Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Black authors, poets and playwrights. Literary Quotes and Poems.
Tiny bit of humanity, Blessed with your mother’s face, And cursed with your father’s mind. I say cursed...
James Weldon Johnson was an African-American writer, who distinguished himself in civil rights, diplomacy, education, journalism, law, literature,...
“I’ve Come to Take You Home” is one of the most significant political poems of the late twentieth century. The poem—an act of restoration and resistance—was written in 1998 by South...
Langston Hughes, considered the unofficial Poet Laureate of African-Americans, was a prolific writer, who published ten volumes of...
The Famished Road by Ben Okri, won the 1991 Man Booker Prize. The novel has the most beautiful...
“A Black Wedding Song” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a brief, blessing‑like lyric that frames Black marital love as an act of resistance and a form of spiritual weaponry in a hostile...
I had to go and see Equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington. I have been a fan of Denzel since he...
The following quotes are adapted from The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, widely recognised as...
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was a prolific and widely respected African-American poet. Clifton was the first author to have two books of poetry chosen as finalists...
“I wanted to understand my people. I wanted to understand what it meant to be a [Black]. What...
Maya Angelou lived many lives in her 86 years. She was an author, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage...
I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head, and joy like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world! [dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]angston Hughes, best...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
