African American Poets

ANGELOU
BRAITHWAITE
BROOKS
CLIFTON
CULLEN
DANLEY
DOVE
DUNBAR
EADY
EMANUEL
GIOVANNI
GREENFIELD
GRIMKE
HUGHES
JOHNSON
KOMUNYAKAA
MCKAY
NELSON
SHANGE
SMITH
WALKER
WHEATLEY

The names of some favorite African American poets

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Word X Y Direction
ANGELOU  108n
BRAITHWAITE  88nw
BROOKS  1313w
CLIFTON  104e
CULLEN  12s
DANLEY  212n
DOVE  412sw
DUNBAR  85se
EADY  612n
EMANUEL  33s
GIOVANNI  1312nw
GREENFIELD  1212w
GRIMKE  106se
HUGHES  411n
JOHNSON  103e
KOMUNYAKAA  26se
MCKAY  139n
NELSON  36ne
SHANGE  46se
SMITH  813w
WALKER  1510n
WHEATLEY  311e