The Colored Soldiers by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
If the muse were mine to tempt it And my feeble voice were strong, If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a...
Category : Literature
Black authors, poets and playwrights. Literary Quotes and Poems.
I Am a Black Woman by Mari Evans
I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and I can be...
Where Have You Gone by Mari Evans
Where have you gone with your confident walk with your crooked smile why did you leave me when you took your laughter and departed are...
Mari Evans: I Am a Black Woman
Mari Evans was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist, whose work has appeared in more than one hundred anthologies. Evans was “often considered a key...
Wole Soyinka: Noble Prize Literary Genius
Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was the first African to win the Nobel Prize...
Sam Greenlee: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
“A free black mind is a concealed weapon!” Samuel Greenlee, Jr. was an African-American novelist, poet, screenwriter, journalist, teacher, and talk show host, best known...
Earl Lovelace: A Major Caribbean Literary Figure
[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]arl Lovelace is an award-winning Trinidadian novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. Lovelace is special among Caribbean writers because he is a people’s...
Lucy Terry: Singer Of History
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ucy Terry Prince, known as Lucy Terry, (c. 1730–1821) was brought to Rhode Island from Africa. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their...
Nicolás Guillén: Cuban Poet of Social Protest
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. A leading figure of “poesia égra” (“black poetry”), and an influential campaigner...
June Millicent Jordan: Caribbean-American Poet and Activist
June Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002), the Caribbean-American poet, activist, journalist, essayist and teacher, was known for her fierce commitment to human...