Amanda Gorman: Poet Laureate, bestseller, Ivy Leaguer and Black Catholic
Though the world may not yet know it, the nation's first National Youth Poet Laureate, author of the most riveting poem of recent memory, is a Black Catholic.
Poetry
'The Seven Corners': a poem for Kwanzaa
The seven principles of Kwanzaa, a pan-African holiday spearheaded by Maulana Karenga in 1966, meet the history and experience of Black Americans in this poetic work.