On September 17 Library of America and New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are hosting Lift Every Voice, an online event to mark the release of African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by poet and Schomburg Center Director Kevin Young. The evening will feature poets Nikky Finney, Sonia Sanchez, Jericho Brown, Tyehimba Jess, and other performers.