Family is the pillar of identity, culture, and strength. However, to most Black families, systemic oppression, economic and social difficulties are other levels of struggle that remain unspoken. This...

There is no more powerful way to make the pain a liberation than through poetry. Writers have always been able to use their art to stand up against injustice, to speak against it, and to bring hope to...

Black women have always been at the center of strength, innovativeness, and social transformation, but their plights and successes are underestimated. Poetry is a special medium through which their...

The process of recovery is usually described as an individual process; still, in some cases, it becomes a movement to inspire others and initiate a larger debate in society. The Scar Spangled Banner...

Poetry has been a reflection of the society that gives the truths of the lived experience and provides a voice to those who are usually unheard. Within the framework of the Black communities, poetry...

The poetry is not only an art form it has been a means of resistance, an expression of the oppressed, a means of speaking to the injustices in society. Poetry has been an avenue of protest to the...