Crossword puzzle clue "beat poet who taught african american poetic genius at brooklyn college 2 wds"

Beat poet who taught "African-American Poetic Genius" at Brooklyn College: 2 wds.

Music/movie industry billionaire and dropout from Santa Monica City College, Brooklyn College, and the University of Texas at Austin: 2 wds.

First African-American prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theater: 2 wds.

"Beat! Beat! Drums!" poet

Abbr. after Crown or Brooklyn, in Brooklyn

First African-American US poet laureate

American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology

"No Country for Old Men" author who won a "genius grant" in 1981: 2 wds.