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Black History Month: Poetry

Poetry

Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with these poems by Black contemporary and classic poets: 

Ode to the Head Nod” by Elizabeth Acevedo
To a Dark Girl” by Gwendolyn Bennett
Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks  
I’m Rooting for Everybody Black” by Cortney Lamar Charleston
You Are Who I Love” by Aracelis Girmay
Calling Dreams” by Georgia Douglas Johnson 
To America” by James Weldon Johnson
Shared Plight” by Kamilah Aisha Moon
The Bronze Legacy” by Effie Lee Newsome
What Schools Don’t Teach Black Boys in America Today” by John Warner Smith 

This list is from Academy of American Poets.  Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the nation's leading champion of American poets and poetry, with members in all fifty states. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.