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Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia

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First appointee
Second appointee
References

The Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia of the official poet of the District of Columbia. The Poet Laureate is officially appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.^[1]

First appointee

The poet laureate program was established in 1984 by former mayor Marion Barry. The first poet laureate was Sterling A. Brown, a native Washingtonian and winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize he held the position until his death in 1989.^[1]

Second appointee

On May 14, 1999 Dolores Kendrick was named the second Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia. She hosted events throughout the city including a day devoted to African American poetry during Black History Month. She also developed and managed the Young Champion Poets Program which provides local young poets the opportunity to write and perform their own poetry.^[1] Kendrick served until her death in November 2017.^[2]

References

1. ^¹²{{cite web | author= | year=2011 | title=Office of the Poet Laureate | work=Commission on the Arts and Humanities | publisher=District of Columbia government | url=http://dc.gov/DC/DCARTS/About+DCARTS/Who+We+Are/Poet+Laureate | accessdate= 5 November 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Adkins|first1=Lenore T.|title=D.C. Loses Dolores Kendrick, “First Lady of Poetry”|url=http://www.afro.com/d-c-loses-dolores-kendrick-first-lady-poetry/|publisher=AFRO|accessdate=6 February 2018}}

2 : Writers from Washington, D.C.|Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States

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