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Dudley Felker Randall

Born: 01/14/1914   Washington, DC
Died: 08/05/2000
Parents: Arthur George Clyde Randall, Ada Viola Randall
Spouse: Ruby, 1st; Mildred, 2nd; Vivian, 3rd
Children: Phyllis (Mrs. William Sherron III)
Address(es):
Last known address:
Detroit , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Roses and revolutions : the selected writings of Dudley Randall / edited and with an introduction by Melba Joyce Boyd
- 2010 Michigan Notable Book Selection 		Poetry Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2009
Golden Song: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Michigan
- edited by Louis J. Cantoni and Dudley Randall. 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Detroit: Harlo 1985
Homage to Hoyt Fuller Poetry Adult Detroit : Broadside Press 1984
A litany of friends : new and selected poems Poetry Adult Detroit : Lotus Press 1983
Broadside Memories: Poets I Have Known Poetry Adult Detroit, Mich. : Broadside Press 1975
A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing
- With Gwendolyn Brooks, Keorapetse Kgositsile, and Haki Madhubuti 		Poetry Detroit, MI : Broadside Press 1975
After the Killing
- Publication years: 1973, 1983. 		Poetry Adult Detroit, Mich. : Broadside Press 1973 -1983
Green apples Poetry Adult Detroit, Mich. : Broadside Press 1972
More to Remember: Poems of Four Decades Poetry Third World Press 1971
The Black poets
- Editor. Presents an anthology of poetry by African-American poets from slave songs to present day poems. Publication years: 1971, 1988. 		Poetry Adult New York : Bantam Books 1971 -1988
Love You Poetry Adult London: Paul Breman, Ltd 1970
Black Poetry: A Supplement to Anthologies Which Exclude Black Poets
- Editor 		Poetry Adult Detroit: Broadside Press 1969
For Malcolm: Poems on the Life and Death of Malcolm X
- Editor and contributor with Margaret G. Burroughs (Publication Years: 1969, 1973) 		Poetry Adult Detroit : Broadside Press 1969
Cities Burning Poetry Adult Detroit: Broadside Press 1968
Poem Counterpoem
- With Margaret Danner 		Poetry Adult Detroit: Broadside Press 1966
Other writings:
- Contributed to American Negro Poetry, New Negro Poets: USA, Ik Ben de Nieuwe Neger, La Posesie Negro-Americaine, and Kaleidoscope. Work is in various anthologies and in such publications as Wayne Review, Journal of Black Poetry, Midwest Journal, Black World. 		Poetry Adult
- Poems first published in Detroit Free Press when he was 13 Poetry
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "[A poet] can change the way people look and feel about things. And that's what I want to do in Detroit."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other -

Awards:

Name Date
National Endowment for the Arts, senior fellowship 1986
Creative Artist Award in Literature, Michigan Council for the Arts 1981
Appointed First Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit by Mayor Coleman Young 1981
Arts Award in Literature, Michigan Foundation for the Arts 1978
Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.), University of Detroit (Honorary) 1978
Kuumba Liberation Award 1973
Tompkins Award, Wayne State University
- Award received for following years: 1962, 1966 		1962

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Literary Luminaries from Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden by Anna Clark, The History Press, 2015 2015
Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors by Dave and Jack Dempsey 2012
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume(s) 41
- Vol. 41: Afro-American Poets Since 1955,/Gale Research, Inc., 1985. 		1985
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 25-28R Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 189 (2001) Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 23, 82 		1977 -2000
Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 1, 135 1973 -2001
Contemporary Poets (St. James Press), edition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1970
Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada
Black American Writers Past and Present
Dictionary of Literature in the English Language
Directory of American Poets
Living Black Authors
Who's Who among Black Americans
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the Midwest
Writers Directory

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Graduate Study University of Ghana Ghana 1970
Master of Arts in Library Science (M.A.L.S.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1951
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1949

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Founded Broadside Poets Theater Broadside Poetry Workshop 1980
consultant Broadside Press Detroit , MI 1977
Member, Advisory Panel Michigan Council for the Arts New Detroit , MI 1970
Reference librarian, poet-in-residence University of Detroit Detroit , MI 1969 -1975
Visiting lecturer University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1969
Founder and general editor Broadside Press Detroit , MI 1965 -1977
Assistant Branch Librarian, Branch Librarian, Head, Reference Interloan department
-  (1959-1963, 1963-1969) 		Wayne County Federated Library System Wayne , MI 1959
Associate Librarian Morgan State College Baltimore 1954 -1956
Librarian Lincoln University Jefferson City 1951 -1954
Signal Corps U. S. Army 1942 -1946
Carrier, clerk U.S. Post Office Detroit , MI 1938 -1951
Foundry worker Ford Motor Company River Rouge , MI 1932 -1937
Participant in seminars, festivals in poetry, translator of Russian poetry

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