A Notebook on Eugene B. Redmond & the EBR Collection

I first began studying Eugene B. Redmond's work when I was an undergraduate at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, during the late 1990s. His book Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry (1976) was a crucial gateway for my entry into the worlds of black poetry and African American literary history.  I have worked with Redmond on a regular basis since the fall of 2003, when I started working at SIUE.

Since 2009, I have published entries on our blog about Redmond and the EBR Collection. The photographs from the Collection have been integral to our mixed media projects and the many displays that we organize in the Underground Reading Room (formerly known as the EBR Reading Room) in Lovejoy Library. The following links include entries about Redmond and the EBR Collection.

[Related: chronology of the collection]

2024

• March 29: Eugene B. Redmond and the Time Machine Operator

• February 29: Eugene B. Redmond and Black Arts era poets

2023

• May 6: When Eugene B. Redmond wondered about the meaning of a black poem

2017
• December 2: William J. Harris and Eugene B. Redmond celebrate milestones in 2017
• July 29: Eugene B. Redmond's brilliant bibliographic work

2016
• September 17: Notebook on the EBR Collection & EBR Learning Center
• September 16: Culture, Politics & the Redmond Collection 

2015
• June 30: A Notebook on Lovejoy Library's EBR Digital Collection
• June 30: The Eugene B. Redmond Interviews as a Blueprint

2014
• December 19: The Redmonds as gateways to poets

2012
• November 8: 25 More EBR Facts
• November 7: 25 EBR Facts
• November 7: Eugene B. Redmond and Prominent Black Poets at SIUE 
• August 10: A Poet, His Cameras & More than 100,000 Photographs  
• May 24: Mixed Media Poetry Exhibit in Jackson, TN
• April 29: The Transformative Possibilities of Black Poetry 
• April 11: Mixed Media Poetry Exhibit at Woodland Elementary  
• March 22: Clipboards, Poetry, and Third Graders
• February 15: Black Poetry & the Young Dancers
• February 14: Third Graders & African American Poetry

2011
• December 9: Eugene B. Redmond: A Human Vertex By Cindy Lyles
• December 9:  Divas of the 20th Century Awards Ceremony By Danielle Hall
• December 8: Poster for A 1974 Poetry Festival
• December 7: Dunham, Redmond & the EBR Digital Collection  By Danielle Hall
• December 7: Communal Inspirations & the EBR Digital Collection By Clarissa Richee 
• December 6: Background on Eugene B. Redmond's Extensive Photographic Work
• December 5: Redmond, Dunham & the EBR Digital Collection By Cindy Lyles
• December 5: Metro East & the EBR Digital Collection By Clarissa Richee
• December 5: Ntozake Shange & the EBR Digital Collection By Danielle Hall
• December 5: Utilizing the EBR Digital Collection
• December 5: The EBR Digital Collection
• November 19: Redmond Reading at Lovejoy Library
• October 30:  Redmond, Baraka & Multi-directional Approaches to Poetry
• October 27: Black Verse: An Exhibit
• September 24: Poetry as a Mixed Media Enterprise
• September 19: Drumvoices: A Remarkable History of Poetry
• July 15: Eugene B. Redmond and the EBR Collection
• July 10: Eugene B. Redmond's Epic East St. Louis Poem
• July 3:  EBR and the Ghosts of Dunham, Hurston, & Schomburg
• May 21: A Poet Laureate (Always) at Work
• March 22: Why the Birth Years of Black Poets Matter
• February 21: Exhibit on Haki Madhubuti
• February 16: Mixed Media Poetry Project @ William Woods University
• February 15: Presenting Poetry & Photos at St. Louis Community College

2010
• December 15: Redmond Discusses Photographing Amiri Baraka 
• December 10: Redmond Reading Room Review  
• November 18: Sharing Af-Am Poetry at SIUE/East St. Louis Charter School 
• November 8: Sharing Af-Am Poetry at Woodland Elementary 
• October 30: Redmond visits the Redmond Room 
• October 15: "Runagate Runagate" at the EBR Reading Room 
• October 14: Performing Poetry in the EBR Reading Room 
• October 11: The EBR Reading Room
• September 28:  Black Studies Exhibit in East St. Louis 
• September 28: The Black Poetry Mixed Media Project 
• September 13: First Events in EBR Reading Room 
• September 5: The EBR Reading Room 
• August 6: Developing the Redmond Reading Room 
• June 13: Redmond, Angelou, & Artistic Encouragement 
• April 1: Focus on Toni Morrison
• March 25: EBR Focus on Sonia Sanchez
• March 18: EBR Focus on Amiri Baraka
• March 11: EBR Focus on Margaret Walker
• March 11: Kwansaba
• March 4: EBR Discusses Maya Angelou
• Feb. 25:  EBR Discusses Lucille Clifton
• Feb. 22: The African American Literary Showcase

2009
• December 10: Redmond Discusses Harlem Procession
• October 6: Photographs from the EBR Collection
• October 2: Redmond and Black Studies
• June 9: Understanding the EBR Collection

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