Renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez was honored by Hunter College for her contributions to literature, education, and society.
Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 –, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for the Black community we serve, the largest Black and Brown community in the country. At 90 years old, poet, author, activist, and groundbreaking educator Sonia Sanchez is a giant of literature.
She’s authored dozens of books, including “Homecoming” and “We a BaddDDD People” and plays like “Uh, Huh: But How Do it Free Us?” She was Philadelphia’s first-ever poet laureate, from 2012–2014. Although she stands less than 5 feet tall, Sanchez’s legacy casts a shadow thousands of feet long.On Monday, Dec. 9, Sanchez, a 1955 graduate of Hunter College, returned to her alma mater to spend the day visiting students in classes, and the evening being honored for her contributions to literature, higher education, and the world at large. The event, part of Hunter’s “American Voices” series, featured orators in their own right paying homage to Sanchez exactly three months after her 90th birthday, and took place just hours before news spread that Sanchez’s friend and fellow member of the Black Arts movement, Nikki Giovanni, passed away the same day at 81 years old. “When I Black studies at a place called San Francisco State, I met sister Nikki and she had moved to New York City,” Sanchez said during a conversation with thethe following da
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