Artist Info: Sarah Webster Fabio

Sarah Webster Fabio (1928–1979), poet, educator, and leading figure and pioneer in the Black Studies and Black Arts movements. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on 20 January 1928, she became interested in Black Studies at a young age and later on juggled the life of a young mother/ student.

The mothering of five children delayed Fabio's education until 1963, when she enrolled in San Francisco State College. She earned her degree in 1965, on the day that her oldest son graduated from high school [read more...]