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 ...

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 ...

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

For Black History Month, Blue Peter commissioned some special poems by black spoken word artists ... Maz is our next incredible spoken word poet, performing her powerful piece from the perspective ...

Trotwood resident Jameelah Ricks gave up the paralegal profession in 2022 to become a full-time poet, writer and entrepreneur.

NEW YORK (AP) — A biologist’s debut poetry collection that weaves science ... given for work by an unpublished Black poet. The award was first presented, in 1999, to Trethewey, a Pulitzer ...