Using Maya Angelou’s poems to teach Black History can have an impact on their understanding and appreciation of African ...

the poem is a bold declaration of self-love and pride in African ancestry. Nikki Giovanni’s Legacy: Giovanni is one of the most influential poets of the Black Arts Movement, a cultural movement ...

The young Black woman wanted her grandmother to see her in the sanctuary and “to run to her Hershey-­sweet brown arms” and receive a “coconut rabbit cake on a jelly-bean platter; every year under the ...