Sarah Elizabeth Wright

Background

Wright, Sarah Elizabeth was born on December 9, 1928 in Wetipquin, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Willis Charles and Mary Amelia (Moore) Wright.

Education

Student, Howard University, 1945—1949. Student, Pennsylvania State Teachers College, 1950—1952. Student, New School Social Research.

Student, Long Island University. Bachelor of Science, State University of New York, Albany.

Career

MacDowell Colony fellow MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1973. Writer-in-residence Finkelstein Memorial Library., Spring Valley, New York, 1978, 1979, 1980. President Pen & Brush, Incorporated, New York York City, 1992—1993, consultant, producer Black History Month celebration and commemoration.

Consultant for creative artists public service program New York State Council on the Arts.

Achievements

• Sarah Elizabeth Wright has been listed as a notable writer, poet by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A. Philip Randolph: Integration in the Workplace (History of Civil Rights Series)

    (A biography of the civil rights activist who organized th...)

Membership

Member of Pen American Center (events committee), Authors Guild, Inc. (council member 1980-1990), Harlem Writers Guild, Inc. (vice president, president 1958-1965, award enduring commitment 1998), National Association for Poetry Therapy (certified poetry therapist).

Connections

Married Joseph Gilbert Kaye, June 17, 1960. Children: Michael, Shelley.

Father:

Willis Charles Wright

Mother:

Mary Amelia (Moore) Wright

Spouse:

Joseph Gilbert Kaye

child:

Michael Wright

child:

Shelley Wright