It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we ...

Her 2002 work, “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea (We’re Going to Mars),” was more than a trip into Afrofuturism in the tradition of Sun Ra, George Clinton and Octavia Butler. The journey to Mars ...

One of her notable poems, Rosa, from her book On the Bus With Rosa Parks, captures the moment when Rosa Parks decided to stay in her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus boycott in 1955. The poem ...

Around the time Elon Musk launched his SpaceX quest to colonize Mars, Nikki Giovanni published a poem on what we should take there and what we should leave behind. Her 2002 work, “Quilting the ...

Margaret Bonds - March and Dawn from Montgomery Variations Get to know two variations from Margaret Bond's 'Montgomery Variations', inspired by Rosa Parks and ... of poetry, dance and music ...

Huggins’ spirituality and political engagement were intertwined throughout her career with the Black Panther Party and beyond ...

This included poems about the assassination of Martin ... with many other influential people including Aretha Franklin, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, and more (CNN). Not only did she write, but ...

Near the hotel in Hartford where Downing stayed, she came across a mural of influential women: Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey ... the recitation of a poignant poem written by an unnamed Christa ...

Jazz UpFront will host the opening reception for the touring Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library exhibit The Harlem ...

1901—Hiram R. Revels, the first African-American elected to the United States Senate, died on this day in Aberdeen, Miss. Revels, a pol­itician, minister and educator was of Black and Cherokee descent ...

I am the 21st Century History," Henyard said. "I am your Rosa Parks, your Harriet Tubmans. [sic] I am that person. Somebody has to say never, never ever give up." "OK, here I am, and they ...