Kwanzaa in Pensacola highlights unity and heritage with performances and poetry

Kwanzaa is officially underway and the african-american community in pensacola is celebrating.The holiday started on december ...
Colorado Public Radio

‘I Am the Bridge’: How a poem being presented at an African cultural event in Arvada was created by 50 people from different ethnicities and cultures

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 ...
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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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12-year-old's poem featured at San Antonio African-American Community Museum

President Trump's decision to deploy the national guard in U.S. cities has sparked a mix of opposition and support across the political spectrum. Trump's new Greenland envoy says goal is not to ...
The Bay State Banner

Despite scrutiny in life and death, Phillis Wheatley endures as a trailblazing poetess

Wheatley’s work has been probed and scrutinized, both during her short life and after her death. But despite that, her verse ...
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Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans

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F.B. eyes : how J. Edgar Hoover's ghostreaders framed African American literature / William J. Maxwell

Part one/thesis one : the birth of the Bureau, coupled with the birth of J. Edgar Hoover, ensured the FBI's attention to African American literature -- Part two/thesis two : the FBI's aggressive ...
The New York Times

National African American Museum Faces Uncertainty Without Its Leader

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month. By Graham ...
The New York Times

Head of African American Museum Departs as Trump Targets Smithsonian

Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the president criticized the institution in an executive order. By Graham Bowley ...