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The article discusses the evolution of black poetry in the U.S. Famous black poet Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost propagandists of the black poetry. In changed scenario, black poets often chant their poetry in lofts, churches and schools, as if they were still tribal prophets. It states tha the best known of the new black poets is LeRoi Jones, a playwright and essayist, who due to to his political activities has stood trial in New Jersey. According to Jones, black poetry often makes the poetry of the streets come alive. It reflects that black poetry has already shown enormous vitality that may achieve greatness eventually.

The article focuses on Negro poetry. It mentions how author-critic Alexander Eliot found the poems by unpopular Black men, and highlights that Richard Wright, father of the black novel asserted that the poetry was a human right of a man to reflect and feel sincerely. It says that a mural found on a ghetto wall in Chicago, Michigan was evidence that Negro poetry was equal with several famous white American poets including Frost, Sandburg, and Langston Hughes.