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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... Afrikan Minds and Institutions . Enemies : The Clash of Races . Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions . Killing Memory , Seeking Ancestors . Black Men : Obsolete , Single , Dangerous ?; The Afrikan American Family in Transition . Claiming ...
... Afrikan Minds and Institutions . Enemies : The Clash of Races . Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions . Killing Memory , Seeking Ancestors . Black Men : Obsolete , Single , Dangerous ?; The Afrikan American Family in Transition . Claiming ...
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... Afrikan - mind hear time to create an Afrikan - mind in a european setting Chaka ( if we had called the blood Afrikan 4 years ago he wd a had his whole family out for the kill lookin for a crazy negro , an unamerican , a communist , a ...
... Afrikan - mind hear time to create an Afrikan - mind in a european setting Chaka ( if we had called the blood Afrikan 4 years ago he wd a had his whole family out for the kill lookin for a crazy negro , an unamerican , a communist , a ...
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... AFRIKANS callin ourselves AFRIKAN men & women callin ourselves builders of the FIRST callin ourselves stylers of tomorrow : the shape to come shaper comin 21st century fly golden antelope a black lion is u simba and the world is still ...
... AFRIKANS callin ourselves AFRIKAN men & women callin ourselves builders of the FIRST callin ourselves stylers of tomorrow : the shape to come shaper comin 21st century fly golden antelope a black lion is u simba and the world is still ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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