M. Nzadi Keita (l), Nettie Washington Douglass (Great-Great-Granddaughter of Frederick and Anna Murray Douglass, center), and Ms. Kujichagulia in Atlanta.
2019
Historian David Blight cites Brief Evidence of Heaven poems “History” & “Attic Window.”
Presenter: “The Other Douglass,” MLA International Symposium Lisbon, Portugal
Keynote Speaker, Philadelphia Stories Lit Life Poetry Festival
2018
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Readings: Yale University, Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery & Abolition
New Bedford, MA Historical Society
Alvaro Cardona-Hine Memorial Artist Fellowship
2017
· Pew Fellowship in the Arts: Poetry
· Featured Poet, “Shifting” Exhibit Opening, Driskell Gallery, U. of Maryland
L to R : Author Damaris Hill, Photographer-Historian Deb Willis, and Nzadi Keita at Driskell Gallery, University of Maryland.
(l) Moonyene Jackson; (r) Lamont B. Steptoe, publisher, Whirlwind Press Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, DC
2016
Fellowship, Yaddo Artists’ Center
Featured Poet, The Writers’ Center, Bethesda, MD
Featured Poet, Reginald Lewis African-American Museum, Baltimore, MD
Featured Poet, The Colored Girls’ Museum, Philadelphia