John Timpane of the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that world-renowned poet Sonia Sanchez has been named Philadelphia’s first poet laureate. Mayor Michael Nutter will name Sanchez, 77, the city’s ...

Before Kanye stumbled his way into stating that slavery “sounds like a choice,” it was something of an exercise in fifth-grade history class to ask yourself what you would have done in times of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Poet, playwright, activist, and ...

Machine generated contents note: Black Arts Movement / Amiri Baraka -- SECTION I THEORY/CRITICISM -- Introduction to Theory / Criticism / A.B. Spellman -- Poetry and Black Liberation: Freedom's ...