By Debbie Allen, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA FACT: In the United States, Whites are about 20% less likely than Blacks to be denied a business loan. FACT: In the United States, Whites are about 40% less likely than Blacks to be searched during a traffic stop. FACT: In the United States, Whites […]

By Debbie Allen, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA For years, a would-be poet spent untold hours scribbling poetic jottings in her ever-present notebook, drafting and revising and polishing poem after poem, reading poetry, learning about poetry, thinking about poetry, seeing poetry in nearly every experience she had. And doing all this in solitary

By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA PARH USA is thrilled to collaborate with the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to include poetry in the celebration of International Underground Railroad Month. The Underground Railroad was the network used through the mid-19th century by