Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame.

In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - On Monday, hundreds gathered at the African-American Cultural Garden in Cleveland to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday. Many say this place holds significance because civil ...

She came to America on the slave schooner “Phillis” in 1761 — a West African child, 7 years old, sold to a “progressive” Boston couple, John and Susanna Wheatley, as a servant for their teen twins, ...

A poet laureate is an ambassador for poetry, and for that reason Michael Castro was a fitting choice for St. Louis’ first poet laureate. Castro is a Sephardic Jew who wrote an important book about ...