America 250: Online: Protest & Praise: 250 Years of American Poetry, Session Three

Program Type:

Lectures & Panels, Special Programs

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

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Join us as we explore poems that capture pivotal moments in our nation’s history, from 1945 to today.

This third and final session of our three-part series will focus on poems written in response to key historic events and movements since the end of World War II. 

Topics will include:

* Korea and Vietnam

* U.S. Space Program

* Civil Rights Movement

* The assassinations of JFK & MLK

* Kent State

* HIV/AIDS

* Hurricane Katrina

* 9/11

* Barack Obama

* Black Lives Matter

* Sandy Hook

* COVID, and more. 

Once registered, you’ll receive a packet of accessible poems, specially selected by presenter Barb Jennes (Ridgefield Poet Laureate, 2020-23) to illustrate why Plato once noted, “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”

Please register below.

Support for this special America 250 Scholarly Series program is provided by The Friends of the Ridgefield Library. 

 

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