Her now-20-year-old daughter reminded her that women of color have perspectives, too, and from that conversation, the "Brown Girl" poem was born. "We know that the world isn't always full of ...

Sanchez finally recognized the poem as the expression of the love his father never expressed aloud or with hugs. He included “To Trino” in “Poems by Father and Son,” his 1991 anthology of ...

Chicago poet Leslé Honoré wrote "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" in 2016, but after Kamala Harris became vice president, she updated the poem and it inspired countless of young girls to dream big.

Principal Lakeasha Williams shared a video of students at PS 399 Stanley Eugene Clark School reciting an empowering poem after Harris became vice president-elect of the United States.