The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Sonia Sanchez

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Sonia Sanchez

4/19/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.084

Poet and english professor Sonia Sanchez (1934 - ) is an author whose work includes 'Homegirls and Handgrenades,' which won the American Book Award. In 1976, she became chairperson of the English Department at Temple University. Sanchez was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/19/2003, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 26m 15s

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Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-

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Poet Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 9, 1934. Sanchez's mother died a year later, leaving the young girl to be raised by her paternal grandmother, who unlocked her gift for poetry. At age four, Sanchez learned to read, and by the age of six, she began to write. Unfortunately, soon after, Sanchez's grandmother died and the young girl drifted between relatives and family friends. Sanchez went on to spent three decades in Harlem, where she studied creative writing at Hun...