George Washington Carver Spring Scholar: A Evening with Mari Evans
Mari Evans
Wednesday, 24 Mar 1999 at 8:00 am – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Writer, poet, educator, and musician known for her classic poem "I Am a Black Woman," her volume Nightstar, and most recently A Dark and Splendid Mass, and a collection of essays about African American women writers. She recently adapted Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God into a musical drama.From the Lectures Program Archive.
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