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Poem In Your Pocket Day - April 17th
April is National Poetry Month. Help celebrate the first National Poem In Your Pocket Day by selecting a favorite poem and sharing it with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.
From the Academy of American Poets "Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores. Create your own Poem In Your Pocket Day event usingnational ideas below or let us know how you will celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day by emailing npm@poets.org."
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 If you enjoyed Baby Brother's Blue or Babylon Sisters, you will enjoy Seen It All & Done the Rest; Pearl Cleage's trip back to Atlanta's West End.
For Josephine Evans, home was on the stages of the world where she spent thirty years establishing herself as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She had a perfect life and enough sense to live it to the hilt, but then a war she didn’t fully understand turned everything upside down, thrusting her into a role she never wanted and was not prepared to play. Suddenly the target of angry protests aimed at the country she had never really felt was her own, Josephine is forced to return to America to see if she can create a new definition of home.
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 Octavia Estelle Butler (1947– 2006)
Octavia Butler, an African-American writer and the only science fiction writer (as of 2005) ever to be a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant",
died February 24, 2006 after a fall at her home. She was 58.
Kindred, will always be one of my favorite books, because it so vividly illustrated the link between myself and those who have come before me, making me question who I am and who I would have been had I been born at another time and in another place. If you have not had the pleasure of reading Octavia Butler, visit your local library or bookstore and inquire.
Other Resources
Octavia Butler: Blackliterature.com Profile
Octavia Butler on Amazon
Octavia Butler: NPR Essay on Racism
A Converstaion with Octavia Butler
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 Coretta Scott King (1926– 2006)
Wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a noted community leader in her own right. She was active in preserving the memory of her husband and in political issues. She fought to make her husband's birthday, a national holiday, a dream that was realized in 1986. She was present when President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation establishing Martin Luther King Day.
President George W. Bush opened his State of the Union address the night of January 31 by paying tribute to her. Upon the news, around the world moments of reflection, remembrance and mourning began. On January 31, 2006 following a moment of silence in memoriam to the death of King, the United States House of Representatives presented House Resolution 655 in honor of Mrs. King's legacy.
Other Resources
The King Center
Books: Dare to Dream - Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement
Books: Coretta Scott King (Black Americans of Achievement)
Books: My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr
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