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Malcolm London is an American poet, educator, "artivist" and musician. [1] [2]
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Malcolm London is an American poet, educator, "artivist" and musician. [1] [2]
London was born in 1993 and grew up in the west side of Chicago in Austin. [3] [4] He first started writing poems at age 12. [4] He attended Lincoln Park High School. In his sophomore year, London won individual honors at the Louder Than A Bomb youth poetry competition. [5] [4] When he was 20, he gave a TED talk where he read a portion of his poem, "High School Training Grounds". [3] [6]
After graduating from high school in 2011, London began working for Kevin Coval, a fellow poet and educator who helped create the Louder Than A Bomb poetry festival. London was paid to help with the organization Young Chicago Authors, talking at local schools and running poetry workshops with students in the area. [4]
In 2012, London worked with actor Matt Damon as part of an event called "The People Speak Live!". [4] He appeared on a television series called "Verses & Flow". He read a poem entitled, "The First Time in a While" which was based on a peer of London's who had been killed in a fight. London was the youngest poet to appear in the first three seasons of the show. [4]
London appeared in several TED Talks with John Legend and Bill Gates, and hosted events and performances with fellow YCA alum Chance the Rapper [1] and rapper Lupe Fiasco. [2] His performances of poetry have taken place at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Du Sable Museum, the Vic Theater, The Metro, The Chicago Theater, Victory Gardens Theatre, and Steppenwolf Theater. [6] London was the co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the Black Youth Project [7] and has done service for Chicago Public Schools. [1] He was a member of UCAN's National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. [6]
Some of London's most famous poems are "High School Training Ground,” "Never Too Late,” “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day (Love Sosa),” and “Why You Talk Like That.” [8]
In 2015, London was arrested at a protest against the murder of Laquan McDonald. London was a leader in the Black Youth Project 100, a group that helped organize the protests. London suffered a broken finger and filed a lawsuit with the Westside Justice Center. [9]
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