Black History Month 2022

Poetry

Celebrate Poets Past and Present

Amanda Gorman

Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse

Youngest Inaugural Poet in History Impresses.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes' Impact on the Harlem Renaissance

Poems by Langston Hughes

Gwendolyn Brooks

Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Was One of the Most Influential Voices of Our Time

Poems by Maya Angelou

Poet June Jordan

June Jordan

Poet/author Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

Sociologist of education and author Eve L. Ewing

Eve L Ewing

Poet and writer Hanif Adurraqib

Hanif Adurraqib

Poet and writer Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

Poet and writer Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Poet and writer Mahoghany L. Browne

Mahogany Browne

Poet, playwright, educator and multimedia artist Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine

Poetry Commentary and Performances

Write With Us Live: Visual Poetics (w/ Alan Pelaez Lopez)

We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz

Danez Smith

Still I Rise

My Honest Poem

The Danger of Silence

Afro-Latina

Poetry Podcast Episodes

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Poetry and the Riot

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Without the Blues there would be no Jazz

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Follow the Drinking Gourd

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Beautiful Voices Projects

Poetry Collections

Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters

An Introduction to the Black Arts Movement

Celebrating Black History Month

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