Hannah Drake

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Hannah L. Drake
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Drake in 2017
Occupation(s)Writer, activist and public speaker
Notable work "All You Had To Do Was Play The Game, Boy"
Awards Muhammad Ali Center's 2019 Daughter of Greatness

Hannah Drake is an American poet, blogger, activist, public speaker, and author of 11 books. [1] [2]

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On Super Bowl Sunday of 2019 (February 3, 2019), Drake garnered a lot of attention when film director and producer Ava DuVernay tweeted out a video of Drake's poem "All You Had to Do Was Play the Game, Boy". [1] [3] DuVernay's tweet was meant to protest the NFL's treatment of former football quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick in turn shared the poem with his followers, and Drake's video reached 2.4 million viewers. [3] [4] [5]

In February 2019, Drake was selected by the Muhammad Ali Center to be a Daughter of Greatness. [2] [3] The Daughter of Greatness Breakfast Series features prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism, and pursuits of justice to share their stories with the Louisville community. [2]

Drake is the chief creative officer of IDEAS xLab, an artist-run nonprofit based in Louisville, Kentucky. [3] [6] In 2021, The New York Times recognized her work on the (Un)Known Project, a multimedia installation artwork meant to recognize all the Black people who were enslaved in Kentucky and elsewhere. [7]

Recently, Drake was selected as one of the Best of the Best in Louisville, Kentucky, for her poem “Spaces". [1]

Bibliography

Books

YearTitlePublisherISBNNotes
2019Dear White Women, It's Not You. It's Me. I'm Breaking Up With You!: Commentaries on Race, White Feminism, Allyship and IntersectionalityDrake Publishing ISBN   9780997299229 Nonfiction
2019Love, Revolution, & Lemonade: Poetry, Prose, & PassionDrake Publishing ISBN   9780997299212 Nonfiction
2018Dear America, I'm Still Rooting For YouDrake Publishing ISBN   9780997299205 Commentary
2015For Such A Time As ThisCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781512265941 Poetry collection
2014So Many Things I Want To Tell You...: Life Lessons for the JourneyCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781497324893 Commentary
2013Fragile Destiny ISBN   1450529933 Novel
2013Views From the Back Pew ISBN   1450562906 Novel
2010An...ti...ci...pa...tionCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781453711002 Poetry collection
2010Hannah's Plea: Poetry for the SoulCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781451577273 Poetry collection
2010Life Lived In ColorCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781453703991 Poetry collection
2007In Spite of My Chains: Poems From A Liberated MindCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN   9781451596199 Poetry collection

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hannah L. Drake | Actors Theatre". www.actorstheatre.org. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Daughters of Greatness: Hannah Drake – Muhammad Ali Center | Be Great :: Do Great Things". February 2019. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Hannah Drake". www.uncsa.edu. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ Adams, Kirby (February 6, 2019). "How Louisville poet Hannah Drake caught the eye of Colin Kaepernick". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ Cash, Rana L. (February 3, 2019). "Colin Kaepernick, Ava DuVernay share Louisville poet's impassioned words for thousands". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "IDEAS xLab". IDEAS xLab. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  7. ↑ Jones, Maggie (June 9, 2021). "On a Kentucky Riverbank, a Path to Remembrance". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 8, 2022.


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