During the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival Nikki Giovanni shared the stage with the Tougaloo College Gospel Choir who sang gospel songs and spirituals while Nikki Giovanni read her original poetry.
Margaret Walker commissioned Elizabeth Catlett to create a bronze bust of Phillis Wheatley based on the Scipio Moorhead engraving of Phillis Wheatley. The bust was unveiled during the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
Three scenes - far left man dressed in traditional African wear, middle scene, older man with geometric shapes in background and to right futuristic humanoid-robotic figures - Heavy contrast with bright yellow and white
unfinished farm scene, man bent over to work the land, wearing a sideways cap and a work shirt, house in background, train to right - earth tones and blue hues
Kanye West (circa 808’s & Heartbreak) in front of a green pyramid, music notes on ribbon connecting silhouette-style angels and griffins - vibrant colors
multiple scenes depicting Black freedom struggle in US, includes slavery, military deaths, Statue of Liberty, protests, angels and the deceased in clouds at top of painting - cool blue sky background
