Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the ...

Here are 10 essential poems by Langston Hughes that capture of the heart of America. Written when he was 17 years old on a train to Mexico City to see his father, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers ...

His poetry, often simple yet profoundly evocative, captures the essence of the African American experience and, by extension, ...

First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...