African-American women have come out to protest over issues that they term as injustices. These protests appear in various forms including literature. Some of the African-American writers express their opinions overtly and thus not hiding behind euphemism. Lucile Clifton is one such writer. Bruce Bennet of the New York Times describes her as passionate, angry, sensual, and shrewd, in his review of her book, Quilting (1991). This masterpiece is Lucile’s seventh poetry book. She insists that a poet needs to “be the pistol/ be the mad woman/ be free or die” (Gates and Mckay 2033). The history of slavery in her lineage is a likely contributor to these views. A majority of her works reflect upon genealogy, with the focus being on women in the family with the exclusion of men. For instance, in her third volume, An Ordinary Woman (1974), she evokes a spiritual sisterhood among Harriet Tubman, her grandmother and other ‘ordinary women’. In her poem, Lost Baby Poem (1972), she reflects on the sensuality and emotional attachment of a mother to her child. The poem is about a mother’s regret of losing her child and her vow to take care of her children in the future. The poem Move also depicts women as emotional and caring even in the state of nature where there are “wild-haired women”, in the phrase, “she cried as the child stood hesitant in the last clear sky he would ever see” (Gates and Mckay 2038). Many refer to Maria Stuart as America’s first black woman political writer. Her production, Mrs. Maria W. Stuart (1835), a collection of essays and speeches that were reflective of view on slavery, women’s rights, and the uplift of African Americans, was an inspiration for women activists. Scholars hold that she is the first woman to step onto a lecture platform and address a mixed gender audience and openly expressing her views regarding liberty and equality. Critics categorize the action as an open defiance to the role that the society had advocated concerning women at the time. Stuart became an orphan at the age of five and thus she was forced to work as a servant girl for a clergyman, in exchange for basic needs. However, the family denied her the privilege of education. This aspect is reflected in her Lecture delivered at Franklin Hall, Boston, held on 21 September 1832 and its extension, From Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality, the Sure Foundation on which we must build. In the speech, she urges the African-American community to fight for their liberty through the improvement of talents. She states that she “does not advocate for anyone to kill, burn or destroy” (Gates and Mckay 252), a sign that she understands these as possible consequences of her speech. However, she admits that although her work provided psychological liberation, particularly for the African American women, it fueled public opposition of proportions that necessitated her move from Boston to New York. June Jordan created a reputation of bravery for herself, as evidenced by the description by Alice Walker that she is the bravest poet. Jordan also bore the reputation of being universal, with the basis of her work being experiences from people all over the world. She was born of Jamaican parents who had moved