Words have the power to shape realities and have helped transform communities. Read on for more stories of artists using literature to speak truth to power.
As a Mexican-American who feels like he has "Brown Pride" running through his veins, poet Marc Lemus hopes to inspire others to speak their minds about the current administration.
Inspired by the famous Gil Scott-Heron poem, youth poets, with their revised version of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", hope to remind their peers that it is in their hands to say something that the world needs to hear.
Author Tisa Bryant's work and pedagogy center around the fluidity of time, space and the meaning of race. Noted for her book, "Unexplained Presence," Bryant can be counted amongst the thriving community of Afrofuturists in Southern California.
Award-winning writer Claudia Rankine ruminates on tennis phenom Serena Williams, YouTube artist Hennessy Youngman, and African American identity in this excerpt from her book "Citizen: An American Lyric."