From poets.org: here’s an outstanding resource with poems, essays, a reading list, and more, all to help you celebrate Black History Month in verse.
Black Poetry
A New Center for Black Poetics.
From Poets & Writers: At the University of Pittsburgh, poets Dawn Lundy Martin, Terrance Hayes, and Yona Harvey recently established the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics -- a creative think tank dedicated to studying, archiving, and promoting the work of African American poets.