Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To ‘Reparations’

The state of Alabama has a new poet laureate: Ashley M. Jones is the first Black poet to claim the title, and at 31, also the youngest.

Ashley M. Jones is Alabama’s youngest and first Black poet laureate. Her new book Reparations Now! discusses America’s history of Black oppression, and asks for more than monetary repairs.

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Ashley M. Jones is Alabama’s youngest and first Black poet laureate. Her new book Reparations Now! discusses America’s history of Black oppression, and asks for more than monetary repairs.