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Angelou’s 1960s political journalism in Africa demonstrates her desire to link the struggle for civil rights in the US to global campaigns against racism.
Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical lyrics.
A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
The author of a new book exploring the making of heroines throughout history asks whether Barbie can ever overcome her reputation as the plastic antithesis of feminist ideals.
Since 2011, Button Poetry has offered a large number of powerful poetic performances that reveal the plurality of individual stories in the United States.
The first poem in space was a plea for world peace.
One of the many quotes from Maya Angelou that people are sharing on this day of her home coming is: I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will…
Maya Angelou has died. The world has rushed to decide on what to call her, on how to calculate her immeasurable legacy. The list of nouns applying to her career is endless: memoirist, activist, hip-hop…
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Professor of Literature & Theory, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in American Studies at the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, African American and African Studies, University of Virginia
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PhD Candidate in History, University of Cambridge
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PhD candidate in American literature, Université Paris Nanterre
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Associate Professor of Music, University of Dayton
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Canada150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics and Visiting Professor, WiSER Wits University, Carleton University
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury