African American poetry -- Harlem Renaissance -- Maya Angelou -- Amiri Baraka -- Paul Beatty -- Arna Bontemps -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Sterling A. Brown -- Lucille Clifton -- Countee Cullen -- Owen Dodson -- Rita Dove -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- James A. Emanuel -- Nikki Giovanni -- George Moses Horton -- Langston Hughes -- James Weldon Johnson -- Bob Kaufman -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Audre Lorde -- Claude McKay -- Haki R. Madhubuti -- Jean Toomer -- Alice Walker -- Phillis Wheatley.
Summary
Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential African American poets such as Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Paul Beatty, and Alice Walker.