Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991

found: NUCMC data from Univ. of Toledo Lib. (Ohio) for His Papers, 1960-1983(Etheridge Knight; b. 1931; poet)

found: Cont. auth., 1977(Knight, Etheridge, 1931- ; b. April 19, 1931, in Corinth, Miss.; s. Bushie and Belzora (Cozart) Knight; home: Indianapolis, Ind.; Guggenheim fellowship, 1974)

found: Understanding Etheridge Knight, 2012:ECIP t.p. (Etheridge Knight) data view (b. 1931, d. 1991)

found: wikipedia.org, 18 Feb. 2017(Etheridge Knight; b. 19 Apr. 1931 in Corinth, MS; d. 10 Mar. 1991 in Indianapolis, IN; African-American poet, one of the major poets of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s; served in the Korean War, then settled in Indianapolis, IN and picked up the art of telling toasts; served prison sentence for an act of robbery in support of his drug additiction; began writing poetry in prison; served as writer-in-residence at several universities, including 1968-1969 at the University of Pittsburgh; lived in Minneapolis, MN and Memphis, TN; earned BA from Martin Center University in Indianapolis; taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Hartford, and Lincoln University)