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Remembering Essex Hemphill #HappyBirthdayEssex

HistoryCNPEssex Hemphill, HIV, PoetryComment
Remembering Essex Hemphill #HappyBirthdayEssex
 

On Essex Hemphill's birthday on April 16, 2020 CNP hosted a virtual reading of the artist’s work. Since the founding of CNP, we have honored the life and legacy of Essex. Our organization is a love letter to him.

Moderator: Johnnie Kornegay

Readers:

Dr. Cory Bradley

Justin Smith

Monte J. Wolfe

 

CNP is an organization that stands in the tradition of Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Essex Hemphill, and other movement leaders, artists, organizers and visionaries committed to countering narratives and speaking truth to power.

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