One of the founding figures of English poetry in post-independence India, Ezekiel was born on December 16, 1924.

The True American was famous for its opposition to the institution of slavery but also printed news and op-eds on a wide ...

United States history is riddled with events we half-remember that changed entire nations. Woods makes those real.

War horses were considered the true heroes of battle as they combated enemy blows and survived to carry their masters back to ...

Since Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann became the first ever Co-Poets Laureate of Vallejo, they have aimed to positively ...

Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top So, a lot of readers — well, a couple of people . . . okay, one person, and it might have ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In ...

Nora Holt was the first Black person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in music. A prolific composer and a club-hopping socialite, she once wrote a 42-page work for a 100-piece orchestra.

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...

Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate, discusses life, loss, joy and sometimes being ...

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...

When a poet functions at their highest calling, they have the power to shift the universe of a reader. A perfectly curated ...