CHICAGO -- Peh'Tehn Raighn-Kem, 3, is big inspiration in a tiny package as she performs the poem "Hey Black Child" by Countee Cullen on Windy City Live. Peh'Tehn's parents, Lashaun and Andrea Jackson, ...

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HIn this stunning collection, Rochelle's (Witness to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights) 20 pairings of painting and poems, culled from 19th- and 20th-century African-American artists ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – Kathryn Waddell Takara grew up in the midst of racial segregation in the South. [Hawaii’s Breaking News–Download the FREE KHON2 app for iOS or Android] Takara explains that at her ...

The bonds created by poetry are limitless, according to award-winning poet Prof. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and scholar of African American literature and culture Prof. Dagmawi Woubshet. During an “In a ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates National Jazz Appreciation Month and Poetry Month in April with special digital offerings highlighting ...

“On Imagination” is the opening poem in the Library of America’s “African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song.” It was written by Phillis Wheatley in the mid-17th century. Wheatley was ...

Black Poetry Day is a chance to celebrate the works of African-American writers throughout history up to today. This includes one of the first black poets in the United States, Lucy Terry Prince, who ...

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Yesterday, Poetry issued a statement from a poet who published a poem in the November issue of the magazine. The poet, Toby Martinez de las Rivas, was accused of being a fascist by the critic Dave ...