Poet

Maya Angelou Poet	Oscar Brown, Jr. Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer	Gloria Burgess Poet, Business Consultant	Rita Frances Dove Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet	Nikki Giovanni Poet
Samuel Greenlee Fiction Writer, Poet	Angela Jackson Playwright, Poet	Mona Lake Jones Poet, Education Administrator, Motivational Speaker	Naomi Long Madgett Poet, English Professor	Haki Madhubuti Poet, Publisher
E. Ethelbert Miller Poet, Academic Administrator	Abiodun Oyewole Poet, Spoken Word Artist	Useni Eugene Perkins Poet, Foundation Chief Executive	Kalamu ya Salaam Poet, Magazine Editor, Music Critic	Sonia Sanchez Poet, English Professor
S. Pearl Sharp Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet	Askia Toure' Poet, Civil Rights Activist, African American Studies Professor, Printing Entrepreneur