Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive. By Adam Bradley Adam Bradley, a T writer, is a professor and the author of ...

World-renowned American poet, author, and educator Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81. According to AP, Giovanni died with her lifelong partner, Virginia (Ginney) Fowler, by her side, which was ...

Every year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more diverse stories and voices. To help push those gates open even further, National Black Poetry Day, which ...

In the early 20th century, James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem “O Black and Unknown Bards” as an ode to the enslaved Black people in American history who sang spiritual music as they worked on farms ...

Poetry readings from members of The Griot Collective of West Tennessee, and a musical performance by Lonita Dickerson marked City Hall's second, weekly celebration of Black History Month on Friday ...

Performance poet Lemn Sissay has said he wants his new piece to mark Black History Month for Manchester City to be a work that "everybody loves". Named The Stadium Speaks, it features in a short film ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

World-renowned American poet, author, and educator Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81. According to AP, Giovanni died with her lifelong partner, Virginia (Ginney) Fowler, by her side, which was ...