! (2002) is a collection of poems celebrating cultural diversity in Britain. [24]
Baxter Black (January 10, 1945 – June 10, 2022) was an American cowboy poet and veterinarian. He wrote over 30 books of poetry , fiction —both novels and children's literature —and commentary, selling over two million books, CDs , and DVDs .
C. James Edwin Campbell (poet) Robert Campbell (American artist) Steve Cannon (writer) Waverley Turner Carmichael; Cyrus Cassells; Barbara Chase-Riboud
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 ...
Stephen E. Henderson (October 13, 1925 – January 7, 1997) was an American professor of African-American literature and culture, [1] whose 1973 book Understanding the New Black Poetry: Black Speech and Black Music as Poetic Reference is regarded as a seminal work.
The Last Poets is a poetry collective and musical group that arose in the late 1960s as part of the African-American civil rights movement and black nationalism.The name was inspired by revolutionary South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile who believed he was in the last era of poetry before guns took over.