U.S. Census Bureau Black History Month Feature for Feb. 24

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily Black History Month feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24: RITA DOVE

Profile America for the 24th day of Black History Month. Rita Dove is among the nation's most recognized African-American poets. She was the youngest person and the first black to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States. Her most widely known work is "Thomas and Beulah," a collection of poems telling the story of her grandparents, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. Rita Dove has been a professor of English at the University of Virginia since 1993. In the U.S. today, there are nearly 1.3 million college professors and instructors, 46 percent of them women and 6 percent African-American. This special edition of Profile America is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau, conducting the 2010 Census beginning April 1st.

Sources: www.poets.org  

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 596

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).

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