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African-American poets

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Eve Ewing
American writer, artist and academic (born 1986)
Cornelius Eady
American poet (born 1954)
Ronald Fair
American writer
Oliver LaGrone
American artist and poet (1906–1995)
Jabari Asim
American journalist
Carolyn Rodgers
American writer (1940-2010)
Moor Mother
American musician and poet
Hanif Abdurraqib
American poet and essayist
James Madison Bell
African-American poet, orator, and political activist
Nathaniel Mackey
American poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic and editor (born 1947)
Camille Yarbrough
American film producer
Cordelia Ray
American political activist (1849–1916)
Hattie Gossett
American writer
Daniel Webster Davis
American educator, minister, and poet
Reginald Dwayne Betts
American writer
Akasha Gloria Hull
American writer (born 1944)
Carrie Williams Clifford
American writer and activist
Michael S. Harper
American writer
Henry Dumas
American writer (1934–1968)
Akua Naru
American concious hip hop rapper
Sahara Sunday Spain
American poet
Carl Phillips
American writer and poet (born 1959)
Al Young
American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter (1939–2021)
Tedashii
Tedashii Lavoy Anderson (born March 8, 1977), known simply as Tedashii, is an American Christian hip hop artist and member of the hip-hop troupe 116 (formerly known as 116 Clique). He also hosted the NGEN Radio show "Serium". Tedashii has released five solo albums, Kingdom People, Identity Crisis, Blacklight, Below Paradise, and Never Fold, on Reach Records. Tedashii's delivery style is characterized by a deep voice that he can manipulate for rapping a wide range of flow schemes and patterns.
Melvin B. Tolson
American poet (1898–1966)
J. J. Phillips
American writer (born 1944)
Nayyirah Waheed
poet and author
Fenton Johnson
American poet (1888–1958)
Kristiana Rae Colón
American poet and playwright
Thomas James Reddy
visual artist and activist (1945–2019)
Caroline Randall Williams
American writer