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20 Poets You Should Know For National Poetry Month, we're celebrating these bookshelf worthy scribes Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for BET April is National Poetry month and with Amanda Gorman’s historic inauguration performance centering poetry on the world stage, people inside and outside of the literary world are paying extra attention to our country’s scribes during this season. Poets are our mirrors, healers, and judges. They reflect back our values, actions, and priorities. Exciting collections that explore gender identity, immigration experiences, Gullah-Geechee cultu...

W. Ralph Eubanks' new book examines Mississippi's mighty contributions to American literature, and what writers like Eudora Welty and Jesmyn Ward can teach us about broader national issues.

W. Ralph Eubanks' new book examines Mississippi's mighty contributions to American literature, and what writers like Eudora Welty and Jesmyn Ward can teach us about broader national issues.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and...

201 4 minutes read This article is part of Liberation’s commemoration of Black History Month, 2021. During Black History Month each year we recognize leaders who have pushed the struggle forward with events, memorials and educationals. Many of those we celebrate believed in and fought for revolutionary change.  Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, the Union was losing the Civil War. But that summer, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War — the Siege of Port Hudson, in which more than 15,000 perished just north of Baton Rouge — resulted in a turning point for the No...