This volume recalls the key role played by poets as architects of the Black Arts Movement, their contribution to the African American Freedom Struggle and adaptation to the political changes of the past half-century. It features a panel: “S.O.S Calling All Black People: Honoring the Memory of Amiri Baraka.” Readings by the ten poets below reveal how African American poetry acts both as an historical witness and advocate for racial justice.

John Bracey, Jr.
Tony Medina
Haki Madhubuti
Quincy Troupe
Ishmael Reed
Evie Shockley
jessica Care more
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Camille Dungy
Nikki Giovanni
Sonia Sanchez