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Langston Hughes: Poet Laureate of the Black Race

Meserette KentakeFebruary 1, 2017May 17, 2020

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 1, 2017May 17, 20200

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

Meserette KentakeSeptember 10, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 10, 2015April 15, 20180

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...

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