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Amanda Gorman thegrio.com
April 7, 2021

Amanda Gorman lands cover of Vogue’s May issue

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March 25, 2021

Amanda Gorman says speech impediment ‘greatest strength’ during Oprah sit down

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Langston Hughes thegrio.com
February 1, 2018

BHM: Little known facts about Langston Hughes

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June 7, 2014

Private memorial service set for poet Maya Angelou

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May 29, 2014

How Maya Angelou made her mark from civil rights to hip-hop

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January 18, 2014

Funeral held for writer-poet-activist Amiri Baraka, founder of Black Arts Movement

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January 17, 2014

NJ wake set for activist poet-writer Amiri Baraka

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January 10, 2014

Amiri Baraka dead: The legendary author and activist was Newark's 'quintessential figure'

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January 9, 2014

Amiri Baraka, poet and activist, dead at age 79

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May 28, 2013

Maya Angelou’s words of wisdom: ‘Love is the healing agent’

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April 23, 2013

Maya Angelou recovering after hospitalization

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February 21, 2012

Maya Angelou cancels appearance, cites illness

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May 31, 2011

Friends pay tribute to slain Miami poet

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February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Joshua Bennett, slam poet promotes dialogue about diaspora

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December 8, 2010

Man gets 33 months for threatening Obama in poem

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