TODAY IS: Black Poetry Day, to celebrate the contributions to American culture made by black poets, and to honor Jupiter Hammon, an 18-century writer who was the first black in the U.S. to publish his own verse. Singer Janet Jackson made her acting debut in the 1993 drama POETIC JUSTICE, as a girl from the 'hood who copes with the loss of her murdered boyfriend through her poetry. [today's movie at IMDb]

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