Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou Poems for Kids to Teach Them About Black History Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential Black poets in America. A graduate of Howard University, he was ...

A young Minnesota poet is sharing a powerful message about Black history in America, through the lens of his own personal experience. Joshua Nkhata wrote the spoken word poem, "Black History is a Verb ...

Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black voters in Miami and the Jim Crow era. Tom Dolphens illustration. Tom Dolphens Star file illustration I learned that Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black ...

Poetry readings from members of The Griot Collective of West Tennessee, and a musical performance by Lonita Dickerson marked City Hall's second, weekly celebration of Black History Month on Friday ...

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 ...

(FOX40.COM) — MOSAIC Children’s Museum will be displaying a poem written by a 13-year-old through February in honor of Black History Month. Arianna Shaprow wrote a poem entitled “The Way It Should Be” ...

The pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance wrote about race, love, ordinary Americans and relatable struggles. These phenomenal Langston Hughes poems are the perfect introduction to his impressive body of ...

The Detroit Lions and Joel Fluent Greene created a spoken word poem to honor Black History Month.