Educator and writer MIRIAM DECOSTA-WILLIS HAS AUTHORED, edited, or
co-edited more than fifteen books, including _Daughters of the
Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writer_s, E_rotique Noire /Black Erotica_,
_The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells_, _Notable Black Memphians_, and
_Black Memphis Landmarks_. She also co-founded the Memphis Black
Writers' Workshop and taught at Owen and LeMoyne colleges, as well at
the merged institution. In her forty-year career in education, she was
the first Black faculty member at Memphis State University. She
retired from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She also
served as Professor of Spanish and Chair of Romance Languages at
Howard University. Memphis Magazine has deemed her as a "local
treasure." This second annual World Languages luncheon will celebrate
Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis' legacy as a scholar, writer, activist and
literary mother. CLA past president Antonio Tillis, CLA colleagues,
and friends will pay tribute to Dr. DeCosta-Willis' literature,
scholarship and activism.
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