Tampa Bay did not make the first touchdown during the Super Bowl last night. First-ever National Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word, 22 year old poet Amanda Gorman, made history by being the youngest poet, with her spine chilling poem ‘The Hills We Climb’, to read during the Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and […]

22 year old Los Angeles native, Amanda Gorman said she was a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one.  Amanda Gorman’s literary manifestation was that she was making history by being the youngest poet to recite at a […]

The world has lost yet another one of its greatest examples of humanity, but fortunately, the work of Maya Angelou will carry on long after she presumably shimmies in to heaven to join the rest of Black brilliance now maintaining occupancy. RELATED: BREAKING: Maya Angelou Dead At 86 For most of us, we will forever be […]

Now that one of the most-renowned and influential voices of our time has been silenced, NewsOne looks back on Maya Angelou’s (pictured) fascinating life. Here are 20 things you likely don’t know about Dr. Maya Angelou. RELATED: BREAKING: Maya Angelou Dead At 86 1) Maya Angelou’s actual name was Marguerite Ann Johnson and her brother, Bailey […]