Maya Angelou – Billie's Back Porch

June 2, 2021

U.S. Mint Announces Quarters Honoring Maya Angelou, Sally Ride

(San Diego, CA, April 13, 2021) The United States Mint announced the names of the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the American Women Quarters Program. Famed writer Maya Angelou and acclaimed astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American women celebrated on the reverse of the program’s circulating quarters.

October 24, 2020

BLACK POETRY DAY

For more information on black poets, and to read some incredible poetry, go to Africanamericanpoetry.org, or theroot.com, or poets.org, or curiosityshots.com – or search for the many other sites available. HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME POETS I ENJOY TO GET YOU STARTED: Gwendolyn Brooks Rita Dove Langston Hughes Lucille Clifton June Jordan Claudia Rankine Derek Walcott Kate Rushin…