This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans.
Ron Allen, poet, playwrightPoets House Elizabeth Alexander, poet, essayist, playwright Maya Angelou, novelist, poet, and activist Amiri Baraka, poet, writer, activist, and essayist Gwendolyn B. Bennett, poet, writer, journalist, and artist Arna Bontemps, poet, novelist, and librarian Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, author, teacher Lucille Clifton, poet, writer, and educatorDavid Gura, "Poet Lucille Clifton: 'Everything Is Connected'", NPR, February 28, 2010. Jayne Cortez, poet, activist, publisher Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, and playwright Frank Marshall Davis, poet, journalist Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, novelist"Paul Laurence Dunbar", Poetry Foundation. Krista Franklin, poet, visual artist Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educatorJane M. Barstow, Yolanda Williams Page (eds), "Nikki Giovanni", Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007), p. 213. Frances E. W. Harper, poet Yona Harvey, poet, professor Robert Hayden, poet, essayist, and educator Gil Scott-Heron, poet, author Langston Hughes, poet, activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Erica Hunt, poet, essayist, and teacherErica Hunt. Poetry Foundation. Marilyn Nelson, poet, translator, professor Pat Parker, poet, activist Ishmael Reed, poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, and publisher Sonia Sanchez, poet, playwright, essayist, educator, and activistJazmyn Burton, "Philadelphia names Sonia Sanchez first poet laureate", Temple News Center, January 28, 2012. Retrieved on November 21, 2014. Patricia Smith, poet, playwright, author, teacher, and journalist Tracy K. Smith, poet, educator Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor, and activist https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/155811/for-tupac-amaru-shakur Natasha Trethewey, poet, professor Alice Walker, novelist, writer, poet, and activist Phillis Wheatley, poet Richard Wright, novelist, poet, and essayist Al Young, poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor Kevin Young, poet, professor, editor, and literary critic
Danez Smith, poet, writer, and performerhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/danez-smith Ntozake Shange, feminist playwright and poet https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ntozake-shange See also
List of African-American writers List of African-American nonfiction writers
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