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Serendipity SOUL | Friday Open Thread
We hope you’re enjoying the poetry and jazz this week. Happy Friday, Everyone! Wikipedia: Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and...
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Black History | Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and author. From 1993–1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She was the first African American...
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Monday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, 1753–1784 Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley was one of the best-known poets in prenineteenth-century America. Pampered in the household of prominent Boston...
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Tuesday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Langston Hughes
Today’s poet is Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico....
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Wednesday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Countee Cullen
Today’s poet is Countee Cullen. Countee Cullen Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist parsonage. He attended De Witt Clinton High School in New York and began writing...
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Thursday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Gwendolyn Brooks
The wordsmith for today is Gwendolyn Brooks. Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917–2000 Gwendolyn Brooks was a highly regarded, much-honored poet, with the distinction of being the first black author to win the...
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Friday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Nikki Giovanni
Today we will discuss Nikki Giovanni. Nikki Giovanni On June 7, 1943, Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1960, she entered Fisk...
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Saturday Open Thread | Black Poets Week: Maya Angelou
We end this week with Maya Angelou. Global Renaissance Woman Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global renaissance woman, Dr. Angelou is a...
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Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” 40th Anniversary Exhibition
I don’t believe any black girl can graduate to womanhood without knowing about, seeing, and understanding Ms. Ntozake Shange’s Choreopoem “For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow...
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Video | First Lady Michelle Obama Honors 2015 Class of National Student Poets...
UPDATED with full video The First Lady honors the 2015 class of the National Student Poets Program (NSPP), the nation’s highest honor for youth poets. The 2015 National Student Poets are 16-year-old...
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