Phillis Wheatley

Most would draw a blank at the name Phillis Wheatley, the first important black poet.

News for Opelika-Auburn News 2010

This child, Phillis Wheatley, sang her trite and halting strain to a world that wondered and could not produce her like.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

Instead, I thought about him sitting next to me, contented, as I told him I was going to be just like Phillis Wheatley.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

Instead, I thought about him sitting next to me, contented, as I told him I was going to be just like Phillis Wheatley.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

Phillis Wheatley and Jupiter Hammon were real figures in history who helped bring to light the capability of the African-American individual to command the art form of writing.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American, and only the third woman in America, to publish her poetry.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

An historical examination of the trajectory of African American poetry, beginning with Lucy Terry, a slave, in 1746, and continuing through Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence Dunbar to the rising generation of African American poets in the 1950s and 60s.

4th Of July Poems: The Best Poetry To Celebrate Independence Day 2010

Phillis Wheatley and Jupiter Hammon were real figures in history who helped bring to light the capability of the African-American individual to command the art form of writing.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

An historical examination of the trajectory of African American poetry, beginning with Lucy Terry, a slave, in 1746, and continuing through Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence Dunbar to the rising generation of African American poets in the 1950s and 60s.

4th Of July Poems: The Best Poetry To Celebrate Independence Day 2010

“Phillis Wheatley,” she replied with no change in her expression.

Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010