Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem was a retaliation against the oppression of black people in America. Over the past 40 years, it has come to be a piece that resonates with minority groups ...

Legendary poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni got her start while a youngster in Cincinnati's suburbs. 'I am a ...

“Childhood remembrances are always a drag / if you’re Black,” she observed ironically, in her poem “Nikki-Rosa ... A captivating performer, she reigned over the stage at readings ...

The Detroit Lions and Joel Fluent Greene created a spoken word poem to honor Black History Month. The Detroit Lions Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging council hosted their first Black History ...

Over her decades in the public eye, she scattered details of her upbringing like bread crumbs throughout her countless poems ... Avenue School – a school for Black students that operated ...

"It's important for us to represent the voices of black and brown students, which is why we felt Rudyard Kipling's poem was completely inappropriate," she said. But Jan Montefiore, professor ...

Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us.' ...