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Fueled By The Sun: How One Poet Turned Loss Into Lyricism

Sun Queen and her goddaughter, Ka'meya Ingram, at a Black History Month open mic at the Hill Museum of Arts in February 2023. Ingram's sweatshirt is part of Sun Queen's "Black Girls Are Sunshine" brand. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

In Hamden, Artists Keep Breonna Taylor's Legacy Alive

Black Lives Matter Spreads Back To School Joy

BLMNH co-founders Sy Frasier and Sun Queen standing besides volunteer members from Mu Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Lambda Alpha Upsilon and Lambda Upsilon Lambda. Abiba Biao Photos.

Children's March Centers Justice, Holds Space For Uvalde

A New Haven Poet Gives Voice To Henrietta Lacks

Reginald Dwayne Betts Named 2021 MacArthur Fellow

Arts & Anti-racism | Arts & Culture | Black Lives Matter | Poetry Lucy Gellman | September 28th, 2021

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Photo.

"We Are Definitely In A State Of Emergency"

Arts & Culture | Black Lives Matter | Downtown | Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | September 9th, 2021

The poet Sun Queen sits on the steps of City Hall, dressed in white with pops of yellow at her crown and feet. The pages, drawn in electric blue lettering, flap in the wind. She begins to flip through them, revealing a deconstructed poem that is also a prayer.

In Year Four, Black And Brown Queer Camp Centers Self-Care

Adrian Huq (in foreground) and Jaeana Bethea. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Black Lives Matter Awards Its First Two Scholarships

Two "Five Star" Murals Take Shape In Hill

10-year-old Emanuel Diaz, who came out to paint last Saturday. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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