David Henderson (poet)

David Henderson (born September 19, 1942) is an American writer and poet. Henderson was a co-founder of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s. He has been an active member of New York’s Lower East Side art community for more than 40 years. His work has appeared in many literary publications and anthologies, and he has published four volumes of his own poetry. He is best known for his highly acclaimed biography of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, which Henderson revised and expanded for a second edition that was published in 2009.