Over 200 readers have voted on the 10+ people on Greatest Black Female Poets. Current Top 3: Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks
Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3. Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium Also ranks #85 on The Best Gay Authors Also ranks #168 on The Best Novelists of All Time ...
Here you will find African American poets such as Rita Dove, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and other Famous and Contemporary Black Poets.
Dr. Watkins' talents are literally unbound. At just 35 years old, she became the first Black woman to complete an International Space Station long-term mission. What's next? As part of NASA's Artemis program,she could be sent on a mission to the moon!
There are many famous black men and women. Whether they come from the United States, Europe, or some other place in the world, each of them have contributed to help make our world a better place. Some are doctors, politicians, civil rights leaders, or in
and influential jazz musicians of the previous century, Quincy Jones is known for his work with other legendary artists like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra. As the first African-American to find success at theAcademy Awardsceremony, Quincy has influenced a host of black musicians and songwriters...
There are more tales to be told about Picpus, like the Carmelite nuns who sang together in line for the scaffold until one by one their lives were extinguished. Imagine being the last woman singing. The crowd’s ferocity and bloodthirsty glee was at such a level that if I think too hard...
Explore Black Poetry and Black Poems at MrAfrica Poetry Lounge, showcasing inspiring work from both famous and emerging Black poets. Dive into a rich collection of black literary art crafted by passionate voices, from historic Black poems to contemporary
Hattie McDaniel (1895 - 1952) The first black woman to win an Academy Award; won for her role in "Gone with the Wind"; born in Wichita. Charlie Parker (1920 - 1955) One of the most influential improvising soloists in jazz, and a central figure in the development of bop in the 1940...
The first Black woman to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city was Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly, mayor of Washington, DC from 1991 to 1995. Governor (elected): L. Douglas Wilder served as Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. U.S. Secretary of State: General Colin Powell served as ...