Marvin Tate

Marvin Tate is an African American male writer and poet. He is tall, around 6”1, with a little afro. Also, he is thin. Marvin writes poems and songs. One of his books is called School Yard of Broken Dreams, which is an inner look about his community and how he feels about it. He also works with CAPS (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy). His job is to help out the community, and make the world a better place for youths and adults. Marvin believes that social justice is “enlightening someone to be whatever they want to be”. Marvin has a family of his own with a wife and teenage daughter. The reason he started writing is because students in his classroom started writing and he decided that they should get their voices heard. So, he took the students to a place where they could write how they felt and turn those feelings into a song. Marvin is a hero in many ways: He helps youths, he doesn’t judge people and Marvin won a 7,000 dollar award for leadership. Marvin is an outgoing, unstoppable man.

-Dawn Burton