Psychedelic Literature Photo Gallery

C. Liegh McInnis (college 1989)
attending his first literary conference

C. Liegh with Uncle attending Broadway play, Ain't Misbehavin', as finale of conference

Margaret Walker Alexander Library 2000
Teaching Creative Writing Class

Jackson State University Margaret Walker Alexander Poetry Festival 2001
David Williams, Jolivette Anderson, Pinkie’s Son,
Pinkie Gordon Lane, Ahmos Zu-Bolton, C. Liegh

JSU M.W.A. Poetry Festival 2001
C. Liegh and Writer/Scholar Pinkie Gordon Lane

JSU M.W.A. Poetry Festival 2001
Jolivette Anderson “The Poet Warrior”

Zora Neale Hurston Festival 2001
Dr. Jerry W. Ward and C. Liegh

Zora Neale Hurston Festival 2001
Dr. Ward and Writer/Scholar Amiri Baraka

UM Neo-Griot Conference 2001
Writer/Scholar Kalamu ya Salaam
and Natashia Taylor

Zora Neale Hurston Festival 2001
Amiri Baraka and Natashia Taylor
(C. Liegh's Step Daughter)

Zora Neal Hurston Festival 2001
Monica Taylor-McInnis Reads Her Poetry

University of Missouri Neo-Griot Conference 2001
Included are Askia M. Toure, Eugene Redmond,
C. Liegh, Ahmos Zu-Bolton, and Kalamu ya Salaam

UM Neo-Griot Conference 2001
Ahmos Zu-Bolton and Writer/Scholar Askia M. Toure

UM Neo-Griot Conference 2001
Kalamu ya Salaam, Graduate Student, and Askia M. Toure

Tom Dent Literary Festival 2001
Poet Saddi Khali and C. Liegh
Khali wins Tom Dent Award 2001

Tom Dent Literary Festival 2001
C. Liegh, Writer/Scholar Mona Lisa Saloy, and Saddi Khali

Tom Dent Literary Festival 2001
C. Liegh, Saddi Khali,
Mona Lisa Saloy, and Dr. Henry Lacey

University of Alabama Funktivity Conference March 2007

UA Funktivity Conference March 2007
C. Liegh and Kalamu ya Salaam

UA Funktivity Conference March 2007
C. Liegh and Literary Scholar Carmen Phelps

UA Funktivity Conference March 2007
Kalamu ya Salaam

UA Funktivity Conference March 2007
Writer/Scholar Thomas Sayers Ellis

UA Funktivity Conference March 2007
Writer/Scholar Tracie Morris and Musician/Scholar Scott Brown

State of the Nation Arts and Performance Festival October 2007
Poet Valentine Pierce, Dancer Millicent Johnny, Poet Saddi Khali, C. Liegh McInnis, Writer/Actor Teo Castellanos

M.U.G.A.B.E.E. (Poets and Musicians)
Co-Founders of State of the Nation

Special Easter Poetry Reading at Cafe' Seven* 2008
Ezra Brown (musician and ower of Seven*), DJ Fingerprint, and C. Liegh

Final Mississippi Vibes Open Mic February 2006
David Brian Williams

Final Mississippi Vibes Open Mic 2006
Ken E. Stiggers

Final Mississippi Vibes Open Mic 2006
Singer Genesis and David Brain Williams

David Brian Williams Homegoing Celebration December 2006
Rhonda Richmond, Ezra Brown, and Singer/Songwriter Cassandra Wilson

David Brian Williams Homegoing Celebration 2006
Artist/Educator Ramona Ward

C. Liegh Testifying before City Hall
Regarding City's Investment in Education

Tri-Tone at Birdland 1998
Rhonda Richmond, Rufus Mapp, Nellie Mack, Ezra Brown

Southern Vibes/Mississippi Vibes Founders
Poet Marcus Uganda White , Atty Derrick Johnson,
Poet Michael "Diallo" McClendon

Mississippi Vibes 1999
Poet/Educator David Brian Williams

Mississippi Vibes 1999
Poet/Educator Jolivette Anderson

Mississippi Vibes 1999
Poet/Film Maker Ken Stiggers

Mississippi Vibes Packed House March 1999
Writer/Scholar Dr. Jerry W. Ward

Mississippi Vibes 1999
M.U.G.A.B.E.E (Poets/Musicians/Activists)

Mississippi Vibes Packed House September 1999
Poet/Educator Judy K. Jefferson (left)

Mississippi Vibes 2000 Reading/Book Signing
Writer/Scholar Ahmos Zu-Bolton

Jackson State University 2000
C. Liegh and Ahmos Zu-Bolton

C. Liegh and Monica 2004
Returning from Literary Conference (CLA)

Final Mississippi Vibes Open Mic 2006
David Brain Williams

Jackson State University April 2007
Teaching World Literature Course
Photo used for story in The Clarian Ledger

Kwanzaa 2007
C. Liegh with Poet/Activist Martha Msemaji and Her Children

University of Mississippi Black Law Students Black History Blues Panel February 2007
Musician Ben Payton, BLS President Annette Hollowell, Musician Willie King,
Blues Scholar Scott Barretta, Chris Strachwitz--owner of Arhoolie Records, and C. Liegh McInnis

UMBLS Blues Panel February 2007
BLS President Annette Hollowell and C. Liegh

UMBLS Black History Blues Panel February 2007
Hollowell, Barretta, Strachwitz, and C. Liegh

UMBLS Blues Panel February 2007
King, Barretta, and C. Liegh

UMBLS Black History Blues Panel February 2007
Strachwitz and C. Liegh

UMBLS Black History Blues Panel February 2007
C. Liegh making final point

Margaret Walker Alexander Library 2000
Teaching Creative Writing Class

Full Moon Artistry Festival August 2008
Cool A. Rolo, C. Liegh, PyInfamous, Collage, MUGABEE, Poet of Truth,
Renee Shakespeare, Donyale, Soleah Rayne, Martha Msemji, June Hardwick

Full Moon Artistry Co-Founders
Attorney/Poet/Activist June Hardwick and Poet/Scholar Deborah Collage Grison

Full Moon Artistry August 2008
Poet of Truth, 2008 JMA Poet of the Year

Gospoetry Crew 2008
Gearld Morgan--saxophonist/poet, Big V--Host/Comic/Musician/Poet, and C. Liegh

Gospoetry Crew 2008
AJC--Rapper/Singer, Chanelle--Model, Gerald Morgan,
and far right Frank Wright--Drummer/Songwriter

"Vote for Your Life" and "Swing that Vote" Rallies October/November 2008
C. Liegh, John Horhn--Senator/Poet/Co-organizer of Rallies, AJC--Rapper/Poet/Singer

"Vote for Your Life" and "Swing that Vote" Rallies Nov. 2008

James Powell 2008
Founder and First Host of Gospoetry

I AM Seven* Foundation Fundraiser November 2008
Carl Reddix, M.D.--Board Member and C. Liegh

Cocky McFly--Comic/ Sunday Night Poetry Host
Hosting I AM Seven* Foundation Fundraiser 2008

I AM Seven* Foundation Board Members
Dora Brown--VP, Candace Brown--Co-VP, PyInfamous--Rapper/Poet

I AM Seven* Fundraiser 2008
B.A.M.B.O.O.--Poet/Pianist and
Poet of Truth--2008 Poet of the Year

Talibia Smith--Singer/Poet
I AM Seven* Fundraiser 2008

"Vote for Your Life" and "Swing that Vote" Rallies Oct./Nov. 2008
Judy K. Jefferson--Poet/Educator/Co-organizer (sitting)
Rhonda Richmond--Singer/Songwriter/Co-organizer, and C. Liegh

2009 Mississippi Philological Association at Mississippi College
C. Liegh and Dr. James Potts--Professor of English and Conference Director

2009 MPA at MC
presenting poetry, fiction, and lit crit

C. Liegh reading poetry in DC at the NAACP
Inaugural Poetry Reading for President Obama

2009 Jackson State University Spoken Word Festival
C. Liegh, Dr. Dollye Robinson--JSU Dean, Kalamu ya Salaam--writer/scholar, Rhoyia Crozier--scholar/author, Carolyn N. Ingram--author, and Dr. Janice Neal--poet/scholar and Festival Director

Inside Program that lists C. Liegh as one of the poets for the NAACP Inaugural Poetry Reading for President Barack Obama

Program for the NAACP Inaugural
Poetry Reading for President Obama

C. Liegh reading poetry in DC at the NAACP
Inaugural Poetry Reading for President Obama

C. Liegh at 97.7 Neo Soul and Poetry Sundays
with Que--DJ and Host

97.7 Neo Soul and Poetry Sundays (April 26, 2009)
DJ Spindat--poet/DJ, DJ Venom, C. Liegh, Que--DJ/Host, Tarah Stewart--Manager/Ekeltic Soul, DJ/Engineer Kausi Kai, and Greg Stewart "JYD"--Drummer/Ekeltic Soul (kneeling)

C. Liegh at 97.7 Neo Soul and Poetry Sundays
with Que--DJ and Host

C. Liegh reading his short stories, "Transition" and "Salvation," which are taught in American Literature II at Holmes Community College

C. Liegh engaged in Q & A at
Holmes Community College Spring 2009

Mississippi Vibes 1999
Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets and David Brian Williams

Zora Neale Hurston Festival 2001
C. Liegh signing festival anthology after reading his poems

ZNHF Banquet 2001
Maya Angelou after delivering Keynote

UM Neo-Griot Conference 2001
C. Liegh presents paper on Non-Hip Hop Poets

UM Neo-Griot Conference 2001
Candace Zu-Bolton and
Scholar Ywemboui Zu-Bolton (Ahmos' wife)

D. B. W. Homegoing Celebration 2006
Cassandra Wilson

C. Liegh Interviewed at Ayers Case Press Conference

C. Liegh Reading at the Writer's Spotlight at the Eudora Welty Commons June 13, 2009

Jan Jankovitz Writer/Coordinator
Writer's Spotlight

Katrina Byrd Novelist/Short Story Writer
Writer's Spotlight

C. Liegh Teaching Literature of Science at the Tougaloo Collge Jackson Heart Study Summer Science Program, July 2009

C. Liegh and noted scholar/editor/author Dr. Jerry Ward discuss the theme of critical thinking and decision making in the work of Richard Wright at the
Moss Point Visionary Career Fair, October 29, 2009

C. Liegh conducting creative writing workshop for the Annual Moss Point Visionary Career Fair--October 31, 2009

C. Liegh, local poet Rae, and Community Kwanzaa Coordinator Brother David
Kwanzaa 2009

C. Liegh and Poet/Scholar/Activist Sonia Sanchez Malcolm X Day Celebration February 2010

Scholar/Editor/Poet Dr. Perselfannie McDaniels
and Sonia Sanchez

C. Liegh reading poem at the Conference of the Veterans
of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement March 26, 2010

C. Liegh on panel of the Conference of VMCRM with
Dr. Leslie McLemore and Dr. Robert Lucket

C. Liegh with poet/playwright/activist Carlton Turner after his powerful reading at the Conference of the VMCRM

C. Liegh reading poetry final day of
the Conference of the VMCRM

Poet/scholar/professor Dr. Jerry W. Ward reads at the Conference of the VMCRM

Poet/playwright/scholar Charlie Braxton
reads at the Conference of the VMCRM

Poet Mariama Gibbs-Guice reads at
the Conference of the VMCRM

Comic Cocky McFly hosts the Poet Speaks Reading on final day of Conference

Some of the poets who read at the three-day Conference of the VMCRM: Kalair Sabir, C. Liegh McInnis, Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Kanika Welch (The Poet of Truth), and Mariama Gibbs-Guice, and Charlie Braxton (seated)

C. Liegh with Derrick Johnson, President of Mississippi NAACP at the Conference of MCRM

C. Liegh with poet/publisher /scholar Dr. Haiki Madhubuti at the JSU Creative Arts Festival April 8, 2010

Madhubuti with Civil Rights organizer, activist, and educator Hollis Watkins at the JSU CAF

Madhubuti with Student from C. Liegh's Creative Writing Class at JSU Creative Arts Festival

Poet/editor/scholar Dr. Jerry Ward and Poet/Publisher/Scholar Dr. Haki Madhubuti at the JSU Creative Arts Festival April 7, 2010

Poet Voices for Cuban Aid Festival
June Hardwick, C. Liegh, and Martha Msemji