Cultivating a Poetry of Social Change, Resistance and Truth-Telling

84 minutes, , United States

Executive Producer: Joanne V. Gabbin, Producer: Judith McCray, Editor: John Hodges

Cultivating a Poetry of Social Change, Resistance and Truth-Telling

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This volume recalls the key role played by poets as architects of the Black Arts Movement, their contribution to the African American Freedom Struggle and adaptation to the political changes of the past half-century. It features a panel: “S.O.S Calling All Black People: Honoring the Memory of Amiri Baraka.” Readings by the ten poets below reveal how African American poetry acts both as an historical witness and advocate for racial justice.



John Bracey, Jr.

Tony Medina

Haki Madhubuti

Quincy Troupe

Ishmael Reed

Evie Shockley

jessica Care more

Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Camille Dungy

Nikki Giovanni

Sonia Sanchez
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