Vivian Elizabeth Ayers Allen, the Pulitzer Prize–nominated poet, cultural activist, and mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at the age of 102. Late Wednesday night, Debbie shared the ...

Pulitzer-nominated poet and cultural activist Vivian Ayers Allen has died at 102. She founded the Brainerd Institute Heritage and promoted space literacy in Black communities. Her influence extended ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, acclaimed poet and playwright and mother of Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, has died at the age of 102. Vivian Ayers Allen, celebrated poet, playwright, and mother of Phylicia ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, scholar, and artist who is also the mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at 102. On Thursday, Debbie Allen shared the news with a ...

"Mommie you have transformed into that cosmic bird Hawk that lives and breathes Freedom," Allen wrote in a tribute to her mother Carson Blackwelder is a TV Writer/Editor at PEOPLE. His work has ...