The poem will be recited at the Day of African Culture at the Arvada Center on Saturday, Aug. 5.

2023 marks the 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley's "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," the first book of poetry published by an enslaved poet and only the third by an American woman.

Hughes's ability to speak to the experiences of African Americans, while also addressing universal themes of freedom, equality, and human dignity, makes his work timeless. Each poem discussed here ...

Ocean Manuscript poem by Phillis Wheatley, 1773. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture has purchased a trove relating to Phillis Wheatley, the first American of African descent to publish a book.

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