For a lone individual (and an African-American woman at that!) to be given the responsibility of choosing who would represent American poetry for the entire past century was unheard of.

Although best known as the author of the first poem composed by an African American woman, Lucy Terry Prince ... Although Lucy Terry was a poet, only one of her poems, a ballad called "Bars ...

She was the first African-American woman to write a script that was made into a Hollywood movie, the first female poet to read a poem at a President's inauguration and the first female African ...

As a creative professional with over 20 years of experience in higher education, adult literacy, and the social expression industry, Michelle Rankins has leveraged those skills to curate innovative ...

Forgotten Women is a series dedicated to ... who was the first well-known black female poet in the western world and the first African-American to publish a book. Phyllis’s life started out ...

Woman’s Hour spoke to two Black performance artists about the impact this year has had on them and their work. Performance poet Sophia Thakur has been featured on MTV, BET and TED and has been ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Poets from the San Diego community came together for an inspiring virtual evening hosted by Counselor Judy Sundayo and ...

McKean County Judge Michele Alfieri-Causer was sworn in, making history as the first female on the bench for the Court of Common Pleas.

Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic ...