Young, Black and Gifted - Young Brothers Show Unity, Talent Through Poetry

The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word combat theh image that all young boys are playing Xbox, cursing folks out, with their pants hanging down. These young students don black and white tuxedos and quote DuBois, Washington and Hughes. Find out more about them from The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Young, Black and Gifted - Young Brothers Show Unity, Talent Through Poetry

The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word combat theh image that all young boys are playing Xbox, cursing folks out, with their pants hanging down. These young students don black and white tuxedos and quote DuBois, Washington and Hughes. Find out more about them from The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Young, Black and Gifted - Young Brothers Show Unity, Talent Through Poetry

The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word combat theh image that all young boys are playing Xbox, cursing folks out, with their pants hanging down. These young students don black and white tuxedos and quote DuBois, Washington and Hughes. Find out more about them from The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Young, Black and Gifted - Cleveland Actress Honors Nikki Giovanni With Performance

Actress Katrice Monee Headd has more than the usual nervousness about her upcoming portrayal of poet Nikki Giovanni. Giovanni herself will be in the audience Thursday, when Karamu Theatre presents the world premiere of "The Fire Inside: The Story and Poetry of Nikki Giovanni" as part of the 2007 Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology.

"It's a great, great honor," said Headd, 27, who lives in Bedford. "I've never portrayed a [real] person, let alone a person who's alive." Read more from The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Young, Black and Gifted - Meet Erica McLaughlin

Erica McLaughlin, 23, represents a new generation of NAACP leadership. Find out more about her at http://www.ericamclaughlin.com/

Young, Black and Gifted - Among South Africa's Best and Brightest

Check out the brothers and sisters among The Mail and Guardian's "100 Young South African's You Must Take to Lunch." Read more at http://www.mg.co.za/articleplain.aspx?articleid=311349&area=supyoungsa0607_home.

Young, Black and Gifted - Jamaican Student Designing a Great Future

15-year-old new designer Jeannie Beck has been creating and recreating things from the tender age of 5. Read more about her from The Jamaican Observer.

Young, Black and Gifted - Violinists Bring Sound to Essence Festival

Damien and Tourie Escobar, the sibling duo who make up Nuttin' But Stringz arrive to wow Essence Festival fans fresh from a White House appearance. Read more from nola.com.

Young, Black and Gifted - Spelman College Team Excels in Robotics Competition

Spelman College, the historically black college for women based in Atlanta, GA, is fielding a team of soccer-playing robots at RoboCup 2007, an international competition to promote research into artificial intelligence and robotics. Read more from Campus Technology.