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Essex Hemphill

Contains 12 performances.

American poet and activist (1957-95). Voiced important issues for the African American gay community.

  • Liz Lochhead, Emile Sercombe, Essex Hemphill, Tony & Stod

    Liz Lochhead, Emile Sercombe, Essex Hemphill, Tony & Stod

    13 December 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Identity Tour - Feat Essex Hemphill (Launch Night)

    Identity Tour - Feat Essex Hemphill (Launch Night)

    10 March 1992 at 
    Carlton Hall (2)
    This was the launch night for Essex Hemphill’s book ‘Brother To Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men distributed both in the US and Britain.
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 2)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 2)

    11 March 1992 at 
    Centerprise CafŽé (Kingsland High Street) (2)
    There were two appearances on 11 March 1992 – this one being an evening performance  from 7 to 9pm. The first was an afternoon HIV/AID workshop at an unspecified venue in Shepherdess Walk, Hackney.
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 3)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 3)

    13 March 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 4)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 4)

    14 March 1992 at 
    University of Kent (Canterbury) (1)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 5)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 5)

    15 March 1992 at 
    Gayles (Oxford) (1)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 6)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 6)

    18 March 1992 at 
    Moat Community College (Leicester) (1)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 7)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 7)

    20 March 1992 at 
    Summerfield Centre (Birmingham) (1)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 8)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 8)

    23 March 1992 at 
    Roseville Centre (Leeds) (5)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 9)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 9)

    24 March 1992 at 
    Black Art Gallery (1)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 10)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 10)

    25 March 1992 at 
    Toxteth Library (Liverpool) (4)
  • Identity Tour - (Perf 11)

    Identity Tour - (Perf 11)

    27 March 1992 at 
    Black Resource Centre (Manchester) (1)
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