African-American poets have left an indelible mark on American poetry, and their words resonate with readers across ...

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

His poetry, often simple yet profoundly evocative, captures the essence of the African American experience and, by extension, ...

Many of the obits mention his poetry, but don’t provide many examples ... white liberal fascination with African-American artists in the 1960s (skewered so effectively by Tom Wolfe in Radical ...

Kevin Young is the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Young is best known as a poet, author, essayist and editor. He has written 11 ...

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 ...

Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...