Where has poetry been a prominent/big component in a political/civil movement?

In order to fully understand the impact poetry and words truly have, we must see them applied in our lives. First, let's define the key terms. 

Political Movement: a social group that operates together to obtain a political goal, on a local, regional, national, or international scope.

Poetry: literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.  

Who is to say that these two forms of expression to achieve a certain emotion or goal can't correlate? In fact, in many instances, they have done just that. 

As mentioned in a previous post, "How has poetry changed through time?," The Harlem Renaissance is one example of poetry being enacted as a political/ social movement. It got people aware of the struggles of poverty and inequality in the African American community. 

Poetry was also a major factor in the Freedom Movement (Civil Rights Movement), because it addressed the social injustices taking place during the time. 

Some highly regarded and emotion evoking poems of that time include, but aren't limited to:

• "The Song of Smoke"- W.E.B. Dubious 
• "Saturday's Child Incident"- Countee Cullen
• "We Wear the Mask"- Paul Lawrence Dunbar
• "Comes the Colored Hour"- Langston Hughes

Each of the poems above are addressing the mentalities of the Freedom Movement and even stop and have the readers consider their own thoughts. Poetry had become a key component of the Freedom Movement when it achieved that.