Black Quote by Danny Glover

Scripts were rather scarce in 1968. We did a lot of Amiri Baraka's plays, the agitprop stuff he was writing. It was at a…

— August Wilson

When I attended the Berkeley Poetry Conference in 1965, I was very inspired. The collaboration of many poets from these alternative traditions - though…

— Anne Waldman

I had studied at the NYU School of the Arts under Lloyd Richards, who also worked with the Negro Ensemble Company.

— Bill Duke

I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and [Amiri] Baraka…

— Ishmael Reed

Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for…

— Clarence Major

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.

— Russell Simmons

I was a member of the Black Student Union, part of the central committee at San Francisco State. During the 1968 strike there, I…

— Danny Glover

The thing that was great about San Jose State was, I got connected with some very good professors.

— Brian Krzanich

I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that's Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez,…

— Amanda Gorman

From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.

— Samuel R. Delany

I have no idea, actually, where I fit in, in terms of poetry camps. At AWP conferences, I have been on panels about humor,…

— Denise Duhamel

I grew up when one of America's greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in…

— Billy Porter