african american poets

A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.

Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of Langston Hughes, the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the African-American experience.

Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers.".

A poem to celebrate the African American, Langston Hughes, born February 1, 1902.

A biography of the former slave, Phillis Wheatley, who became known as a poet and social commentator.

Profiles the lives and work of ten African American-poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rita Dove, Eloise Greenfield, Langston Hughes, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Nikki Giovanni.

Surveys the life of Phillis Wheatley, a girl brought to America as a slave in 1761 who gained brief fame as a poet after being taught to read and write by her master. Presented in English and Spanish.

Complements Langston Hughes's earlier autobiography "The Big Sea, " telling of the African-American author's life, travels, and writing in the 1930s.

A biographical sketch of African American poet Phillis Wheatley. In support of the Common Core Learning Standards. (CCLS).