Everett H. Hoagland III ’73 AM

Everett H. Hoagland III ’73 AM, of New Bedford, Mass.; Jul. 5. After Brown, he taught English and African American studies at UMass Dartmouth for more than 30 years. He established himself in New Bedford as the city’s first poet laureate from 1994 to 1998. His work contributed significantly to the Black Arts Movement, and he received numerous awards, including the Gwendolyn Brooks Award, the 2023 American Book Award, and the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the American Literature Association’s Society for African American Literature and Culture.