Carnegie Mellon University
January 05, 2016

Young Writers To Showcase Their Work at Carnegie Mellon’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards

Young Writers To Showcase Their Work at Carnegie Mellon’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards

Seventeen Pittsburgh-area high school and college students will be recognized for their poetry and prose at CMU’s 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards Ceremony on Monday, Jan. 18. The students will present their personal narratives dealing with racial prejudice and discrimination.

“Every year I am struck by the maturity and insight these high school and college students express. Each student is all too aware of the way they are either targets of or witnesses to the way racism and other forms of discrimination shape our social world,” said associate professor of English Rich Purcell, who is directing this year’s awards.

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