Humanities Profiled: Hearts Day 2007 Session IV: 3 Faces of Poetry

Humanities Profiled: Hearts Day 2007 Session IV: 3 Faces of Poetry

Poets laureate

African American Literature

Tributes

Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor Chair of the Department of English and Dr. Hassell McClellan, Honorary Chair open up the panel with an introduction to Hearts Day as a day where African American heritage is celebrated. Poet Laureate of Washington DC, Dolores Kendrick, Board Chair, E. Ethelbert Miller, executive director of Furious Flowers Poet Center, Joanne Gabbin and Founder of the Third World Press. Haki Madhubuti pay tributes to these three poet honorees, Mari Evans, Nikki Giovanni and Lucile Clifton, who unfortunately was not able to be present due to weather conditions.

Both of these women share their works, and personalities during the event. Nikki Giovanni give the audience entertained with her humor, realism and black culture perspectives.

Humanities Council of Washington DC

Program - African American Poetry

"HCWDC"

2007

Howard University, Department of English

The National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People Initiative"

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DVCAM

English

Event Conference

06.P.2007

347, 348

Washington DC

DVD

00:59:36

Joy Ford Austin