Eritrea and Ethiopia gilds the sonics of acclaimed poet Mahtem Shiferraw, who will read from her works in commemoration of Black Poetry Day at 7 p.m., today, at SUNY Plattsburgh in Krinovitz Recital ...

There's no one thing that makes a poem African-American, says poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, "other than what makes a baby black is his mother or father." But the chance to celebrate a rich ...

The anthology of African-American nature poetry features work by contemporary writers, and writers like 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley.... 'Black Nature': Poems Of Promise And Survival Camille T.

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni is back with a latest anthology entitled “100 Best African American poems.” The book features a wide range of poets from Langston Hughes to Tupac. Host Michel Martin ...

In his 1964 essay on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Ralph Ellison asked: “What’s inside you, brother; what’s your heart like? What are your real values? What human qualities are hidden ...

February is a month dedicated to celebrating African-American history and is most notably known as Black History Month. As a child, I always enjoyed learning history. My mother is deeply involved in ...

There are many types of poetry in the world, from love poems that will make you swoon to nature poems and protest poems that examine the world around us in very different ways. But all poetry, even ...

To celebrate Black History Month, we commissioned a poem by Lemn Sissay OBE to reflect the club’s journey from Maine Road to ...

Camille T. Dungy, the editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African-American Nature Poetry, calls her book a first of its kind. The nearly 200 poems in the anthology reach back to the mid-1700s, ...

There's no one thing that makes a poem African American, says poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, "other than what makes a baby black is his mother or father." But the chance to celebrate a rich ...