Title: Professor Emeritus
Company: Eastern Michigan University
Location: Ypsilanti, MI United States
Achievements:
- Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement (2018)
- Honoree, Named Poet Laureate, City of Detroit (2001-Present)
- Recipient, Living Legacy Award, ASALH (2013)
- Recipient, Kresge Eminent Artist Award (2012)
- Recipient, Literary Lotus Award (2010)
- Recipient, First Annual Inside Out Literary Legacy Award (2010)
- Recipient, Book Woman Award, National Book Association (2009)
- Recipient, Creative Scholarship Award, College Language Association (2007)
- Recipient, Mayor’s Award of Literary Excellence (2005)
- Honoree, Named One of 23 Enterprising Women, Detroit Historical Society (2004)
- Honoree, Bronze Bust Created by Artis Lane, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (2004)
- Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, Chicago State University (2003)
- Recipient, Alain Locke Award, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Friends of African And African American Art (2003)
- Inductee, Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame (2002)
- Inductee, National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, Chicago State University (1999)
- Inductee, Sumner High School Hall of Fame, St. Louis (1997)
- Recipient, George Kent Award (1995)
- Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Furious Flower (1994)
- Eponym, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award Named For Her (1993)
- Recipient, American Book Award (1993)
- Recipient, Michigan Artist Award (1993)
- Recipient, Creative Contributors Award, Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, Chicago State University (1993)
- Honoree, Black Scholar Award of Excellence (1992)
- Recipient, Arts Foundation of Michigan Award (1990)
- Recipient, Creative Achievement Award, College Language Association (1988)
- Recipient, Creative Artist Award, Michigan Council for the Arts (1987)
- Recipient, Robert Hayden Runagate Award (1985)
- Recipient, Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University (1985)
- Recipient, Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women (1984)
- Recipient, Award, Black Caucus, NCTE (1984)
- Recipient, Award, The Links, Inc. – Chesapeake-Virginia Beach Chapter (1981)
- Recipient, Josephine Nevins Keal Award (1979)
- Recipient, Distinguished English Teacher of the Year Award (1967)
- Honoree, Mott Fellow in English (1965)
- Recipient, Esther R. Beer Poetry Award, National Writers Club (1957)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America (1992-2014, 2016)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the Midwest (2000-2015)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women (2002-2006, 2008, 2010)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the World (2005-2008)
Designations:
- Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Michigan State University
- Doctor of Philosophy, International Institute for Advanced Studies
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Wayne State University
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola University
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Siena Heights University
- Master of Education, Wayne State University
- Bachelor of Arts, Virginia State University
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