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'''Gaston Neal''' (1934 - October 21, 1999) was an [[Americans|American]] [[poet]] and [[activist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13018792/gaston-neal-1934-1999|title=Gaston Neal, 1934-1999|website=Washington City Paper|language=en|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref name=wapo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/10/22/activist-and-poet-gaston-t-neal-dies/e1bde9b9-0803-4ec6-937d-4bb66e7da0e9/|title=Activist and Poet Gaston T. Neal Dies|last=|first=|date=Oct 22, 1999|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> He was from [[Pittsburgh]].<ref name=wapo/> He won a  Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Literary Arts. He co-founded the New School for Afro-American Thought.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interchange.org/Gaston/gaston1.html|title=Gaston Neal wins arts Oscar|website=www.interchange.org|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Gaston+Neal&source=bl&ots=e_joRPXT1f&sig=ACfU3U0DTwv5jFpdRykycBmUeUrer2WrGg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr97XBipjqAhULlXIEHX11Bxo4ChDoATAGegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Gaston%20Neal&f=false|title=Black World/Negro Digest|last=Granton|first=E. Fannie|date=June 1967|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref>

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== Other websites ==
* {{C-SPAN|gastonneal}}
* [https://anacostia.si.edu/collection/archives/object/sova-acma-09-023-ref539 Gaston Neal: 100 Years of Black Writing] anacostia.si.edu/

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[[Category:American poets]]
[[Category:American activists]]
[[Category:People from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:African-Americans]]
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