[Poetry]
Woodie King Jr: “The Black Arts Movement focused on promoting Black pride through arts, activism and creating Black cultural institutions. Black poets continue this legacy by using their art and voice to speak out.”
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Jessica Care Moore
New Federal Theatre Presents Virtual Poetry Jam on September 2128
HAMMONDS HOUSE MUSEUM PRESENTS MAY 29 VIRTUAL EVENING WITH POET JESSICA CARE MOORE
[Poet Jessica Care Moore]
Jessica Care Moore is the founder and CEO of Moore Black Press, executive producer of Black WOMEN Rock! and founder of the literacy-driven Jess CARE Moore Foundation.
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APOLLO THEATER’S 2020 MLK CELEBRATION WILL FEATURE “THE STRATEGIC KING: MLK’S VISIONARY LEADERSHIP”
[Apollo Theater\MLK Celebration]
This year’s event, “The Strategic King: MLK’s Visionary Leadership,” will focus on Dr. King and his colleagues’ skillful use of the media and politically strategic tactics to influence politicians and helped pass key legislation in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.The event will consider how those strategies continue to inform and inspire contemporary social justice movements.
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