PBS Books continues its Trailblazing American Women Writers Project Series with poet, writer, and activist Sonia Sanchez on Thursday, March 18 on Facebook Live and YouTube Live.
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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