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Black Poetry Day

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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]

 

Earlier Event: October 16
Greatness Gathering Day
Later Event: October 20
National Day of Writing