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Essex Hemphill (1957 – 1995) was an American poet and activist. He was a 1993 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Essex Hemphill was born April 16, 1957 in Chicago and died on November 4, 1995 of AIDS-related complications. He is known for his activism for equality and rights for gay men. His poetry has been published widely in journals, and his essays have appeared in High Performance, Gay Community News, RFD Magazine, The Advocate, Pyramid Periodical, 'Essence, and others. The poems and essays in Ceremonies address the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among... MORE

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Crossing along the dark side of night ... kicking without screaming

Choreography, Performance, and Sound Design: jhon r. stronks Text: Against The Darkness by Essex Hemphill performed by Wayne M. Smith and Interview #2 from Living words by Kevin Everod Quashie And Stuart L. Twite Music: Nina in the Womb of the Forest by Bahia Black, 6/8 Drumz by Eternal Sun, Africa/Brasil by Louie Vega, and Bring Me Li'l Water Silvy by Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter

Essex Hemphill

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Black Nations/Queer Nations?
This is an experimental documentary chronicling the March 1995 groundbreaking conference on lesbian and gay sexualities in the African diaspora. The conference brought together an array of dynamic scholars, activists and cultural workers including Essex H...
3:20min

Men and Women of GLBT Histoy Part 2
A short bio video about Essex Hemphill and some of his poetry. Catch me on BlogTV.com on Wednesday Nights @ 7PM www.blogtv.com
5:33min

Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS
"After Being Wanted" by Sam D'Allesandro and "Where Seed Falls" by Essex Hemphill performed by Jeremy Pace at the Washington, DC event "Persistent Voices" in honor of World AIDS Day 2010. Essex was a DC poet in his time.
2:39min

When My Brother Fell
I was inspired to share the poem 'When My Brother Fell' for National Coming Out Day 2008. It was done by Essex Hemphill, a black gay poet. Hemphill wrote this poem for Joseph Beam, a black gay rights activist who died of AIDS when in the process of writin...
3:36min

Cold and Black
Stephen Earley Jordan II presents "Cold and Black" with a view of the sky while driving... taken from his spoken word cd "Black Baby Tears".