I'm most familiar with "Dream Deferred" and its complementary work, the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. I read both when helping a friend with her college homework.
I'm not sure if Louise Bennett qualifies as a Harlem Renaissance poet considering she is Jamaican, but her poetry is very much about Jamaican pride and culture. She wrote in Jamaican Patois and fought hard for the language to be recognized as a language rather than a dialect. Much of her work can be found here.
One modern slam poet that I love is Andrea Gibson. She has many amazing poems and it is hard to pick a favorite.
I was also inspired by your challenge and sat down to write a poem inspired by jazz poetry and slam poets. Since my life has been primarily focused on the bar exam, that's what it ended up being about. It can be found here.
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I'm not sure if Louise Bennett qualifies as a Harlem Renaissance poet considering she is Jamaican, but her poetry is very much about Jamaican pride and culture. She wrote in Jamaican Patois and fought hard for the language to be recognized as a language rather than a dialect. Much of her work can be found here.
One modern slam poet that I love is Andrea Gibson. She has many amazing poems and it is hard to pick a favorite.
I was also inspired by your challenge and sat down to write a poem inspired by jazz poetry and slam poets. Since my life has been primarily focused on the bar exam, that's what it ended up being about. It can be found here.