Black Poetry day is the 17th – but we won’t be in school…. Please read some poetry… lets honor some of the greats….
This is a list of notable African American poets.
· 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, and artist[5]
· Arna Bontemps, poet, novelist, and librarian[6]
· Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, author, teacher[7]
· Lucille Clifton, poet, writer, and educator[8]
· Jayne Cortez, poet, activist, publisher[9]
· Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, and playwright[10]
· Frank Marshall Davis, poet, journalist[11]
· Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, novelist[12]
· Krista Franklin, poet, visual artist[13]
· Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator[14]
· Frances E. W. Harper, poet[15]
· Yona Harvey, poet, professor[16]
· Robert Hayden, poet, essayist, and educator[17]
· Gil Scott-Heron, poet, author[18]
· Langston Hughes, poet, activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist[19]
· Erica Hunt, poet, essayist, and teacher[20]
· Marilyn Nelson, poet, translator, professor[21]
· Pat Parker, poet, activist[22]
· Ishmael Reed, poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, and publisher[23]
· Sonia Sanchez, poet, playwright, essayist, educator, and activist[24]
· Patricia Smith, poet, playwright, author, teacher, and journalist[25]
· Tracy K. Smith, poet, educator[26]
· Natasha Trethewey, poet, professor[27]
· Alice Walker, novelist, writer, poet, and activist[28]
· Phillis Wheatley, poet[29]
· Richard Wright, novelist, poet, and essayist[30]
· Al Young, poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor[31]
· Kevin Young, poet, professor, editor, and literary critic[32]