His work often focused on the lives of ordinary Black people, capturing their struggles, dreams, and resilience. Why “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Became Famous: This poem’s fame lies in its ...

Her poem “Caged Bird” played an important role in the recognition, expansion, and responsibility of the emancipation of Black ...

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

Junauda Petrus, the second poet laureate of Minneapolis, plans to bring poetry to barber shops, buses and community spaces while engaging youth and elders through storytelling.

Blue Peter commissioned some special poems by black spoken word artists to celebrate black history and to take action and work together to build a better future for people of all races in the UK.

The people’s poet reminds us that our ... Every Black community had a Black bookstore. And we had pride. We had poetry. We had song. We had readings. I had an old clunker, but gas was less ...

As some people found their seats ... Jay Ward was one of 11 poets who performed at the Carolina Theatre. His poem focused on Black communities like the Brooklyn neighborhood, which was destroyed in ...

He is the first Black person to hold the title. Vance, chosen by the People's Literary Festival board, aims to promote advanced literacy and showcase poetry's diverse forms. Since he was 5 years ...

After all, in the 92 years since Texas first bestowed that honorific, no other Black woman had ... them an opportunity to give people their flowers through their poetry.” During a brief visit ...

He has a section called ‘Poetry to the People’ where he ... says Mitchell. Still, as people rushed to support Black-owned businesses, Mitchell noticed they didn’t seem to know the rich ...