Etheridge Knight

Etheridge Knight:  was born in 1931 in Corinth, Mississippi. He started writing poems when he was an inmate at Indiana State Prison in the early sixties and went on to become one of the most inspiring black poets of our time. He was a master of the Oral Tradition, and mesmerized his audiences with the power of his words.  He died on March 10, 1991 in Indianapolis, Indiana, surrounded by people he loved.