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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] 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 ...
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born 1954), political activist and journalist. Linda Addison (born 1952), author and poet. Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993), author and creative writing coach. Ai, aka Ai Ogawa, birth name Florence Anthony (1947–2010), poet, NBA for poetry, 1999. Rochelle Alers (born 1943), author and artist. Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), poet ...
Lewis Grandison Alexander. Will Alexander (poet) Muhammad Ali. Clarissa Allen. Ron Allen (playwright) Maya Angelou. Bomani Armah. John A. Arneaux. Red Jordan Arobateau.
Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over ...
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, [1] making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child.