Black+Poetry+Day

October 17, the birth anniversary of [|Jupiter Hammon], (1711-1790), America's first published black poet, is celebrated annually as Black Poetry Day.

[|Poem to Phillis Wheatley] [|Evening Thought]

Other poets: [|Langston Hughes] [|Phillis Wheatley] [|Maya Angelou]

Poems: [|The Negro Speaks of Rivers] [|A Negro Love Song] [|American History]