African-American poets have left an indelible mark on American poetry, and their words resonate with readers across generations. Famous black poets who wrote poems about black history This ranking ...

Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...

SHE WILL TRAVEL THE STATE TO PROMOTE POETRY AND LITERACY ... is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position.And no one could be prouder than her famous father, Husker ...

The Wilkes Heritage Museum will host Rodney Graham and Friends for a presentation entitled “African American Literary Legends: An Afternoon of African American Poetry,” starting at 2 p.m., Feb. 1.

She is the youngest at 27 years old and the first African American chosen for the position ... and a 2024 finalist in the Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam. She is also a Teaching Artist with the ...