Woman’s Hour spoke to two Black performance artists about the impact this year has had on them and their work. Performance poet Sophia Thakur ... She uses British Sign Language and works ...

This week, we’re celebrating Phyllis Wheatley, who was the first well-known black female poet in the western world ... which docked in the British colony of Boston, Massachusetts, on 11 July ...

With support from Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon and other British abolitionists ... Wheatley’s poetry set the stage for generations of Black women authors, including Zora Neale ...

ST. LOUIS — A group of Black female poets from St. Louis will lend their voices to a powerful project this Sunday. In celebration of Women's History Month and the kickoff of National Poetry ...