PBS

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask

About the life and legacy of America's first black poet to win national acclaim. "Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask" is a documentary about the life and legacy of the first African American poet ...
WGBH

Who was Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet to publish a book?

In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
The Repository

St. Paul Lutheran in Massillon sets work of Ohio poet Paul Laurence Dunbar to music

MASSILLON − Ohio-born poet Paul Laurence Dunbar will be in the spotlight on Feb. 23. Dunbar, a Dayton native, is legendary in the poetry community, hailed by event organizers as "your favorite poet's ...
insider.si.edu

National Museum of African American History and Culture Acquires Major Collection of Work Attributed to Poet Phillis Wheatley Peters

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 ...
Channel 3000

Madison's first Black Poet Laureate shares Black History Month poems

MADISON, Wis. -- Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter is Madison's first African American Poet Laureate. She held that role from 2008 to 2012. The African American scholar received her last degree from the ...