From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 22:20:09 2024
Born 1923. Mentored by Langston Hughes. An English teacher who became a
poet. Taught the first black literacy course in the Detroit public
school system. (Wiki) (I'd like to know more about that.)
Named Detroit Poet Laureate, 2001.
Best remembered as "godmother of African-American poetry", for founding
the Lotus Press (1972).