In our recent episode on notable black poets throughout history, we mentioned that we’d share the list of poets to look into on our website. You can see those names here and on our BLM Resources page.
Poets Featured in the Episode:
- Phyllis Wheatley
- James Madison Bell
- Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Charlotte L. Forten Grimké
Additional poets from the 1700s and 1800s you should explore:
- Lucy Terry Prince
- Jupiter Hammon
- George Moses Horton
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- James Monroe Whitfield
- Samuel Wright
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Charles Lewis Reason
- Joshua McCarter Simpson
- Harriet Jacobs
- Henrietta Cordelia Ray
- Daniel Webster Davis
- James Edwin Campbell
- Elymas Payson Rogers
(Read) Between the Vines 