Mayor Williams delivered remarks and was presented with a plaque during the Black History Month poetry event at the John A. Wilson Building. The occasion was an annual celebration of Mayor Williams' support of poetry and the arts in the District of Columbia. The event featured noted poets Dolores Kendrick, who is the Poet Laureate for the District of Columbia, E. Ethelbert Miller, Grace Cavalieri, and others. The spoken word artists performed the works of Langston Hughes, and African drumming added to the celebratory event.
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