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Best African American Poets/Writers

A list about the best African American writers and poets. Read any of their poems or stories? Find out now!
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Albery Allson Whitman
Albery Allson Whitman
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
Alice Dunbar Nelson
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Alice Walker
Alice Walker
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Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
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Angelina Weld Grimké
Angelina Weld Grimké
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Anne Spencer
Anne Spencer
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Arna Bontemps
Arna Bontemps
7
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
8
Bob Kaufman
Bob Kaufman
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Claude McKay
Claude McKay
10
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen
11
Dudley Randall
Dudley Randall
12
Etheridge Knight
Etheridge Knight
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Frank X Walker
Frank X Walker
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Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones
15
George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton
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Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Haki R. Madhubuti
Haki R. Madhubuti
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Helene Johnson
Helene Johnson
21
Henry Dumas
Henry Dumas
22
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
23
James Emanuel
James Emanuel
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
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Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez
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Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer
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Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
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June Jordan
June Jordan
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Jupiter Hammon
Jupiter Hammon
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
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Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton
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Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker
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Mari Evans
Mari Evans
34
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
35
Melvin B. Tolson
Melvin B. Tolson
36
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
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Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
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