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Maya Angelou: $5,000 +
Singer, dancer, actress, composer, and director, She became best known as a writer, playwright, and poet. Her inspired poetry readings brought her work to another level.
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James Baldwin: $1,000 to $4,999
He pushed boundaries with his exploration of racial and social issues. His essays describing the black experience in America and against the separation of races were influential during the 1960s.
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Langston Hughes: $500 to $999
Writing novels, short stories, plays, and poetry addressing many common experiences of black Americans from the 1920s through the 1960s, he was heavily influenced by jazz music and was instrumental in the Harlem Renaissance.
$500 to $999 Donor list
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- Aaron Turner
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Audre Lorde: $100 to $499
She described herself as a “black, lesbian. mother, warrior, poet,” One of the largest LGBTQ representative figures in American history. She fought the marginalization of African American and gay women.
$100 to $499 Donor list
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- Aaron Turner
- Amber Erickson
- Amy + Chuck Heiney
- Amy Buff
- Amy Kerns
- Amy Nguyen
- Amy Fletcher
- Andrea Wallace
- Angela Smith
- Ann Bower
- Anneliese Waalkes
- Annie + Tom Wassman + Edwards
- Aaron Turner
- Adrian Butler
- Alana Placzkowski
- Alicia Markland
- Alissa Heynen
- Alynn Guerra
- Amy Nguyen
- Andrew DeBraber
- Andrew Fisher
- Audrey Cavanaugh
- Audrey Cavanaugh
- Barbara Mytyk
- Benjamin Braun
- Berneta McCully
- Bethany Joy Mary Winn
- Betty + Mike Roth
- Bianca Ambriz
- Bill Fischer
- Blaire Michelin
- Brandon Copeland
- Brent Webster
- Brian Gilmore
- Brian Vilmont
- Brooke Hotchkiss
- Butler Adrian
- Carolyn Vandenberg
- Cassandra Kiger
- Cecelia Fenwick
- Cecily Milkie
- Chad + Rebecca Burtless-Creps
- Charlie Danoff
- Cheri Gillison
- Christian Groesbeck
- Christine Stephens
- Chelsea Walblay
- Christopher Douglas
- Chrysteen Moelter-Gray
- Cindy Koning
- Chrysteen Moelter-Gray
- Conshana Vaughn
- Darryl Elmouchi
- David Crandall
- Deanna Rolffs
- Deborah Phillips
- Dianne Hula
- Desmond JonesBand
- Dorothy Burgess
- Deborah Schuitema
- Dylan Fischer
- Ekta Rajgarhia
- Elisabeth Hatfield
- Elizabeth Wonder
- Ellyn Gendler
- Elyse Mathos
- Elizabeth & Peter Bruinsma
- Emma Nicolas
- Eric & Danielle Speers
- Erika VanDyke
- Erin Borrink
- Forrest Locklear
- George Falk
- Hanna Lambers
- Haylee Batzer
- Jack Woller
- Jacki Northup
- Janay Brower
- Janice Slotten
- Jen + Lauren Hess
- Jen Firlik
- Jennifer Brandt
- Jennifer Frissina
- Jennifer Rapanos
- Jennifer Ward
- Joseph Anderson
- Josh Hamlet
- Juan Garcia
- Julia Bratton
- Julie Berger
- Justin Gray
- Jen Rapanos
- Jerry Bishop
- Jessica Warner
- Jill Vyn
- Jim Moore
- Joe Aukema
- Joel Berends
- Johnny Moody
- John Preston
- John Winkelman
- John Witten
- John Bouley
- Josh Hamlet
- Leslie Newman
- Lauren Glowacki
- Lauren Ogle
- Laury Baker
- Leah Anton
- Landon Bartley
- Lisabeth Keegan
- Lisa Theut
- Lizzie Williams
- Lucinda Koning
- Lynnea Page-Jenkins
- Mackenzie Murray
- Maddie Weadock
- Marcus Ringnalda
- Margaret & William Faber
- Margaret Lancaster
- Mariah Welch
- Mark + Wendy Wassink
- Mary Hunter
- Matt Vander Woude
- Megan Davey
- Megan Scheerhorn
- Morgan Wolf
- Muriel Lutes
- Nadira Kharmai
- Nany + David Hejna
- Nate Montague
- Nicole McGrath
- Nigel Salaz
- Michael Moody
- Michael Rohwer
- Michael Roth
- Rob Standish
- Olivia Rainey
- Pauline Hewitt
- Paul Timm
- Phoebe O’Berski
- Rhiannon McCalmont
- Rhonda Leese
- Rick Dykema
- Raymond Johnson
- Samuel Bernardy
- Sandor Fejer
- Sandra Sharp
- Sarah Mattone
- Sarah Weir
- Steven Russo
- Susan + Brad Laffrey
- Shahad Alzaidan
- Shannel Johnson
- Shahad Alzaidan
- Shane Sievers
- Sharon Vriend-Robinette
- Tamika Bryant
- Tammy Karas
- Taylor Vanden Hoek
- Teresa + Jeff Cramer + Reining
- Tiffany Martinez
- Tracey Hamlet
- Trevor Smythe
- Unknown
- Valerie Maciewjewski
- Wendy Nelson Correro
- Wendy Reed
- Wyatt Istvan-Mitchell
Allen Ginsberg: $1 to $99
Substance abuse and mental health issues in his youth led this prolific poet to write with an unprecedented rawness. This manifested itself in “Howl”, a poem that had to be defended in court against obscenity charges. He is regarded as a bridge between the literary avant-garde and pop culture.
$1 to $99 Donor list
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- Ann Bower-Jackson
- Debora Jandle
- Samoane Williams
- Ellie Hutchison
- Jennifer Frissina
- Abigail Bruins
- Adam Beasley
- Al Gaslecki
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- Alexis Stark
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- Allison Blair
- Alvin Kershner
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- Amy Kerns
- Amy Van Prooyen
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- Cool Dude Ben
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- Ebony Mattock
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