The new format opens up the possibility for more contestants, including people who previously helped run the Black History Month Trivia Bowl at the community college.
Three scholars of poetry explain why the writings of the 22-year-old Gorman — who became the country’s national youth poet laureate at age 17 — and her rise to fame represent a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry as a lively way to engage students.
At Murray State University’s virtual MLK Jr. Day celebration, multiple university administrators spoke about how the message of the civil rights leader relates to the university community.
Ted Poston wrote the fictionalized accounts of his childhood growing up in segregated Hopkinsville as a personal project during his newspaper career. They were first published as a collection a decade after his death.
