We're honoring poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts this Black History Month! Sentenced to prison in his teens and later released, Betts was reborn as a prison reform advocate and went on to start a nonprofit that installs libraries in prisons nationwide—giving incarcerated people what he calls “a pathway into the world.” | The View
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We're honoring poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts this Black History Month! Sentenced to prison in his teens and later released, Betts was reborn as a prison reform advocate and went on to start a nonprofit that installs libraries in prisons nationwide—giving incarcerated people what he calls “a pathway into the world.” | The View
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Finding Freedom In Words: Lawyer Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Finding Freedom In Words: Lawyer Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Sep 29, 2021
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: “forgetting who / Loves you is the easiest way to vanish”
Reginald Dwayne Betts: “forgetting who / Loves you is the easiest way to vanish”
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Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts on America’s ‘lost generation’
Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts on America’s ‘lost generation’
Jan 12, 2016
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Who said nobody deserves a second chance? Reginald Dwayne Betts spent eight years in prison, and went on to become a published author and Yale Law School graduate. See him in conversation FREE on July 16, 8pm. Details: http://bit.ly/2xIEsiE Part of Brave: Secret Lives, Second Chances. #BraveToronto | Harbourfront Centre
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Who said nobody deserves a second chance? Reginald Dwayne Betts spent eight years in prison, and went on to become a published author and Yale Law School graduate. See him in conversation FREE on July 16, 8pm. Details: http://bit.ly/2xIEsiE Part of Brave: Secret Lives, Second Chances. #BraveToronto | Harbourfront Centre
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How Reginald Dwayne Betts Found His Poetic Voice in Prison | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS
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How Reginald Dwayne Betts Found His Poetic Voice in Prison | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS
Jan 22, 2020
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A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
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A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
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Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Jan 29, 2025
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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts
Mar 12, 2021
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Reginald Dwayne Betts on Prison Libraries
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Reginald Dwayne Betts
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National nonprofit brings books to those incarcerated in Maine
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Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Sep 28, 2021
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: On Art, Poetry, the Particular Fucked Up Parts of Incarceration, and the Multitudes of I — Interview by Amanda Newell - Plume
May 27, 2020
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"Redaction" is a look into what is concealed inside the American legal system. Reginald Betts and Titus Kaphar use poetry and art to examine the relationship between race and incarceration in America. Watch this Sunday at 8 AM ET on C-SPAN 2 and online at https://www.c-span.org/video/?526042-1/redaction | BookTV
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Reginald Dwayne Betts - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Mar 11, 2013
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Poetry Reading with Writer/ Lawyer/ Activist Reginald Dwayne Betts in the Atrium of The Betsy Hotel #MDW2018 We’ll be having Jazz with the Nicole Yarling Duo from 7 PM to 11 PM in the lobby of the Betsy, stop by! | City of Miami Beach Government
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Honoring Poet & Activist Reginald Dwayne Betts | The View
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Visualizing Abolition: Prisons and Poetics with Reginald Dwayne Betts and Craig Haney
686 viewsJan 27, 2021
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Reginald Dwayne Betts headlines Tulsa LitFest with performance, talks
Apr 22, 2025
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Reginald Dwayne Betts Interview: Redefining Redemption by Finding Poetry in Prison
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Dwayne Betts and his mission beyond prison
Jul 10, 2022
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A Reading of Felon by Reginald Dwayne Betts
891 viewsDec 10, 2021
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Dwayne Betts (Freedom Reads)
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Freedom Reads on Instagram: "Books changed Freedom Reads founder @dwaynebetts’ life in prison. Now, he’s building handcrafted libraries to share that joy with others still Inside. Every Freedom Library elevates dignity for people too often forgotten. #freedomreads #bookschangelives #freedomlibraries #prisontransformation #craftsmanshipwithpurpose"
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We spoke with Dwayne Betts about his new book of poetry, 'Felon', which explores life after incarceration. Here, Betts talks about what he hopes readers take away from his p | Where We Live
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Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts celebrates Juneteenth
11 months ago
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: Can I Be More Than What I Was?
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Reginald Dwayne Betts Interview: A Voice for the Incarcerated | THE THREAD Documentary Series
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A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.
6 months ago
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