Art can help us make sense of the world, and these moving poems about life offer a better understanding of the ups and downs ...

A conference that convenes every 10 years in Harrisonburg to honor and study Black poetry kicks off its fourth gathering on ...

Author Veronica Chambers shares how her research into Ida B. Wells led to a new understanding of both of Wells and living and ...

María Magdalena Campos-Pons is marshaling New Yorkers for unity, linking uptown and downtown communities while highlighting ...

Two-time Emmy-nominated and award-winning spoken word artist Trey Baker shares how he uses poetry to empower the youth.

In February of 1977, eight Black women gathered for a photograph in a Brooklyn apartment. There are some faces that you might ...

María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Procession of Angels for Radical Love and Unity ... stops at sites significant to Black, Cuban and Cuban-American communities across the city. Each stop activated creative ...

The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," ...

Jimmie Ware’s journey as a poet has led her across the country to work with at-risk youth, victims of abuse and those facing mental health challenges. But her heart has always remained rooted in the ...

Watson will introduce his books at 7 p.m. Tuesday at SubText Books, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul, with Michael Kleber-Diggs and William Reichard, and at 7 p.m. Oct. 1, Eat My Words Bookstore, 214 13th Ave ...

Courtney B. Vance, Kerry Washington, Colman Domingo, and more Black Hollywood A-listers pay tribute to James Earl Jones. As ...

Aniya Butler has spent her teenage years calling attention to climate and racial injustice through protest and the written word.