Broadside Press records, 1968-1999 (bulk, 1985-1996).

Lorde, Audre, 1934-1992

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Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, February 18, 1934, New York City – died November 17, 1992, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island), American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as w...

Giovanni, Nikki

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Award-winning poet, author, and civil rights activist, Nikki Giovanni, was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr,. on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.A poet and spoken word artist, Giovanni entered Fisk University in 1960, where she edited the school's literary magazine and became involved in both the Writer's Workshop and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; she received her B.A. degree in 1967. Giovanni became active in the Black Arts Movement, ...

Vest, Donald.

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Broadside Press

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The Broadside Press is one of America's oldest African American-owned presses, having published more that 200 poets and writers in broadsides, individual collections, anthologies, phonograph records, and videotapes. In 1985 ownership of the Broadside Press was acquired by Don and Hilda Vest, and restructured as a non-profit organization. Hilda Vest served as editor/publisher, using her skills as an educator in the Detroit Public School System, while and Don Vest, formerly a corporate recruiter, ...

Williams, Willie J.

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Williams, Karen Lynn

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Thompson, Julius Eric

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Waller, Rayfield Allen.

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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000

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African American poet and novelist, who was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. From the description of Of Robert Frost / Gwendolyn Brooks. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79334638 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, on June 17, 1917 and moved shortly after her birth to Chicago's South Side, where she lived until her death. She authored more than twenty books of poetry, beginning with A Street in Bronzeville (1945), follow...

Knight, Etheridge.

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Reese, Leslie A.

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Gibbs, M. (Michele), 1946-

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Spencer, Chauncey E. (Chauncey Edward), 1906-2002

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Aviator, personnel director at Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, during World War II, later labor-management relations consultant. From the description of Chauncey Edward Spencer papers, 1914-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302366 From the description of Chauncey Edward Spencer papers, 1914-2006. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778351 Chauncey E. Spencer was born on November 5, 1906 in Lynchburg, ...

Kgositsile, Aneb

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Emanuel, James A.

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African-American author and Professor of American and English literature at the City College of New York. From the description of Papers, 1967-1981. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738548 Poet and educator. Born 1921. From the description of James A. Emanuel papers, 1922-1995 (bulk 1960-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983705 Biographical Note ...

Odarty, Bill, 1938-

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Crews, Stella L.

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Harris, Bill, 1941-

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Jackson, Murray (Murray E.)

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Baker, Houston A.,

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Vest, Hilda

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Randall, Dudley, 1914-2000

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Randall (1914-2000) created the Broadside Press in 1965 in Detroit (Mich.). He ran the press out of his home on limited funds, managing to publish the major African-American poetry of the period. Randall supported himself as a librarian at the University of Detroit. He put all profits back into the press. In 1978, Black Enterprise magazine called Randall "The father of the black poetry movement." He sold the press in 1985. Randall died in Aug. 2000. The Clarke Historical Library has a large coll...

Jewell, Terri L.

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