Langston Hughes: Poet Laureate of the Black Race
I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head, and joy like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream,...
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Georgia Douglas Johnson: The most famous woman poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the earliest African-American female poets to gain widespread recognition. As part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Johnson...
Angela Barry
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]ngela Barry (née Richards) is a Bermudian writer and educator. She spent more than 20 years living abroad – in England, France, The Gambia, Senegal...
A. J. Verdelle
A. J. Verdelle (born 1960 in Washington, D.C.), is an African-American novelist who burst upon the literary scene in 1995 with her debut novel, The Good Negress, a coming-of-age story...