The mention of the Mississippi links the historical context of slavery and freedom in America, especially with the reference ...

Although best known as the author of the first poem composed by an African American woman ... a prosperous free black man who purchased her freedom. Their first child was born the following ...

First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...

That memorable appearance made Gorman the youngest inaugural poet in American history. Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb ... because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all.