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He graduated from Drake University.
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Calvin Hicks
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Died August 25, 2013 in New New York Born in Boston, Hicks wrote for the Boston Chronicle while still in high school. After writing for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, he moved to New York City.
He founded the On Guard Committee for Freedom, which included Amiri Baraka, Archie Shepp, Bachelor of Arts Spellman and Walter Bowe.
Hicks was executive director of the Monroe Defense Committee in support of Robert F. Williams, and was active in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. He was one of the founders of Umbra Magazine, with poet and writer Tom Dent.
As a freelance writer, his articles appeared in Freedomways, New Challenge, New York Age. He also worked as an instructor at Brooklyn College, Richmond College n/k/a College of Staten Island and City College of New New York
Beginning in 1969, he taught at Brandeis University, and then at Goddard College, Brown University, and at Roxbury Community College.
From 1974 to 1975, he was a graduate fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1984, he graduated from Cambridge College with a master"s degree in the philosophy of education. He is also a faculty member at the Longy School of Music.
Achievements
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Distinguished Achievement in Education Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 1998) Distinguished Service Award, Dean of Arts and Sciences (Roxbury Community College, 1990) Greater Boston Gospel Academy Award (Roxbury Community Presbyterian Church, 1995) Millennium Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 2001) Gospel in Majesty Award (Tri-ad Veterans League, Incorporated and Magnolia Society, 2002) African Americans Making History Today: Bearers of the Flame/Passing the Torch Award (The Students of the Boston Renaissance Charter School, 2003) Community Fellows and Reflective Practice Alumni Award 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Anna Bobbit Gardner/Coretta Scott King time Achievement Award 2005 Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston declares “Calvin Hicks Day” (date: ) 2008 Drum Major Award from the Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. Association 2010.
Membership
He was also a member of the Harlem Writers Guild, and active in the Black Arts Movement. He was a member of the liberal arts faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Nationality
United States
Awards
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Academy award; Distinguished Service Award; Arts and Sciences Distinguished Achievement in Education Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 1998) Distinguished Service Award, Dean of Arts and Sciences (Roxbury Community College, 1990) Greater Boston Gospel Academy Award (Roxbury Community Presbyterian Church, 1995) Millennium Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 2001) Gospel in Majesty Award (Tri-ad Veterans League, Inc and Magnolia Society, 2002) African Americans Making History Today: Bearers of the Flame/Passing the Torch Award (The Students of the Boston Renaissance Charter School, 2003) Community Fellows and Reflective Practice Alumni Award 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Anna Bobbit Gardner/Coretta Scott King time Achievement Award 2005 Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston declares “Calvin Hicks Day” (date: ) 2008 Drum Major Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association 2010Academy award; Distinguished Service Award; Arts and Sciences Distinguished Achievement in Education Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 1998) Distinguished Service Award, Dean of Arts and Sciences (Roxbury Community College, 1990) Greater Boston Gospel Academy Award (Roxbury Community Presbyterian Church, 1995) Millennium Award (Boston Orchestra and Chorale, 2001) Gospel in Majesty Award (Tri-ad Veterans League, Inc and Magnolia Society, 2002) African Americans Making History Today: Bearers of the Flame/Passing the Torch Award (The Students of the Boston Renaissance Charter School, 2003) Community Fellows and Reflective Practice Alumni Award 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Anna Bobbit Gardner/Coretta Scott King time Achievement Award 2005 Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston declares “Calvin Hicks Day” (date: ) 2008 Drum Major Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association 2010