On Thursday, February 22, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Manhattan Chapter (NC100BW) will host their 4th annual spoken word production, Poetic Justice: Women, Power, Politics and the Black Arts Movement, in tribute to the late poet and author Maya Angelou. This year’s event to be held at the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy), will honor Master Poet, Dr. Sonia Sanchez.

Dr. Sanchez has written several poems and has earned top honors for her work including the 1999 Langston Hughes Poetry Award, the 2004 Harper Lee Award, and the 2006 National Visionary Leadership Award. She has also authored numerous short stories, critical essays, plays, and children’s books.

The event will feature readings from Sanchez’s enormous catalog, including “Does your house have lions?” (1995), which was nominated for the NAACP Image and National Book Critics Circle Award; “Wounded in the House of a Friend” (1995); and “Homegirls & Handgrenades” (1984), which won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The program will also feature reading from poets Toni Blackman and Christine Gilliam.

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Poetic Justice honors and advocates for African American woman and men who have suffered sexual abuse and assault, social injustices, domestic violence, oppression and discrimination. African drumming and dance will pay a special tribute to the #MeToo and Black Arts Movements.

The event will be held in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets for the event are $25/ea. and include museum admission. To purchase tickets and for more information visit here.