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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... niggers don't u know that niggers are different . change . a doublechange . nigger wanted a double zero in front of his name ; a license to kill , niggers are licensed to be killed . change . a negro : some- thing pigs eat . change . i ...
... niggers don't u know that niggers are different . change . a doublechange . nigger wanted a double zero in front of his name ; a license to kill , niggers are licensed to be killed . change . a negro : some- thing pigs eat . change . i ...
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... niggers . change , into a necessary blackself . change , like a gas meter gets higher . change , like a blues song ... nigger : standing on the corner , thought him was change , cool . him still standing there . it's wintertime , him ...
... niggers . change , into a necessary blackself . change , like a gas meter gets higher . change , like a blues song ... nigger : standing on the corner , thought him was change , cool . him still standing there . it's wintertime , him ...
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... niggers were killing little niggers . the " best " jobs were taken by colored college graduates who had earned their degrees in a four - year course of self - hatred with a minor in speech . negroes religiously followed a ...
... niggers were killing little niggers . the " best " jobs were taken by colored college graduates who had earned their degrees in a four - year course of self - hatred with a minor in speech . negroes religiously followed a ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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