Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s ...

Baraka declared "It's Nation Time" in his poetry and helped organize ... president in 1952 and held office during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81.