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PBS Books: Trailblazing American Women Writer Project: Sonia Sanchez
March 18, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join PBS Books for a chat with poet and activist Sonia Sanchez as we learn about her life, and the process of becoming one of America’s most well known authors.
Sanchez is known as a leader of the Black Arts Movement, and has written over a dozen books of poetry as well as essays, plays, and children’s books. She is known as the first poet to use urban Black English in written form, using rhythm to change the world of poetry. Along with being a leader in the Black Arts movement, she was and continues to be active in the Civil Rights movement.
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