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SUMMARY:ONLINE Lift Every Voice: Why African-American Poetry Matters
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DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss poems from the book "African-American Poetry:
  250 Years of Struggle & Song". Poetry packets will be available at the As
 k Us Desk one month beforehand. \n.\nhttps://downersgrove.libnet.info/even
 t/4556642
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Read and discuss poems from the book <stro
 ng>African-American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle &amp\; Song</strong>\, e
 dited by Kevin Young&nbsp\;The poems chosen reflect a range of voices and 
 topics\, from history to music\, injustice to solidarity. The discussion w
 ill take place via zoom\, and will be moderated by Professor CM Burroughs\
 , an Associate Professor of Poetry at Columbia College\, Chicago\, Illinoi
 s. Professor Burroughs is also a published poet and public speaker. Poetry
  packets will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month beforehand.</p>\n<
 p>This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Ma
 tters\, a national publichumanities initiative of Library of America prese
 nted in partnership with The Schomburg Center forResearch in Black Culture
  with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities\, Th
 eAndrew W. Mellon Foundation\, and Emerson Collective.</p>\n<p><strong>Add
 itional Details about the book:</strong></p>\n<p>Please visit the Library 
 of America's website for details\, themes\, and the book's table of conten
 ts. <a href="https://www.loa.org/books/640-african-american-poetry-250-yea
 rs-of-struggle-song">https://www.loa.org/books/640-african-american-poetry
 -250-years-of-struggle-song</a></p>\n<p>Contact the Ask Us Desk at <a href
 ="mailto:askus@dglibrary.org">askus@dglibrary.org</a>&nbsp\;or call (630) 
 960-1200 with questions.</p>\n<p><strong>Participant Zoom instructions:</s
 trong></p>\n<p>Registration with email address is required. The webinar li
 nk and password\, along with handouts\, will be emailed to participants th
 e day before the program. If you do not receive it by 5:00 p.m. the previo
 us day\, please contact the library.</p>\n<p>Virtual programs adhere to th
 e Library's Video and Photography Policy. Participants should be aware of 
 their privacy settings before logging into the program.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Thi
 s program will be presented through a live Zoom webinar.</p>\n<p>Instructi
 ons for joining a webinar are available here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/e
 n-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-meeting and their Privacy Policy is here
 : https://zoom.us/privacy/</p>\n<p>DGPL staff will be monitoring email bef
 ore the program to assist with logon issues.</p>\nhttps://downersgrove.lib
 net.info/event/4556642
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