Gwendolyn Brooks was a prominent African-American poet who wrote during the Civil Rights era. Other poets of that era include Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez.

in African American history what were some famous civil rights protest?

Jervis Anderson has written:

'The meaning of our numbers' -- subject(s): March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963, Civil rights, African Americans

'This was Harlem' -- subject(s): African Americans, Civilization, History

'Bayard Rustin' -- subject(s): Biography, African Americans, History, African American civil rights workers, Nonviolence, African American pacifists, Civil rights, African American gay men, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Afro-American pacifists, Afro-Americans

The African-American Civil Rights Movement(1955-1968)

African Americans