April is Poetry Month. I will regularly post information and resources on African, African American, and Caribbean poets. April 2 Poet of the Day is Phillis Wheatley.
Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/phillis-wheatley-9528784
Poets.Org: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/431
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p12.html
Memoir and Poems: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/wheatley/wheatley.html
Annenberg, includes teacher resources: http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit04/authors-10.html