Read Part 2: With a range of accents, a unity poem years in the making is brought to life through culturally diverse voices “We are the unbreakable woven thread.” “They want red white and blue, but ...

During the Great Migration, from 1916 to 1970, millions of poor Black people left the South for a better life in the North. Philadelphia, for example, saw a 500 percent increase in its Black ...

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 ...

Maya Angelou’s legacy goes beyond the body of work she shared with the world during her lifetime. Her legacy as one of the greatest writers of all time also embodies the ability she had to hold on to ...

Her life is full of stress as people don’t care. I may say she’s shopping in style But her madness will walk with her for a while. Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche is an enigmatic poet and a master ...

Among the other women recognized at the ceremony for the Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of Women of Apollo was Vivian Ayers, whose 1957 poem “Hawk,” written about space exploration, was read by ...