Hannah Drake is an American poet, blogger, activist, public speaker, and author of 11 books.
On Super Bowl Sunday of 2019 (February 3, 2019), Drake garnered a lot of attention when film director and producer Ava DuVernay tweeted out a video of Drake's poem "All You Had to Do Was Play the Game, Boy". DuVernay's tweet was meant to protest the NFL's treatment of former football quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick in turn shared the poem with his followers, and Drake's video reached 2.4 million viewers.
In February 2019, Drake was selected by the Muhammad Ali Center to be a Daughter of Greatness. The Daughter of Greatness Breakfast Series features prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism, and pursuits of justice to share their stories with the Louisville community.
Drake is the chief creative officer of IDEAS xLab, an artist-run nonprofit based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2021, The New York Times recognized her work on the (Un)Known Project, a multimedia installation artwork meant to recognize all the Black people who were enslaved in Kentucky and elsewhere.
Recently, Drake was selected as one of the Best of the Best in Louisville, Kentucky, for her poem “Spaces".
Bibliography
Books YearTitlePublisherISBNNotes2019Dear White Women, It's Not You. It's Me. I'm Breaking Up With You!: Commentaries on Race, White Feminism, Allyship and IntersectionalityDrake PublishingNonfiction2019Love, Revolution, & Lemonade: Poetry, Prose, & PassionDrake PublishingNonfiction2018Dear America, I'm Still Rooting For YouDrake PublishingCommentary2015For Such A Time As ThisCreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPoetry collection2014So Many Things I Want To Tell You...: Life Lessons for the JourneyCreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformCommentary2013Fragile DestinyNovel2013Views From the Back PewNovel2010An...ti...ci...pa...tionCreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPoetry collection2010Hannah's Plea: Poetry for the SoulCreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPoetry collection2010Life Lived In ColorCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Poetry collection2007In Spite of My Chains: Poems From A Liberated MindCreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPoetry collection
References
External links
Drake's personal website