He began writing poetry in high school and in 1951 his poem "Poor Peon" won the Savannah, Georgia, State Poetry Prize....
How OBAC Was Born: A Personal Memoir.
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Page URL: HTML link: Citations:OBAC is part of this story, the life story of an innovative and vibrant movement toward a new Black aesthetic that emerged in virtually every city in the country. OBAC represented continuity with the past, reflected the present, and set the stage for much of what was yet to develop.
Conrad Kent Rivers' success with poetry began in high school where his “Poor Peon” won the Savannah, Georgia, State Poetry Prize in 1951.
OBAC was the Organization of Black American Culture.
The origin of OBAC is a story rooted in the lives of specific people and the life of a city, dynamic relationships that spanned different generations. OBAC was founded by three people in Conrad Kent Rivers (), Hoyt W.
Fuller (), and Gerald McWorter (b. ).
As our birth years suggest, OBAC was a cross-generational project, which was perhaps the secret to its strength. To tell the story, I will start with the three of us, proceeding from yout