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Aug 28, 2023 · An incredible woman she is. Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen began her literary career in 1952 when she published "Spice of Dawns", a collection of poems that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize."Hawk," an ...
Vivian Nixon Los Angeles, California. When actress and dancer Debbie Allen and her husband, former professional basketball player, Norm Nixon, brought her mother, Pulitzer-prize nominated artist, poet and playwright, Vivian Ayres Allen, then 95, to Los Angeles to attend the Debbie Allen Dance Academy gala, they realized they didn’t want her to be living by herself in Chester, South Carolina ...
Jan 1, 2020 · A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College. Dr. Ayers has also received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Bennett College and Wilberforce University.
By goodblacknews on April 8, 2022. by Lori Lakin Hutcherson ( @lakinhutcherson) Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Vivian Ayers Allen not only infused the world with her art (her poem “On Status” was recently sampled by Solange on her 2019 When I Get Home album) but also with artists. This includes famous daughters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie ...
Resources. A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College. Dr. Ayers has also received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Bennett College and Wilberforce University.
Oct 31, 2023 · Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, American classicist and the mother of Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen. She is a native of Chester, SC where she founded the Brainerd Institute Heritage and established the "Workshops in Open Fields" program. She turned 100 years old in 2023.
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Oct 23, 2019 · The entire clan gathers as often as possible around their matriarch and inspiration, Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize–nominated poet and real life “hidden figure” who worked at the ...
