This article will delve into some of the most famous Black poems, exploring the works of past and present poets, how these poems became famous, and their impact on literature and society.

John Lennon wrote a poem using the N-word before he became famous. The former Beatle penned a racist verse during the band’s Hamburg residency in 1961. In the short poem, he uses the term several ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack.

Barry Hill’s new poetry collection Lamb blends insightful, impatient and powerful commentary with grandfatherly reflections ...

The actress, married to Samuel L. Jackson for nearly 45 years, is up for a Tony for her role as a “professional matriarch” in ...

Two new books give a multi-hued portrait of Seamus Heaney as he pursued a late-20th-century vocation as a public advocate of ...

An undertaker (Carl Lumbly) whom Marty meets refers to Chuck as “the Oz of the Apocalypse.” Marty reconnects with his ex-wife ...

The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...

Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Here are a few of the ...

“First They Came” is a stinging work of self-rebuke, directed not merely at Niemöller himself but other clergy and ...

Music Feeds’ Love Letter to a Record series asks artists to reflect on their relationship with the music they love and share stories about how it has influenced their lives. Here, Naarm ...