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San José, Costa Rica. Other names. Shirley Campbell. Occupation (s) anthropologist, writer, activist. Relatives. Epsy Campbell Barr (sister) Shirley Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican anthropologist, activist and poet. Her poetic works give voice to her activism set on empowering black women and encouraging them to establish their place in history.
It tells the stories of seven women who have suffered oppression in a racist and sexist society. [6] As a choreopoem, the piece is a series of 20 separate poems choreographed to music that weaves interconnected stories of love, empowerment, struggle and loss into a complex representation of sisterhood.
Poetry of Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou, reciting her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning", at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton. Maya Angelou, an African-American writer who is best known for her seven autobiographies, was also a prolific and successful poet. She has been called "the black woman's poet laureate", and her poems have been ...
Amanda Gorman. Amanda S. C. Gorman[1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.
Pierce, Jennifer (1982). "Review of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color". Berkeley Journal of Sociology. 27: 178–180. ISSN 0067-5830. JSTOR 41035326. Richards, Moira (2003). "Review of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color". Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity (55): 109–110. ISSN ...
Sonia Sanchez. Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books. In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in ...
Gloria Joseph. Children. 2. Audre Lorde (/ ˈɔːdri ˈlɔːrd / AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who ...
Black Arts Movement. Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 [3][1] – March 10, 2017) [4] was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist [5] associated with the Black Arts Movement. [6] Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. Her poetry is known for its lyrical simplicity ...