During the Black Art Movement from 1960 through 1975 several black American poets produced some engaging poems. Mari Evans, one of the most energetic and respected poets of the Black Arts movement, on her poem” I am a Black Woman” emphases the cruel reality black woman are facing on the daily basis in our society. She used her own experience as an example to give hope and perseverance to all black women who needed. The simplicity of her writing makes her poem easy to follow and understand. The author makes the poem flows as a song, to describe the situation of the period.
The speaker wanted to give hope back to black women. Mari Evans relates the situation as her own reality, she used the first person to make