USPS Honors Phillis Wheatley, First Published African American Poet, With 49th Black Heritage Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), the first author of African descent in the American Colonies to publish a book, with the 49th stamp in the Black Heritage series. The ...
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Who was Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet to publish a book?

In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
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Poets Honor the African-American Literary Tradition as Part of Black Artstory Month

All month long, you can celebrate the rich tradition of African-American art in Brooklyn. As part of the sixth annual Black Artstory Month — a series of exhibitions and walks that introduce visitors ...
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Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate

BEAUTIFUL IN THE DISTANCE. WELL, IN LINCOLN TODAY, GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN APPOINTS OMAHA AUTHOR AND PERFORMER JEWELL ROGERS AS NEBRASKA’S NEW STATE POET. AT 27, ROGERS IS THE YOUNGEST TO HOLD THE ...
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29 remarkable African American heroes you might not have known about

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...
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Knoxville’s first African American Poet Laureate says Black history inspires her poems

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As she stands before crowds to perform her poems, Rhea Carmon uses her voice to create spaces for conversations on current issues of social change and justice. It’s through ...
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Acquires Major Collection of Work Attributed to Poet Phillis Wheatley Peters

Ocean Manuscript poem by Phillis Wheatley, 1773. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...
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African American poet Nikki Giovanni comes to Mary Baldwin for Renaissance Rent Party

STAUNTON – When students, faculty, staff and community members enter Mary Baldwin University's Student Activities Center at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17, they’ll find themselves transported to a 1920s New ...
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Jupiter Hammon, early African American poet, to be celebrated at Joseph Lloyd Manor

Almost 10 years ago, the poem “An Essay on Slavery,” by the first published African American poet ,Jupiter Hammon, was discovered at an archive at Yale University. Written in 1786, the poem had spent ...
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Madison's first Black Poet Laureate shares Black History Month poems

MADISON, Wis. -- Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter is Madison's first African American Poet Laureate. She held that role from 2008 to 2012. The African American scholar received her last degree from the ...
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'There would be no 'Hamilton' without Dunbar's work.' Marking Paul Laurence Dunbar's legacy at 150

Paul Laurence Dunbar lived June 27, 1872 to February 9, 1906. A year-long commemoration is underway honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Born in 1872 to parents ...