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Miller received the 1963–64 Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, and he won the 1991 Poets' Prize for his collection Living on the Surface. In 1997, President Bill Clinton selected Williams to read his poem "Of History and Hope" at Clinton's second inauguration, instantly bringing Williams to national attention.
January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration. Regeneration (titled Behind the Lines in the United States), a film about World War I poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, is released. It is based on the novel Regeneration by Pat Barker. Jacket online literary magazine ...
The National Anthem was sung by Santita Jackson, [5] [6] daughter of renowned civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, [6] and then Arkansas poet Miller Williams read "Of History and Hope", a poem he wrote for the occasion. President Clinton's inaugural speech followed.
"Praise Song for the Day" is an occasional poem written by the American poet Elizabeth Alexander and delivered at the 2009 presidential inauguration of President Barack Obama.The poem is the fourth to be delivered at a United States presidential inauguration, following in the tradition of recitals by Robert Frost (John F. Kennedy, 1961), Maya Angelou (Bill Clinton, 1993), and Miller Williams ...
Former Williams CEO John H. Williams Dies at 94 Mr. Williams Began His Career With Company in Late 1930s Company Grew Rapidly, Enjoyed Unprecedented Success Under His Leadership Civic and Business ...
Columnist Phil Williams looks at the future and hope for another great generation in America.
Frances Harriet Williams (1898–1992) [1] was an American activist and civil servant. She was born in 1898 in Danville, Kentucky to Frank L. Williams and Fannie (Miller) Williams but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1919 and earned a master's degree in political science from the University of ...
Columnist Phil Williams looks back at the Christmas truce of 1914 in World War I as a way the holiday season can change even the worst of things. ... As surely as the history and faith of the ...