Tag: poetry
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PHILLIS WHEATLEY
Phillis Wheatley may be an unfamiliar name to you. Though, to anyone living in the 18th century, she was known as “the most famous African on the face of the earth.” Wheatley became the first published African American poet, and according to the famous, French writer, Voltaire, she ‘proved that black people could write poetry.’…
Crafting a Rule of Life 