Dr. Vivian Ayers, a celebrated poet and mother of daughter’s, choreographer Debbie Allen, and actress Phylicia Rashad, has ...

Pulitzer-nominated poet and HBCU visionary Vivian Ayers Allen, honored as an Apollo 11 Hidden Figure, has passed away at 102.

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Born in 1950 in Houston, Debbie Allen studied Classical Literature, but her passion was dance. She turned it into a career and became the iconic dance teacher on 'Fame.' However, her trajectory didn't ...

Debbie Allen confirms her mother, Vivian Ayers Allen, a poet and cultural activist, has died at 102. Learn more about her ...

News of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet’s death arrives two years after her family marked her milestone 100th birthday in ...

It was my mother who gave us a real appreciation for art and literature as living things, not just as something hung on the ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, celebrated poet, playwright, and mother of Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, has passed away at 102.