Ground WorkHaki Madhubuti is one of the foremost Black poets and has been in the vanguard of Black letters for more than 25 years. He has perfected the ability to combine politics and poetry in a powerful and unique style that is both accessible and profound. GroundWork: Selected Poems from 1966-1996 is a landmark collection of Madhubuti's poetic vision for and critique of African-Americans and American society as a whole. From ""But He Was Cool"" and ""One Sided Shoot-out"" to ""White People are People Too"" and ""Too Many of Our Young are Dying"", GroundWork is a compendium of verse that is both thoughtful, memorable, and represents some of the best work in a generation of American poets of any color. |
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... knowledge knowledge stimulates change and most people fear change to acquire knowledge is to grow to grow is to change growth without knowledge is not growth growth with knowledge leads toward wisdom there are few wise people in our ...
... knowledge knowledge stimulates change and most people fear change to acquire knowledge is to grow to grow is to change growth without knowledge is not growth growth with knowledge leads toward wisdom there are few wise people in our ...
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... knowledge is like water it is nourishment for those who seek it and wasted on those who misuse it but for all whom it touches it does some good so like water let's spread knowledge worldwide . 173 174 if you need to learn nuclear ...
... knowledge is like water it is nourishment for those who seek it and wasted on those who misuse it but for all whom it touches it does some good so like water let's spread knowledge worldwide . 173 174 if you need to learn nuclear ...
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... knowledge known , the confident walk of music heard , the quiet presence of having accepted and created beauty . for Afrikan people an unspoken understanding that this is the center we gave the world this is civilization . CLAIMING ...
... knowledge known , the confident walk of music heard , the quiet presence of having accepted and created beauty . for Afrikan people an unspoken understanding that this is the center we gave the world this is civilization . CLAIMING ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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