ALT The background of the graphic is a bright, light blue. There is a white rectangle along the left edge with the bold "national poetry month" official logo. The graphic is text-heavy, with black text reading "“The Struggle Staggers Us” by Margaret Walker" and "for Poem in Your Pocket Day". Below the text reads "Our birth and death are easy hours like sleep and food and drink. The struggle staggers us for bread, for pride, for simple dignity. And this is more than fighting to exist, more than revolt and war and human odds. There is a journey from the Me to You. There is a journey from the You to Me. A union of the two strange worlds must be. Ours is a struggle from a too warm bed, too cluttered with a patience full of sleep. Out of this blackness we must struggle forth; from want of bread, of pride, of dignity. Struggle between the morning and the night, this marks our years, this settles, too, our plight."

ALT The background is a dark peach color. Purple words at the top read 'National Poetry Month.' There is a photo of a woman in a red blazer sitting at a desk with an open book in front of her as she smiles at the camera. Above her is her name in purple text, 'Margaret Walker Alexander.' In the bottom right corner is a graphic of a stack of books.

ALT The background is off-white, and there is an orange square border around the text, which takes up most of the space. The black text reads 'About Margaret Walker As a child, Walker’s mother would read her poetry and philosophy, inspiring a lifelong love of reading and writing. At the age of 15, she shared her work with Langston Hughes, who immediately recognized her talent and began mentoring her. In 1936, a year after receiving her degree from Northwestern University, she worked on the Federal Writers’ Project under the Works Projects Administration. During her time in Chicago, she was a member of the Southside Writers Group. In 1942, her first collection of poetry, For My People, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, making her the first African American woman to win the award, as well as the first to win a national writing award. That same year, she received her MA in creative writing from the University of Iowa, where she would return to receive her PhD. Her other collections

ALT The background is light brown. There is a graphic of an orange swirl and the orange outline of a quill in an inkwell at the bottom. Black text reads: "“How Many Centuries Sleep in My Sultry Veins?” from Prophets for a New Day How many silent centuries sleep in my sultry veins? The cries of tribal dancers call from far buried plains; The plaintive songs of India, the melodies of Spain; The rhythms of their tom-tom drums; Of Red men seeking southern lands, Of Africans in chains. They whisper old and sacred names: Each intonation chimes An ancient and familiar rite For primitive and erudite. I hear them wail loud echoings Locked deep inside of me they cry–And wild their clamorings! Blood rituals of men and gods Speak pitiless, and shriek. And crashing barriers of time These dark imprisoned sons Of all my wild ancestral hosts Break from their time-locked sea To make these modern, sensate sons Immortal men, and free."

ALT The background is a darkened photo of shelves filled with books. Text reads: "Recommended Reads poems by Margaret Walker “Street Demonstration” “Amos-1963” “October Journey” “We Have Been Believers” “Lineage” and "Discussion Questions What does the title mean to you? What sounds, rhythms, or music does Margaret Walker evoke in her poetry? What poem first inspired you?"

ALT Flyer with a half cream, half crimson background. Has the "HBCU Radio Preservation Project in collaboration with 91.3 WYSO" logo in gray and yellow. There are graphics of a black microphone and black radio waves surrounding text that reads "Brett Chambers on his long-lasting love of music, working in the entertainment industry, and the connections he's made through radio!"

ALT Background is green with a few purple circles in the corners. A large white square with a green border takes up most of the space, and in this square, text reads: "Spotlight: Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, MS, in 1966, but, due to interracial marriage being illegal in MS at the time, her parents traveled to Ohio to marry. She attended several prestigious schools while earning her degrees and was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate from 2012-2014 and MS Poet Laureate from 2012-2016. She won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection Native Guard. Her work appears in a myriad of publications, including Callaloo, The Best American Poetry, American Poetry Review, and Southern Review. She has published poetry collections such as Domestic Work and Beyond Katrina and a novel, Bellocq’s Ophelia. Her work often centers on reckoning with personal tragedies and grappling with social issues of past and present."

ALT The background is a pale off-yellow. Green watercolor splotches and purple leaves line the corners. Purple text reads "Reading List works by Natasha Trethewey Native Guard Memorial Drive “Duty” “History Lesson” “Imperatives for Carrying on in the Aftermath” “White Lies” “Meditation at Decatur Square” “Elegy for the Native Guards”"

ALT The background is pale green. There is a photo of a smiling woman sitting in a wooden chair in front of a wooden desk and bookshelf. A white rectangle at the bottom of the graphic has purple text that reads "What spaces have you never imagined yourself in? Are there any that you have made it into? How does Natasha Trethewey explore both personal subjects and social issues in her work? What images or symbols stand out to you in her writing?"

ALT The background of the graphic is pale green with purple blotches at two corners and a stylized purple branch with leaves in the top left. White text takes up most of the space and reads “Elegy for the Native Guards” "The Daughters of the Confederacy has placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance— each Confederate soldier’s name raised hard in bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards— 2nd Regiment, Union men, black phalanx. What is monument to their legacy?" “Meditation at Decatur Square” "I have counter the years I am a counter of years ten twenty thirty now So much gone and yet she lives in my mind like a book to which I keep returning even as the story remains the same her ending the space she left a wound a womb a bowl hewn"

ALT Flyer with a half cream, half crimson background. Has the "HBCU Radio Preservation Project in collaboration with 91.3 WYSO" logo in gray and yellow. There are graphics of a black microphone and black radio waves surrounding text that reads "Donald Baker on the history of radio stations in North Carolina, the creation of WNCU, the value of self-expression, production, and more!"

ALT Background is green with a few purple circles in the corners. A large white square with a green border takes up most of the space, and in this square, text reads: "Spotlight: Mamie Till-Mobley Mamie Till-Mobley was the mother of Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy from Chicago, Illinois. In 1955, Emmett was visiting family in Money, Mississippi, when he had a brief encounter with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant at a local grocery store. Emmett was later kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. The perpetrators were never convicted. Mamie Till-Mobley decided to have an open-casket funeral to show the world what happened to her son. She went on to travel the country to engage audiences with her powerful narrative, later working with the NAACP. She dedicated her life to education, including teaching in Chicago Public Schools for 23 years, as well as civil rights and anti-lynching activism."

ALT The background is pale green. In the top left is a black and white photo of a woman with her arm around a teenage boy. In the bottom left is a black and white photo of a woman speaking behind a microphone. To the right in the center is a photo of a bronze statue of a woman standing behind a podium with her arm outstretched. A white rectangle at the bottom of the graphic has purple text that reads "When did you first hear about Emmett Till? How much have you heard about Mamie Till-Mobley? How does the passage of time impact justice? What are ways to honor both Emmett and Mamie's legacies?"

ALT There is a photo collage. The top left is a black and white photo of mourners crying with outstretched arms. The top right is a color photo of a bronze statue of a woman with her arm outstretched as she stands behind a podium. The bottom left is a color photo of an older woman in a dress standing in front of a framed photo of a teenage boy in a suit. The bottom right is a black and white photo of a woman speaking into two microphones. There is a black border around each photo.