• The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation

    An intergenerational local arts consortium in St. Louis
  • Featuring C.A.E.L. programming initiatives

  • Shirley exudes poetic justice

  • Connecting with artists and friends

  • A family celebrating the literary arts

  • Serving as Poet Laureate of St. Louis

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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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Meet Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore

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SBLF Programs & Events

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The Return of The SBLF Gala with the Debut of “CHILDREN OF THE SUN”

The Inaugural SBLF Fundraiser Gala featuring Rivers of Women, The Play, was a huge success in 2022, but we were still in the grip of the COVID 19 pandemic. Schools and businesses were struggling to adjust to our new…

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CHILDREN OF THE SUN

The SBLF Fundraiser Gala returns with the CHILDREN OF THE SUN: A Choreopoem by Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore features a collection of poems performed by children and young adults, accompanied by an energetic soundtrack.

Poetry exists not only in written…

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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

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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

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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

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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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Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation Inc.

High Low / Kranzberg Arts Foundation

3301 Washington Avenue, 2B

St. Louis, MO 63103 USA

314.485.2926

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