U-M graduate and professor Robert Hayden was the first African-American to be awarded which prestigious U.S. literary prize?
The Nobel Peace Prize
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U.S. Poet Laureate
Correct! Then called the "Consultant to Poetry to the Library of Congress," Robert Hayden held the post currently occupied by Joy Harjo, whose poetry was featured in last week's newsletter. Read about Hayden's bus route in Ann Arbor here.