Born in present-day Gambia around 1753, little is known of Phillis WheatleyÕs early life. When 7 or 8 years old, she was kidnapped and shipped from...
Poet Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery as a child...
The title page of Phillis Wheatley's book "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," printed in London in 1773. On the opposite page is a...
American poet Phillis Wheatley , who was bought as a slave by Mr John Wheatley of Boston. She quickly became an accomplished reader and in 1773...
First edition of the book "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral", by Phillis Wheatley, while she was enslaved to Mr. John Wheatley of...
Engraved portrait of Phillis Wheatley at a writing desk, the first published African American woman poet, once a slave and servant to Mr John...
Phillis Wheatley , an American slave educated by her owner. She began writing poetry at the age of thirteen and is recognised as the country's first...
Phillis Wheatley . Portrait of American poet seated at a desk writing with a quill pen. Undated hand-tinted color engraving with an original caption...
Phillis Wheatley - African/ Phillis Wheatley - African/ American poet: 1753 5 December 1784. As illustrated by Scipio Moorhead on the Front page of...
Boston, MA A statue of Phillis Wheatley is seen on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. A professor at the University of Albany last year discovered a new...
Phillis Wheatley, from frontispiece of her "Poems on Various Subjects". Enslaved aged sevn, purchased by Wheatley family of Boston, Mass, who...
Close-up of a front view of a Waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was...
Color line cut illustration of American poet, Phyllis Wheatley, , seated at her desk with a dreamy look in her eye. Undated illustration.
Close-up of a front view of a Waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was...
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Phillis Wheatley, from frontispiece of her "Poems on Various Subjects". Enslaved aged sevn, purchased by Wheatley family of Boston, Mass, who...
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left by Scipio Moorhead.
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist Alice Walker shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Iconic novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist shares her thoughts with Jackson State professor Ebony Lumumba during her...
Jackson, MS Smiley Abrams, an author and poet, looks out into the crowd during a break at the Phillis Wheatley Festival in Jackson, Mississippi, on...
Inglewood, CA Victoria Rowell, a collector of African American art, stops to admire The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection's exhibit,...
Front view of a waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was originally...
Close-up of a waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was originally...
Close-up of a waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was originally...
Close-up of a waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was originally...
Front view of a waist-length bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley a mid -18th century poet, Created by Elizabeth Catlet. The bust was originally...
Portrait of Mari Evans, poet, and author, attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People- Phillis Wheatley...
Portrait of author and poet Johari Amini during the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival with the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture...
Portrait of Marion Alexander, poet, attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People- Phillis Wheatley Poetry...
Portrait of Lucille Clifton, author and poet, attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People- Phillis Wheatley...
Ida Lewis, editor and publisher of Encore Magazine, posing for photograph during the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival with Institute for the Study of...
Portrait of Malaika Ayo Wangara, educator and poet, attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People- Phillis...
Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois posing for photograph during the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, Institute for the Study of History,...
Poet and editor, Professor Gloria C. Oden posing for photograph during Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival with the Institute for the Study of History,...
Portrait of poet Carole Gregory Clemmons attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People- Phillis Wheatley Poetry...
Portrait of educator and poet Carolyn Rodgers, winner of the First Conrad Kent Ri Writing Award, attending the Institute for the Study of History,...
Doris Saunders, poet, publisher, author and host of "the Doris Saunders Show" attending the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of...
Phillis Wheatley, 1897. African-American artist, engraver, poet, author. From 'The white side of a black subject, enlarged and brought down to date;...
American author, poet, and activist Alice Walker talking on microphone at The Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
