... popular for their poems against these events. Langston Hughes was also an extremely popular poet who condemned violence against African Americans and spoke proudly of being black in his poems. Zora Neale Hurston was not a poet but an African American novelist, traveled around the South in her old car collecting stories, songs, and prayers of black southerners which she published in the ... ...

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... use the poetry of the 20's and 30's as inspiration for their own work. Some of the ones who use the poetry of the Renaissance are Alice Walker, who uses Zora Neale Hurston's work. Cissy Houston looks at gospel lyric poetry to inspire her work. And not only does the poetry provide inspiration, but also gives us a look into the realistic harshness ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School