African-American women poets

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

first African-American poet (1753–1784)

American poet and activist

American writer (1917–2000)

American poet, writer and activist

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

American actress (1920–2000)

American poet, essayist, playwright, and the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018. (born 1962)

American author, activist, professor (1939–1995)

American performance artist, poet, dancer, arts educator and cultural activist.

American concious hip hop rapper