The Death of Writer Henry Dumas - May 23 2026

May 23rd: Henry Dumas Killed by Police (1968) Death doesn’t stop influence. On May 23rd 1968 a man tragically lost his life. A writer whose career, and influence, lived on despite the end of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dumas#Death, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/10/01/433229181/henry-dumas-wrote-about-black-people-killed-by-cops-then-he-was-killed-by-a-cop, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Dumas, https://yalereview.org/article/henry-dumas-poet-death, https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/henry-dumas-shot/, https://www.ebony.com/why-this-author-murdered-by-the-police-in-1968-matters-right-now-504/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices