The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation (SBLF) is proudly marking its 5th Anniversary (2020-2025)! Established in 2019 by Hope Lynne Price-Lindsay, Jacie Wynn Price, and Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen shortly after the passing of Poet Laureate Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore, the foundation was created to safeguard, honor, and manage Shirley’s artistic and academic legacy.
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Celebrating SBLF 5th Anniversary
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The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation, established in 2019 pays tribute to the esteemed poet, activist, and educator, St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley J. Bradley Price LeFlore (1940-2019). The foundation was founded by LeFlore’s daughters, Hope Lynne Price-Lindsay, Jacie Wynn Price, and Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen.
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Pulitzer and SBLF Presents THE ART OF CONVERSATION
The SBLF, in partnership with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, will launch THE ART OF CONVERSATION on April 24, 2025, at 6:00 PM, featuring renowned poet Tara Betts at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.
SBLF Celebrates National Poetry Month
In 1995, motivated by the successes of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, the Academy of American Poets established National Poetry Month, which officially launched on April 1, 1996.
Honoring Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore: A Legacy of Words and Wisdom
This National Poetry Month, I celebrate the life, the legacy, and the luminous spirit of my mother, the late St.…
New Date: SBLF Gala Debuts “CHiLDREN OF THE SUN” on October 25, 2025
Our Annual Gala, CHiLDREN OF THE SUN, has been rescheduled to take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025, and will…
Hatsephi Kushma’s Successful Book Launch at the High Low hosted by SBLF
On Saturday, March 15 2025, the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation (SBLF) recently hosted “An Intimate Afternoon with Filmmaker turned Author…
The Return of The SBLF Gala with the Debut of “CHiLDREN OF THE SUN”
I am excited to share that our annual fundraising gala is back, featuring CHiLDREN OF THE SUN, a choreopoem by Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore, which will take place on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at The Grandel Theater in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The SBLF Undergraduate Micro-Grants
Helping St. Louis High School Students Achieve Success
The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation (SBLF) is excited to announce two micro-grants for high school seniors enrolled at a high school within the St. Louis Public Schools system, in St. Louis, Missouri who have been…
SBL Poetry Prize for Women
The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Poetry Prize for Women honors and publishes emerging female poets in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Sponsored by SBLF, the winning chapbooks will be published by 2Leaf Press.
The creation of the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Poetry…
WRITE ON
The WRITE ON initiative focuses on promoting self-improvement and self-awareness through the medium of creative writing, as well as introducing the benefits of literature and books to children and adolescents in marginalized communities.
Specifically targeting inner-city youth aged 5-18, the program will utilize…
WOMEN WARRIORS
The WOMAN WARRIORS initiative was conceived by Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore, an early proponent of intersectional feminism. LeFlore utilized her poetry as a platform to address issues of social injustice, women’s rights, and global unrest, while also advocating for marginalized groups, particularly children.…
“I feel that the arts should do more than just train people in an isolated way to be great performers or to master their craft. Master their craft for what? The artist has a responsibility to make a connection with the people he gets this all from. I get my art from the people, so I give it back to them.”
~Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore
SBL Books
Introducing Literary Excellence
RIVERS OF WOMEN, THE PLAY is a stage-play of poems accompanied with photographs by award-winning, Chicago-based photographer Michael J. Bracey. Rivers of Women premiered in 2013 at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, and was restaged in 2022 at High Low / Kranzberg Arts Foundation. READ MORE
Rivers of Women, The Play
In her debut poetry collection, BRASSBONES & RAINBOWS, Shirley Bradley LeFlore tackles social, political and cultural issues with a profound love for humanity. A literary griot, she shares the fabric of verse through jazz, blues and gospel in an easy going, smooth and soothing Southern American dialect mixed with African American Vernacular English serving as musical notes that roll off your tongue. READ MORE
Brassbones & Rainbows
BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED, A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives edited by Abiodun Oyewole, extends beyond the Black Lives Matter movement’s primary agenda of police brutality to acknowledge that even when affronted with slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow, racial injustice and inequality, black lives have always mattered. Shirley Bradley LeFlore participated as one of 79 contributors, publishing the essay “Healing” to close out the collection. READ MORE
Black Lives Have Always Mattered
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