Hannah Drake

Hannah Drake is an American poet, blogger, activist, public speaker, and author of 11 books.[1][2]

Hannah L. Drake
A photograph of Drake standing in front of a podium
Drake in 2017
Occupation(s)Writer, activist and public speaker
Notable work"All You Had To Do Was Play The Game, Boy"
AwardsMuhammad Ali Center's 2019 Daughter of Greatness

On Super Bowl Sunday of 2019 (February 3, 2019), Drake garnered a lot of attention when film director and producer Ava DuVernay tweeted out a video of Drake's poem "All You Had to Do Was Play the Game, Boy".[1][3] DuVernay's tweet was meant to protest the NFL's treatment of former football quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick in turn shared the poem with his followers, and Drake's video reached 2.4 million viewers.[3][4][5]

In February 2019, Drake was selected by the Muhammad Ali Center to be a Daughter of Greatness.[2][3] The Daughter of Greatness Breakfast Series features prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism, and pursuits of justice to share their stories with the Louisville community.[2]

Drake is the chief creative officer of IDEAS xLab, an artist-run nonprofit based in Louisville, Kentucky.[3][6] In 2021, The New York Times recognized her work on the (Un)Known Project, a multimedia installation artwork meant to recognize all the Black people who were enslaved in Kentucky and elsewhere.[7]

Recently, Drake was selected as one of the Best of the Best in Louisville, Kentucky, for her poem “Spaces".[1]

Bibliography

Books
Year Title Publisher ISBN Notes
2019 Dear White Women, It's Not You. It's Me. I'm Breaking Up With You!: Commentaries on Race, White Feminism, Allyship and Intersectionality Drake Publishing ISBN 9780997299229 Nonfiction
2019 Love, Revolution, & Lemonade: Poetry, Prose, & Passion Drake Publishing ISBN 9780997299212 Nonfiction
2018 Dear America, I'm Still Rooting For You Drake Publishing ISBN 9780997299205 Commentary
2015 For Such A Time As This CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781512265941 Poetry collection
2014 So Many Things I Want To Tell You...: Life Lessons for the Journey CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781497324893 Commentary
2013 Fragile Destiny ISBN 1450529933 Novel
2013 Views From the Back Pew ISBN 1450562906 Novel
2010 An...ti...ci...pa...tion CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781453711002 Poetry collection
2010 Hannah's Plea: Poetry for the Soul CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781451577273 Poetry collection
2010 Life Lived In Color CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781453703991 Poetry collection
2007 In Spite of My Chains: Poems From A Liberated Mind CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 9781451596199 Poetry collection

References
  1. "Hannah L. Drake | Actors Theatre". www.actorstheatre.org. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. "Daughters of Greatness: Hannah Drake – Muhammad Ali Center | Be Great :: Do Great Things". February 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. "Hannah Drake". www.uncsa.edu. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. Adams, Kirby (February 6, 2019). "How Louisville poet Hannah Drake caught the eye of Colin Kaepernick". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  5. Cash, Rana L. (February 3, 2019). "Colin Kaepernick, Ava DuVernay share Louisville poet's impassioned words for thousands". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  6. "IDEAS xLab". IDEAS xLab. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  7. Jones, Maggie (June 9, 2021). "On a Kentucky Riverbank, a Path to Remembrance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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