Ocean State Libraries

Story of Phyllis Wheatley of Boston, Mass., a slave, who published a book of poetry in 1773.

Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

A biography of African American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks.

A biography of the poet who faced racism and devoted himself to depicting the black experience in America.

Read about the life of the famous African American poet.

Floyd Cooper writes and illustrates this book about the childhood of Langston Hughes, the poet and author, who, in his search for a true family started writing and discovered where his true home really was. Minority.

"In this powerful YA memoir, the poet, writer and hip-hop educator traces his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, homophobia and his own personal Boogeyman to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry."--