April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

What Flanagan understands is that the real story of America includes the story of slavery. He looked around at all the people ...

Peyton Womock, an Indiana University graduate and performing artist, landed a gig playing the National Anthem at a Pacers ...

His poem focused on Black communities ... from all the history. And without African American history, none of these things would be,” McNeill said. That’s why the poets say the album and show is a ...

Actors Theatre of Little Rock’s rendition of Ntozake Shange’s “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow ...

Poet and educator Darius Daughtry talks about his free festival in Fort Lauderdale, a family friendly, three-day event that ...

An inspired 'trees and poems' legacy is being created in the heart of Birmingham to remember the city's literary genius Benjamin Zephaniah. The trees – a mixture of fruit trees and other species ...

The first Black playwright to stage a play on Broadway has roots in the Port City. And a theater group that started in his ...

The Ramsey Lewis Trio's 'The In Crowd' was one of jazz music's biggest commercial triumphs. We tell the story of how it ...

Comparative literature master’s alums Lethokuhle Msimang and Veronika Yadukha’s exhibition contemplates colonial legacies and ...

Atlanta is home to some of the most accomplished and celebrated poets in the country. To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve rounded up 13 collections by Atlanta poets.

Spring is blooming all around Pittsburgh, with hikes, shows, dance parties, Earth Month celebrations and more in the Weekend ...