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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... walk in any black neigh- borhood and if you possess only an ounce of perception , the examples will fly at you . We are the only people in a nation of many people who have consistently let others guide us . We've been so busy taking ...
... walk in any black neigh- borhood and if you possess only an ounce of perception , the examples will fly at you . We are the only people in a nation of many people who have consistently let others guide us . We've been so busy taking ...
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... hair turned back and he began to really see as the wall came , it failed and he failed to do an impression of a blackman . 105 WE WALK THE WAY OF THE NEW WORLD 106 1 We Walk the Way of the New World We Walk the Way of the New World 106.
... hair turned back and he began to really see as the wall came , it failed and he failed to do an impression of a blackman . 105 WE WALK THE WAY OF THE NEW WORLD 106 1 We Walk the Way of the New World We Walk the Way of the New World 106.
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... walk in cleanliness down state st / or Fifth Ave. & wicked apartment buildings shake as their windows announce our presence as we jump into the interior & cut the day's evil away . We walk in cleanliness the newness of it all becomes us ...
... walk in cleanliness down state st / or Fifth Ave. & wicked apartment buildings shake as their windows announce our presence as we jump into the interior & cut the day's evil away . We walk in cleanliness the newness of it all becomes us ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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