Troy Johnson has been fighting for Black books since before most people knew what a website was. In 1997, the Harlem-raised entrepreneur sat down to teach himself e-commerce and ended up building ...

August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright, African American poet and Pittsburgh legend, lives on via the August Wilson Society, or the AWS. The August Wilson Society, established by Dr.

A conversation with Cleveland author Quartez Harris on the re-release of his acclaimed poetry collection “We Made It to School Alive.” Quartez Harris (on the leather recliner, top right) speaks during ...

Suffolk County Poet Laureate Chip Williford, in partnership with the Caribbean American Poetry Association, is seeking submissions for a new anthology featuring the work of Black poets from Long ...

WHYY is partnering with Penn’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies for a series of events this spring examining the impact of the American Revolution. Emma Hart, Kathy Brown and Melissa Benbow ...

South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026) received a provincial funeral when she passed on 30 January. Ferrus came to embody the resilience of women ...

Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was among the first 20th-century autobiographies of a Black woman to reach a wide readership. Maya Angelou in 1974.Credit...Wayne Miller/Magnum ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Throughout the month of February, WISH-TV is celebrating Black History by sharing stories of remarkable African Americans who made great contributions to the Indianapolis ...

A short, rhyming kindergarten verse that ended with a simple “I love you,” was Kelvin “KJ” Marshall’s first step into poetry. Fifteen years later, Marshall, now 22, understands how that same art form ...

MIT professor and author Joshua Bennett speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new memoir and cultural history book, "The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Once enslaved and long overlooked, Phillis Wheatley’s words helped shape American history. Now, her legacy is being honored in a new way—through a U.S. postage stamp bearing ...

African Americans have long negotiated their experience within a hostile environment, and although this hostility has left a mark on African American literature, it does not totally define this genre.