Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U ...

Despite systemic oppression and powerful politicians like Thomas Jefferson questioning her intelligence, she became the first African American – and one of the first women – in the U.S. to ...

One of the main goals of the exhibit is to show Wheatley’s prevalence and influence on the history of American literature, especially in the context of African-American literature, Fielder said. “They ...