This month in LGBTQ history: A poem to the continuing struggle
"First job, keep her talking, keep / her alive. Get help. Where? How?"
Amiri Baraka: 1934 - 2014
"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."
Amiri Baraka, preeminent poet and activist, dies at age 79
Amiri Baraka, one of the country's preeminent African American poets, playwrights and activists died Thursday at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.
New Yorkers celebrate Black History Month
NEW YORK - It was a standing room only audience rejoicing at the wonderful program of song, poetry and inspiring speeches at the "We're Not Going Back" Black History event at Unity Center here.
Philip Levine named country's poet laureate
Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate.
Dr. Margaret Burroughs, 1917-2010: What will your legacy be?
A founder of one of the oldest African American history museums in the country has died.
Nikki Giovanni: rap poetry is part of world literature
PHILADELPHIA -- Nikki Giovanni, world renowned poet, spoke here in Philadelphia, May 28, as par of Art Sanctuary's 26th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival.
What will your legacy be?
"What Will Your Legacy Be?" Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs once wrote and asked in a 2007 epic poem. The internationally renowned Burroughs died November 21, 2010, and scholars and activists celebrate her long-lasting legacy.
