Natasha Trethewey

 Langston Hughes  - A pioneering poet, playwright and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was also an early civil rights activist, using his art to promote Black pride (40 years before the Black Power movement) and rail against racial injustice.(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

From the Harlem Renaissance to Slam: Black Poetry Movements

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Natasha Trethewey Named 19th U.S. Poet Laureate

Trethewey won a Pulitzer for book of poems, "Native Guard."
06/08/2012