Bibliography: 7PD5QIUR

key	7PD5QIUR
title	Robert Earl Hayden : A Man, a Pencil, and Poetry for All People
author	Engle, Susan
item type	Book
publication year	2025
date	2025
ISBN	978-1-61851-274-1
abstract note	Robert Hayden was the first African-American Poet Laureate of the United States. Born in Detroit, he attended Detroit City College (now Wayne State University) and eventually earned a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Michigan. He became a Bahá’í in 1943, and in 1966, he was awarded grand prize for poetry at the First World Festival of Negro Arts. In 1975, he was appointed Poet Laureate. Hayden believed that art and literature have the power to unite, illuminate, and inspire across ancestral and cultural lines. In a 1971 interview, he said, “As a Bahá’í I am committed to belief in the fundamental oneness of all races, the essential oneness of mankind, to the vision of world unity. And these are increasingly powerful influences on my poetry today.”
number pages	x, 172
series	Change Maker
publisher	Bellwood Press
place	Evanston, IL
language	English
manual tags	BIOGRAPHY; POETRY; HAYDEN, ROBERT; YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE