African American Poets

 

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1. Alice Walker

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Gentry, Tony
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Athens Drive Community - Biography
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Examines the life and work of the author of "The Color Purple" and other works which focus on the lives of black women.

2. Free to dream: the making of a poet : Langston Hughes

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Osofsky, Audrey
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A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

3. Gather together in my name

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Angelou, Maya
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
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Green Road Community - Biography
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Richard B Harrison - Fiction - Does Not Circulate has 2
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This sequel to "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" continues the moving autobiography of a dauntless young woman forced to undertake a variety of jobs to support herself and her infant son.

4. Langston Hughes

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Athens Drive Community - Biography
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A biography of the poet who spent his career writing abour the experiences of African Americans, interspersed with examples of his work.