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Wheatley, Phillis

(Encyclopedia) Wheatley, Phillis, 1753?–1784, American poet, considered the first important black writer in the United States. Brought from Africa in 1761, she became a house slave for the Boston…

Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley was an African slave in Boston, Massachusetts when she became the first published black poet in America in 1767. Phillis Wheatley came to the Boston slave market in 1761; some have…

Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838–1917, English bibliographer and antiquarian, a founder of the Early English Text Society and of the Index Society. Wheatley's work on the indexing of…

Black Books

Required reading in African-American literature by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco   Many of the earliest published Black writers were slaves and abolitionists. Phillis Wheatley spoke no…

Philly

ABCTuesday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Kim Delaney, Kyle Secor, Tom Everett Scott Delaney jumped ship from NYPD Blue and joined Steven Bochco's latest lawyer-cop drama. The City of Brotherly Love…

The Harlem Renaissance

Three writers and their contemporary counterparts by Jace Clayton   For many young Black writers and artists who gravitated to New York City's Harlem in the 1920s, the sudden interest…

Brewer's: Phillis

A play written in Spanish by Lupercio Leonardo of Argensola. (See Don Quixote, vol. iii. p. 70.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PhilocleaPhilistinism A B…

Firsts in America

This selection is based on our editorial judgment. Other sources may list different firsts. Admiral in U.S. Navy: David Glasgow Farragut,…

Barbara Charline JORDAN, Congress, TX (1936-1996)

JORDAN Barbara Charline , a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 21, 1936; educated in the public schools of Houston, Tex.; graduated, Phillis Wheatley High…

The Age of Abolitionism

Notable Figures in Abolitionism   Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious Leaders Scientists…