Black women artists by birth year for fall class

Here's a list of many of the black women poets, writers, and performers we'll cover this year in one of my African American literature courses.

Lucille Clifton

• Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
• Mari Evans (b. 1919 – 2017)
• Maya Angelou (b. 1928 - 2014)
• Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
• Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934)
• Audre Lorde (1934 – 1992)
• Jayne Cortez (1934 - 2012)
• Lucille Clifton (1936 – 2010)
• June Jordan (1936 – 2002)
• Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)
• Marilyn Nelson (b. 1946)
• Wanda Coleman (1946 - 2013)
• Angela Jackson (b. 1951)
• Rita Dove (b. 1952)
• Harryette Mullen (b. 1953)
• Opal Palmer Adisa (b. 1954)

Nikky Finney

• Patricia Smith (b. 1955)
• Nikky Finney (b. 1957)
• Khandi Alexander (b. 1957)
• Elizabeth Alexander (b. 1962)
• Bahni Turpin (b. 1962)
• Vievee Francis (b. 1963)
• Evie Shockley (b. 1965)
• Allison Joseph (b. 1967)
• MC Lyte (b. 1970)
• Erykah Badu (b. 1971)
• jessica Care moore (b. 1971)
• Treasure Redmond (b. 1971)
• Lauryn Hill (b. 1975)
• Mahogany L. Browne (b. 1976)
• Nicki Minaj (b. 1982)
• Danielle Hall (b. 1983)

Jae Nichelle

• Cindy Reed (b. 1983)
• Angel C. Dye (b. 1994)
• Megan Thee Stallion (b. 1995)
• Alexandria Redfield (b. 1995)
• Samantha Adams (b. 1995)
• Carmin Wong (b. 1996)
• Jae Nichelle
• Porsha Olayiwola
• Airea D. Matthews

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• Black women, creativity, and styles of delivery
• Poets by birth year