Black American Literature Forum Archives

The form flourished in the 1950s, as poets and musicians inspired each other to new heights.

The award-winning Black gay filmmaker, author, and activist Marlon Riggs left a legacy of protest against racism and homophobia.

Poems by African-American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Kwame Dawes, Rita Dove, Langston Hughes, Tyehimba Jess, Kevin Young, and more.

When we have the choice to look, we are bound ethically and politically to what we witness and what we do with what we have seen.

Two poems about the legendary blues artist B.B. King.

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.

With national tragedies now as frequent and predictable as sunrises, no phrase has lost consolatory power more swiftly than “thoughts and prayers.”

Our best stories about the vast histories and cultures of Americans with ancestry in Asia and the Pacific.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.

Abortion was first criminalized in the U.S. in the mid-19th century. A key argument was that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.

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