Dr. Ramona L. Hyman's poetry is grounded in an African American cultural and religious sensibility. Deeply rooted in the African American Civil Rights tradition, Hyman uses historical gems and lessons in a contemporary context to motivate, inspire, and teach through poetry. Dr. Hyman earned her Ph.D from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). She has served as a speaker for the Alabama Humanities Foundation and a poet in resident for the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Huntsville Arts Council. Hyman's work has been included in journals and anthologies such as Amiri and Amini Baraka's An Anthology of African American Women Writers (Marrow Press), African American Pulpit, Message, and African American Review. Hyman has shared her lDr. Ramona L. Hyman's poetry is grounded in an African American cultural and religious sensibility. Deeply rooted in the African American Civil Rights tradition, Hyman uses historical gems and lessons in a contemporary context to motivate, inspire, and teach through poetry. Dr. Hyman earned her Ph.D from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). She has served as a speaker for the Alabama Humanities Foundation and a poet in resident for the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Huntsville Arts Council. Hyman's work has been included in journals and anthologies such as Amiri and Amini Baraka's An Anthology of African American Women Writers (Marrow Press), African American Pulpit, Message, and African American Review. Hyman has shared her lecture/performance “Let Me Tell You Something About Rosa Parks” nationally. She is the founder of the conference African American Healers. ...more