Rodgers was announced as state poet in January — the first African American to do so in Nebraska. “To be state poet is not to be the best poet in the state, it is to have the duty and ...

Frank S. Turner, the first African American from Howard County to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates who also taught business law at Morgan State University, died Feb. 14 at Howard County ...

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 ...

ACU's Dr. Steven Moore presents readings from his soon-to-be released poetry book 'The Horizon never forgets' at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly rest. Chiefs' Travis Kelce dishes on NFL ...

She said restoring the building is a big step in finding out more about them: about Howard County's history. "The history of slavery African American history [in Howard County]...it's just not ...

Caribbean and African American poets across the globe,” Shenoda wrote in an email to The Herald. Dawes “has maintained a very strong and significant relationship with the island and has worked ...

Frank Turner, who represented Howard County in the legislature for 24 years and was a business professor at Morgan State University for 41 years, died Friday in Columbia at 77. In 1994, Turner was the ...

Ghana great, Andre Ayew has urged young African footballers to never give up on their dreams. Ayew, 35, achieved success at a very young age when he helped the Ghana U20 national team win the FIFA ...

Tim Howard expressed his concern over Andre Onana’s ability to remain Manchester United’s starting goalkeeper following his poor performance against Everton. While Man United launched a ...

Weaver said, “Her work helped redefine, in a sense, an aspect of what it means to be an African American poet.” Drawing inspiration and source material from the points of her personal compass ...