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Ground Work

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Third World Press, Jan 1, 1996 - Poetry - 329 pages
Thirty years of poems and a few essays of Don L. Lee beginning in the militant Black Arts Movement and metamorphosing into the more mature yet critical voice of Lee as Haki R. Madhubuti. The subject is consistently political and poetic as it challenges the people of the world to rights the wrongs committed against Black people and all oppressed people of the world.

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Review: Groundwork: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1996

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in america the major reward for originality in words, songs and visual melody is to have dull people call you weird while asking what you do for a living. ~ The Writer Baba Haki is positively prolific ... Read full review

Review: Groundwork: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1996

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Haki Madhubuti's poetry is so beautiful! The book showcases his evolution and shows the depth of his poetry throughout his artistic life.

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Contents

Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii
The New lntegrationist 21
Contradiction in Essence 27
Copyright

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GroundWork: Selected Poems of Haki R. Madhubuti/Don L. Lee (1966-1996)
GroundWork: Selected Poems of Haki R. Madhubuti/Don L. Lee (1966-1996)
Haki R. Madhubuti
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About the author (1996)

Haki Madubhubuti is poet, publisher and educator. He is one of the early prominent voices in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s; he is a Distinguished Professor at Chicago State University, the President of Third World Press and the founder and Board Member of two private elementary schools, one charter elementary school and a charter high school in Chicago. charter

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TitleGround Work
AuthorHaki R. Madhubuti
PublisherThird World Press, 1996
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized10 Mar 2008
Length329 pages
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African American men
African American men/ Poetry
African Americans
African Americans/ Poetry
Poetry / American / General
Poetry / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
  
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