Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley Photograph By Photo Researchers The featured speakers read poetry by June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson and others The project was produced by singer-songwriter Ebonie Smith A special Probably the most significant moment in my literary life — indeed, one of the most significant moments in my life — is the time my first-grade teacher introduced me to the poet Phillis Wheatley I was

Phillis Wheatley Enslaved Poet Of Colonial America “On Imagination” also includes Dawn Richard, June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Valerie June, Danyel Smith, Genesis Be, Lori Lightfoot, and Flyana Boss When grief seems impossible to express, let the literary greats lend a helping hand and provide some much-needed comfort with moving funeral poems The featured speakers read poetry by June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson and more Roberta Flack, Dawn Richard, Rep Maxine Waters, former Chicago Mayor Lori DALLAS - A mural of famous African American poet and abolitionist Phillis Wheatley now adorns an exterior wall and staircase at the South Dallas school building that carries her name Phillis