Maya Angelou honors mom, grandmother in new book
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer, actor, dancer. Activist, teacher, composer. In the melange of Maya Angelou's 85 years is also daughter, of two women who deserved one with a good memory...
Beyoncé writes poem for Frank Ocean
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé is showing her support for Frank Ocean after he came out about his sexuality last week....
Student told to read poem in class 'blacker'
An African-American high school student claims he was told to read a classic Langston Hughes poem 'blacker' by his English teacher...
Jay-Z: Poem disavowing 'b-word' is fake
A bevy of reports stated that a poem written by Jay-Z in honor of his daughter's birth was released in which the '99 Problems' rapper vowed to drop the word 'b*tch' from his songs...
Santorum drops Langston Hughes poem title from campaign
Because Santorum is not a very good politician, he allowed himself to be 'tripped up' by a student who asked him about how his campaign slogan was written by a gay, black, pro-union leftist poet...
Man gets 33 months for threatening Obama in poem
The 28-year-old claims that he wrote the poem because he was upset over his mother's death and he had just been indoctrinated as a white supremacist...
KY man pleads guilty to threatening Obama in poem
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Stephan M. Pazenzia said in an affidavit that Spencer wrote and posted the poem, titled 'The Sniper'...
