1928–2014
Biography · Literature
Phillis Wheatley
c. 1753–1784
United States
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Biography
Enslaved as a child, Wheatley became an acclaimed poet whose 1773 collection challenged assumptions about Black intellect.
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1924–1987
1913–2008