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THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 11)
“THEY FOUND HER IN A SITUATION OF EXTREME MISERY. TWO OF HER CHILDREN WERE DEAD AND THE THIRD WAS SICK UNTO DEATH…WE CANNOT BE SURPRISED THAT, UNDER THESE DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCES, HER HEALTH, WHICH
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 10)
I, YOUNG IN LIFE, BY SEEMING CRUEL FATE, WAS SNATCH’D FROM AFRIC’S FANCY’D HAPPY SEAT. WHAT PANGS EXCRUCIATING MUST MOLEST? WHAT SORROWS LABOUR IN MY PARENT’S BREAST?” After her triumphant tour
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 9)
“I HAVE BEEN IN A VERY POOR STATE OF HEALTH ALL THE PAST WINTER AND SPRING AND NOW RESIDE THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MORE WHOLESOME AIR. WHILE MY OUTWARD MAN LANGUISHES UNDER WEAKNESS AND PAI
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 8)
BY THE AGE OF TWENTY, WHEN HER BOOK OF POETRY WAS PUBLISHED, PHILLIS WHEATLEY WAS WELL KNOWN TO SOME OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THIS NEW AMERICAN NATION. SHE MET GEORGE WASHINGTON, BENJAMIN FRNAKLIN
JACKSON’S “THIRLLER’ JOINS US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FILM REGISTRY’S TREASURES, AP, December 31, 2009
WASHINGTON: MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER” VIDEO WITH THAT UNFORGETTALBE GRAVEYARD DANCE, WILL REST AMONG THE NATION’S TREASURES IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST ARCHIVE OF FILM, TV AND SOUND RECORDINGS. The
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 7)
“I THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY FOR YOUR POLITE NOTICE OF ME, IN THE ELEGANT LINES YOU ENCLOSED…IF YOU SHOULD EVER COME TO CAMBRIDGE, OR NEAR HEADQUARTERS, I SHALL BE HAPPY TO SEE A PERSON SO FAVORED BY
OBAMA TAKES THE HEAT BUSH AVOIDED, Politico, Dec. 29, 2009
EIGHT YEARS AGO, A TERRORIST BOMBER’S ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINER WAS THWARTED BY A GROUP OF PASSENGERS, AN INCIDENT THAT REVEALED GAPING HOLES IN AIRLINE SECURITY JUST A FEW MONTHS AF
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 6)
“I TAKE THE FREEDOM TO TRANSMIT TO YOU A SHORT SKETCH OF MY VOYAGE AND RETURN FROM LONDON…I WAS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND WITH SUCH KINDNESS AND SO MANY MARKS OF ESTEEM AND REAL FRIENDSHIP AS ASTONISHES ME
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 5)
“THE BOOK HERE PROPOSED FOR PUBLICATION,” WROTE PRINTER ARCHIBALD BELL ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1773, “DISPLAYS PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST INSTANCES OF PURE, UNASSISTED GENIUS THAT THE WORLD EVER PRODUCED.
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 4)
ON MAY 7, 1772, A TEENAGE GIRL SAT DOWN BEFORE A PANEL OF BOSTON’S MOST CELEBRATED CITIZENS. PHILLIS WHEATLEY, AN AFRICAN SLAVE BARELY NINETEEN YEARS OLD, FACED A BOARD OF EIGHTEEN MEN FOR A SERIOUS
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 3)
“WHEATLEY SUDDENLY HAD A WIDE READERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC,” WROTE HENRY LOUIS GATES. “IT MADE HER THE TONI MORRISON OF HER TIME.” In 1770, when Phillis was seventeen, the revered R
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 2)
“SHE SOON GAVE INDICATIONS OF UNCOMMON INTELLIGENCE AND WAS FREQUENTLY SEEN ENDEAVORING TO MAKE LETTERS UPON THE WALL WITH A PIECE OF CHALK OR CHARCOAL.” Soon after arriving in Boston at the age
TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Introduction)
A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO ALL READERS ON THE BLACKINAMERICA SITE: I JUST SIGNED UP THIS WEEK AFTER SOME MONTHS POSTING ON SISTER SITE “BLACKHISTORY.COM”. MANY OF YOU WHO ARE ALSO ON THAT SITE WILL RECOG
THE TRIALS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK POET (Part 1)
“WE CANNOT KNOW AT HOW EARLY A PERIOD SHE WAS BEGUILED FROM THE HUT OF HER MOTHER. SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE PRESERVED ANY REMEMBRANCE OF THE PLACE OF HER NATIVITY OR OF HER PARENTS EXCEPTING THE SIM
FOR THE FIRST TIME, MINORITY VOTE IS A MAJORITY, New York Times, Dec. 26, 2009
THE RECENT ELECTION IN NEW YORK CITY PRODUCED A SEISMIC POLITICAL SHIFT THAT SO FAR HAS GONE LARGELY UNNOTCED: BLACK, HISPANIC AND ASIAN RESIDENTS MADE UP A MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN A CITYWIDE RACE FOR T