(ThyBlackMan.com) Langston Hughes, one of the most significant figures in American literature, carved a niche for himself as ...

Maya Angelou’s poems are very effective in this way because they not only teach about historical events but also show the spirit and resilience of the African American nation.

Although best known as the author of the first poem composed by an African American woman, Lucy Terry Prince was a remarkable woman whose many accomplishments included arguing a case before the ...