American poets

Black feminism has evolved into a large paradigm. Black female scholars as womanist or Black feminist has been a critical issue confronting African-American women as a group. Black Women absorb and disseminate education in ways that give freedom for all women of color. In this essay I will be discussing the ways in which black feminist influence African Studies. I will be discussing the problems that women had during slavery, and the roles that women play today. I will also be talking about why…

After decades of persecution through sharecropping and Jim Crow laws, as well as agricultural misfortune in the American South, millions of African-Americans left the southern states in hopes for decent jobs and higher quality of life in the more urbanized, industrialized sections of the United States (“Great Migration”). All of the sudden, a whole new world of business, art, multiculturalism, intellectualism, and nightlife was in front of a people who had been held captive, both in the literal…

college. Naomi was a teaching and an award winning writer, she was a very talented African woman. She attended an integrated school faced racism .Begin writing at an early age, most of her poems, including “Her Story “ portrays the struggles African Americans faced when racism was very common. “Her Story” The poem itself was written in first person “Her story” shows how a girl not sure of the age came to the conclusion that attempt suicide would end all her problems reason being was because of…

specifically racial issues. African Americans living in America took this time of resurgence as a way to break through to society and share with the nation the power of black culture. People such as Langston Hughes, famous black author of the 20’s, became known during this time for his unique writing style and topics. Louis Armstrong also broke through as a popular artist at this time and changed the music industry with jazz. The revival time in America, for African Americans especially, later…

Richard Wright is an African American writer and poet that is known for his great and moving short stories and poem about life as an African American growing up in the early and mid-1900’s. He was born in Roxie, Mississippi and schooled in Jackson, Mississippi what was known for one of the biggest racial states in the south. Wright was a son of a sharecropper and raised by his mother in a single parent household, and was the grandson of slaves. The upbringing of Wrights childhood brought him to…

school board in Oakland, California voted to recognize Ebonics as a second language. This caused an uproar towards the African American communities who felt insulted by the board by comparing Ebonics to another language like Spanish or Chinese. Linguistic anthropologist, Marcyelina Morgan asserts that the African American community thinks that just cause this African American community speaks a variation of English, it doesn’t make them at an intellectual disadvantage and they shouldn’t be…

Audre Lorde was a twentieth century feminist, civil rights activist, poet and author who provided voice to those oppressed due to their identity in American culture. Lorde was born in 1934 and throughout her lifetime she lived through some of the greatest social movements The United States of America has ever seen including: The Civil Rights Movement and The Women’s Liberation Movement. However, with this, Lorde also lived in a time of social and civil injustice and all of this seemingly sparked…

twenties were still in swing, prohibition is still intact and a young Gwendolyn Brooks has found a love for poetry.To her poetry is a fun hobby to do in her free time. Little does she know this fun hobby of hers will lead her to become an iconic American figure. Gwendolyn Brooks was and still is a passionate inspirational writer to people across the world. She constantly thinks outside the box to not only inspire other people but inspire herself as well easily making her one of the most…

the personalities patrolling today’s political battlefield. In prior eras, poetry took a more obvious and up-front role in politics. Poetry influenced some of the most powerful movements throughout American history— perhaps most clearly seen during the Civil Rights movement. Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes became a role model for Martin Luther King that grew from their similar background and heritage. King’s writing process for “I have a Dream,” looked to Hughes poetry for inspiration…

Studies. Javon began writing his slam poetry in 2001 and won the Los Angeles Slam Nationals in 2003, being one of the few poets to make finals three years in a row afterwards. After a brief hiatus, Johnson returned to writing poetry and since then he has been on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café, TVOne’s Verses & Flow, and co-wrote a documentary about the Japanese American Basketball leagues called “Crossover”. “A Letter to My Unborn Daughter” deals mainly with double standards and sexism…