Jeffers writes “Mothering #1” on Wheatley’s birth mother and “Mothering #2” on Susanna Wheatley, who occasionally acted as a maternal figure, encouraging Phillis’ education and poetry. Through this ...

Lessons on the events leading up to the birth of the nation have been evolving ... “Tell me a little bit about Phillis Wheatley.” “She wrote poems,” one student replied.

The PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION was established in 1911 in Cleveland as the Working Girls Home Association by JANE EDNA HARRIS HUNTER. Hunter created the Phillis Wheatley Association to house and ...

The Young Artist Program at Phillis Wheatley is the place for them! In this 4-week intensive, your child will participate in master classes with local professionals, learn theatre basics and ...

Some are well known: Abigail, John, and Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Henry and Lucy Knox, Joseph Warren, and the enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley. But most are lesser known or ...

The Phillis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC) is pleased to announce the election of new officers to its board of directors and the addition of two staff members. As the center continues its ...

Fifty-seven years after he helped lead the Wheatley High School boys' basketball team to its first 4A state championship in 1968, Larry Davis sat back and smiled in the stands of San Antonio's ...

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book of poetry in 1773. Enslaved and self-taught, she inspired generations by proving the power of black intellect and artistry.

For Black History Month, she spoke to GSAS about her research into Black New England poet Phillis Wheatley Peters and her use of games in her poetry. This interview is in Jenny's own words, with ...

Drew was introduce during the City Council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8, where she presented her poem “Poetry Lives Here,” dedicated to Phillis Wheatley ... “The Birth of a Black Man,” speaks ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of ...