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 ...

Centenary’s Hurley School of Music is collaborating with the Red River Poetry Society, Centenary’s student poetry ...

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

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 given for work by an unpublished Black poet.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 ...