Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...
click image for close-up A rare portrait of Phillis Wheatley shows her facing forward, wearing an evening dress and jewelry. The portrait appeared in Revue des Colonies in Paris between 1834 and 1842.
Multiple artists and organizations have collaborated to paint murals at various locations of the Phillis Wheatley Elementary ...