Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’
Poetry UNPLUGGED Legacy Series – Jay Williams
The “Poetry UNPLUGGED Legacy Series Showcase” featuring Jay Williams is happening on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM CDT at America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, WI. The event is hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon and Denise Smith. Jay Williams, also known as Jason Williams, will be the featured poet.
Read MorePoet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’
The award-winning poet was born in Jamaica and writes about the African diaspora and his experiences in his work.
Read MorePhenomenal Woman Marketplace at America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Join us for a pop-up marketplace celebrating the rich history of women in business and arts!
Read MoreRevolutionary rhymes: Celebrating community and culture through poetry
Milwaukee Public Library Director Joan Johnson hnnounced the appointment of Shelly Conleyto as the library’s Poet Laureate from 2025 to 2026.M
Read MoreUJAAMAA MARKETPLACE
We invite you to the Ujamaa Marketplace this Kwanzaa season. Attendees can enjoy shopping with local entrepreneurs, live poetry, giveaways, a children’s activity corner, and more!The Ujamaa Marketplace is the newest addition to Milwaukee’s continued tradition of citywide Kwanzaa celebrations. Ujamaa is the fourth principle of Kwanzaa, and it translates to “Cooperative Economics”.
Read MoreBlack Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders
With the unprecedented times of CoVid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement, black artists are honoring civil rights leaders while celebrating African-American contribution to art and culture.
Read MoreThe Double Struggles of June Jordan, Poet and Social Activist
Do you know June Jordan? If not, you should! In this exhibit you can read and hear the powerful poems of this amazing Jamaican-American activist, feminist, and mother.
Read MoreBeing Black And Loud Is Necessary, One Poet Demands
“This can’t be the land of the free and home of the brave only for some.” By Taryn Finley, The Huffington Post Black voices should never be silenced. This was April Wells’ message in her poem “Loud Voices,” which she performed at the Get Lit Classic Slam in Southern California. The teen shunned the notion that…
Read MoreHigh School Student Told To Read Langston Hughes Poem ‘Blacker
A Virginia English teacher reprimanded a Blac kstudent for not sounding Black enough when he read a poem by Langston Hughes.
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