2004 Conference: Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition

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Arranged alphabetically.

Materials in this series primarily document the planning and implementation of the 2004 Furious Flower Poetry Conference: Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition. Records include travel and lodging reservations, correspondence with participating poets, financial documentation and budgets, and mailing lists. Marketing and promotional items such as posters and brochures are included. During the 2004 conference, notable African American scholars including Tony Bolden, Hilary Holladay, and Monifa Love conducted interviews with presenting conference poets including Houston Baker, Rita Dove, and Tony Medina. The corresponding transcripts are included and are particularly significant to African American poetry scholarship. Of particular interest is congratulatory correspondence and RSVP regrets for the 2004 conference from Julian Bond, Governor Mark Warner, Senator George Allen, the office of President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, President and CEO of the NAACP Kweisi Mfume, and many others. Some of these letters were printed in the official conference program. Also of interest are evaluations completed by conference attendees. Six silk banners used to decorate the Wilson Hall auditorium during the conference are included in this series. The banners are rolled onto dowels and housed in a rolled storage container. Currently, the silk banners may only be requested (in writing) by Furious Flower Poetry Center staff.

Names:

Furious Flower Poetry Center (1999-2004)
Hodges, John L.
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-
Brown, Douglas T.
Harris, Trudier (1948-02)
Graham, Maryemma (1949-06-13)
Holladay, Hilary (1961-07-03)
Bolden, Tony
Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010
Hughes, Langston (James Mercer Langston), 1902-1967
Ward, Jerry W., Jr. (Jerry Washington), 1943-
Anderson, T. J., III, 1958-
Komunyakaa, Yusef (1947-04-29)
Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-
Facknitz, Susan
Asim, Jabari, 1962-
Jackson, Major, 1968-
Medina, Tony (1966-01-10)
Moore, Opal (1953)
Strange, Sharan (1959)
Nielsen, Aldon Lynn (1950-10-20)
Debo, Annette, 1964-
Goven, Sandra
Favorite, Malaika, 1949-
Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-
Osbey, Brenda Marie (1957-12-12)
Young, Kevin (Kevin Lowell), 1970-
Miller, E. Ethelbert (Eugene Ethelbert) (1950-11-20)
Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-
Giovanni, Nikki (1943-2024)
Dance, Daryl Cumber (1938-01-17)
Pollard, Velma (1937-03-26)
Traylor, Eleanor W.
Sanders, Mark A., 1963-
Dibinga, Omékongo
Redmond, Eugene (Eugene B.) (1937-12-01)
Kendrick, Dolores, 1927-2017
Touré, Askia M. (1938-10-13)
Dove, Rita (1952-08-28)
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-
Mullen, Harryette Romell (1953-07-01)
Aubert, Alvin (1930-03-12-2014-12-06)
Finney, Nikky (1957-08-26)
Hoagland, Everett (1942-12-18)
Moore, Jessica Care
Renegade, D. J.
Boyd, Melba Joyce (1950-04-02)
Harris, William J., 1942-
Lansana, Quraysh Ali (1964-09-13)
Rambsy, Howard (1976)
Steptoe, Lamont B., 1949-
Rose, Linwood H. (Linwood Howard), 1951-
Gabbin, Alexander L. (1945)
Moore, Lenard D., 1958-
Thornhill, Samantha
Gex, Quo Vadis
Saloy, Mona Lisa (19500701)
Shannon, Angela
Derricotte, Toi, 1941-
Ellis, Kelly Norman, 1964-
Jess, Tyehimba
Betts, Tara
Singleton, Giovanni
Harris, Duriel E.
Walker, Frank X., 1961-
Sheba Queen
Moon, Kamilah Aisha (1972-09-05)
Martin, Dawn Lundy (1975)
Obadike, Mendi Lewis, 1973-
Shockley, Evie, 1965-
Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
Eady, Cornelius, 1954-
Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-
Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962-
Warner, Mark R. (Mark Robert) (1954-12-15)
Allen, George, 1952-
Mfume, Kweisi (1948-10-24)
Okai, Atukwei, 1941-
Bond, Julian (Horace Julian), 1940-2015

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