Essex Hemphill (April 16, 1957 – November 4, 1995) was an openly gay American poet and activist. He is known for his contributions to the Washington, D...

professor Darryl Hemphill (born 1960), American football player Doug Hemphill (born ?), American film audio engineer Essex Hemphill (1957–1995) American...

documentary film directed by Marlon T. Riggs, and featuring Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Brian Freeman. and more. The film seeks, in its author's words to,...

politically astute, historically important document of our precarious times.” Essex Hemphill, the poet known for his role in Marlon Riggs's film Tongues Untied,...

complicate the racial undertones of the imagery. American poet and activist Essex Hemphill also expressed criticism in his anthology Brother to Brother (1991)...

Blackness. Riggs mixes performances by choreographer Bill T. Jones and poet Essex Hemphill with commentary by noted activist Angela Y. Davis, and cultural critics...

won three Lambda Awards one for Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS in 2015, and two for Hidden from History:...

Benny Anthony Harley (1981), trumpet player in go-go band Rare Essence Essex Hemphill (1975), poet and activist, known for his activism in the African American...

principal voices of Tongues Untied are those of Riggs, and the poets Essex Hemphill and Joseph Beam. Tongues Untied had political backlash; Republican Senator...

the film premiered it was positively reviewed by critics including Essex Hemphill, writing for The Guardian and Michelle Parkerson, writing for The Black...