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Film, Video Race in America: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith

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Title

  • Race in America: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith

Summary

  • Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks with her U.S. Poets Laureate appointees, Tracy K. Smith (2017-2019) and Joy Harjo (2019-current), about poetry in times of crisis as well as its enduring power to promote social justice.

Event Date

  • July 09, 2020

Running Time

  • 29 minutes 27 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Race in America: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith. 2020. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9260/.

APA citation style:

(2020) Race in America: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9260/.

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Race in America: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith. 2020. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9260/>.