African American Poets, & Authors Born Before 1950-2
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The Essential June Jordan – Black Arts Movement -poet poems
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Saundra Sharp IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE 1972 Black Arts Movement poet
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Sandi Lea-THE SILHOUETTE OF A PEN (1971)-1ST ED-BLACK CHICAGO POET-SEGREGATION
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Sam Cornish-GENERATIONS-POEMS (1971)-1ST ED, BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT,
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Rosa Guy was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932.
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Ronald Fair EXCERPTS 1st ed 1975 Paul Breman Chapbook Chicago Black Arts Poetry
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Ron Welburn-PERIPHERIES- SELECTED POEMS-1972-1ST ED-FINE-AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY
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Olean Bess MIXED FEELINGS Black Arts Movement, Poetry & Songs
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DEVIL’S MOUTH-FIRST POEMS-1975-
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Paulette White LOVE POEM TO A BLACK JUNKIE 1st ed 1975 Black Arts Mvmt Detroit
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‘Pearl Cleage Lomax -WE-DONT-NEED-NO-MUSIC-1972-BLACK-POETRY.Y
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Norman Jordan DESTINATION- ASHES 1971 Black Arts Movement Poetry West Va. Author
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Nikki Giovanni b. 1943 Poet
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Mujahada GET BACK INSANITY 1st ed 1975 Black Arts Movement Poetry Roxbury Author
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Lyn-SINGING SADNESS HAPPY- POEMS-1972–AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY
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Howard Odum – Rainbow Round My Shoulder 1928 Author
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Hal Woodrum African American
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Joseph Mason Andrew Cox-LAND DIMLY SEEN (1975)-1ST ED, BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT-POEMS
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Leona Nicholas WELCH – Poetry Black Gibraltar 1st Edition 1971
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James S Allen – Negro Liberation 1932
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1938- LiL Hannibal- Hardbound-Children’s Book by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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February 9, 1944 (age 79), Alice Walker African American
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tozake Shange ( EN-toh-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-gay; October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet.
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NORTH INTO FREEDOM-AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN MALVIN FREE NEGRO 1795-1880 in DJ 1966
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BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER- HISTORY OF NEGRO IN AMERICA 1619-1964 BY LERONE BENNETT,JR
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SENEGAMBIAN SIZZLES NEGRO STORIES BY E V WHITE SIGNED 1948 African American
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Paul Crump- Burn Killer Burn! (1962) 1st Edition, Black Death-Row Inmate.
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aynter HORSE & BUGGY DAYS WITH UNCLE SAM 1943 African American Memoir
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Redmond RIVER OF BONES & FLESH & BLOOD 1st ed 1971 [Black Arts Movement]
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Salvador PAUL CUFFE THE BLACK YANKEE 1859-1817 1st ed 1969
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Amelia Swift-CHILD OF CAPRICORNE-1973-AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELLA
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True Likeness- Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts, 1920-1936. 1st ed., 1986
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THE BLACK POET…GEORGE MOSES HORTON, A NORTH CAROLINA SLAVE 1966
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The Autobiography of Clark Terry by Terry, Clark
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Ann Petry-COUNTRY PLACE-1947-AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVEL
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Augusta Wheadon THE NEGRO 1863 to 1963 Scarce History, Af-Am Woman Author
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Belisle + Novack – BLACK SLAVERY & CAPITALISM Education for Socialists SWP 1968
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Benjamin Caldwell-POSTER- JOURNAL OF BLACK POETRY PRESS-1970-AFROFUTURISM
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Ed Bullins – The Duplex A Black Love Fable in Four Movements 1st Edition 1971
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Earl Cash-JOHN A. WILLIAMS- EVOLUTION OF A BLACK WRITER-1975
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Cuthbert THE ROBBED HEART- A NOVEL 1945 [Black – white love story
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Corrie & Roberta Haines-AS I SEE IT-1974–BLACK POETRY
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Elouise Loftin-BAREFOOT NECKLACE- POEMS-1975-1ST ED-NEAR FINE-BLACK ARTS POETRY
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Howard Odum-WINGS ON MY FEET-1929-1ST ED-AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS-WORLD WAR I
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Jesse O. Thomas. My Story in Black and White- Autobiography. 1st ed. 1967.
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Jymi Jones-THE FRUIT THEORY-1973-1ST ED-FINE-NEAR FINE-BLACK ARTS POETRY-PHILLY
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Hiram Nall UP FROM THE DEAD LEVEL 1st ed 1974 Black Arts Movement Poetry
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No School- by-Moseley Rita Odom-b1950s-
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Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005) was the youngest member of the Society of Umbra, predecessor of the Black Arts Movement.
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Ahmed Alhamisi-HOLY GHOSTS (1972)–BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT-POETRY
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AMIRI BAKARAS- IT’S NATION TIME-1970-BLACK POETRY
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Annette O. Shands BLACK VOLUME 1973 Black Arts Movement Poetry New York
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Arthur-Graham-THE-CAPTAIN-HIS-CREW-1st-ed-Black-Arts-Movement-Childrens-Lit
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Clarence Major. Private Line. 1st ed. 1971. Black Arts Movement author
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Clarence Major. Emergency Exit. 1979. Black Arts Movement
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Chester Fuller-SPEND SAD SUNDAYS SINGING SONGS TO SASSY SISTERS-1974 Poetry
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Chaka Shango, Horace Coleman BLACK GIFTS FOR A BLACK CHILD Broadside Black Arts Movement Press
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Damali, I am that we may be. 1st ed. Third World Press, African-American poetry
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David L. Rice -POEMS-Authors-1st-Book-Prison-Poetry-
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Dee Phillips Sims-PARTS OF DEE-1978-AFRICAN AMERICAN POET
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Donnie Ree RICKS – Inside Out 1st Edition 1976 Poetry
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Ed Bullins-THE GENTLEMAN CALLER [IN] ILLUMINATIONS 5-1971-1ST ED-BLACK ARTS POET
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Dudley Randall-AFTER THE KILLING-1974-FINE-BLACK ARTS POETRY-DETROIT
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Dorothy June Watkins THOUGHTS & THINGS Dallas 1976 Black Arts Movement Poetry
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Dorothy J Watkins LOVE BONES Black Arts Movement Chicago Poetry 1st ed 1974
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Evelyn Early, Elliott Pinkney – Heart & Soul – First Edition, 1974
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red Hord AFTER HOURS 1st ed 1974 Chicago Black Arts Movement
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George Barlow-GABRIEL-1974-AFRICAN AMERICAN POET
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Gersami-BECKONING FROM MY SPIRITS-1977 AFRICAN AMERICAN POET
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Hutch Waters-AFRICA IN BROOKLYN (1971)-1ST ED, FINE-BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT, POETRY
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Wild Blessings- The Poetry of Lucille Clifton by Hilary Holladay
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Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an American writer and poet.
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James L. Canada-IF I WERE TO TELL YOU (1973)-1ST ED-AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY-
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Jas Thompson FIRST FIRE 1957-1960 1st ed 1970 Paul Breman Chapbook Detroit Poet
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Jeremy Randolph POEMS II 1st ed 1971 Black Arts Movement Poetry, Texas Author
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John R. Jackson-SOULFUL SOUNDS (1973)-1ST ED-BLACK ARTS POETRY-FLORIDA
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BIRTHRIGHT, by T.S. Stribling – 1922 Black Americana Civil Rights Racial Issues
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Mary Frances Berry (born February 17, 1938) is an American historian, writer, lawyer, activist
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WILLIE DIXON-PREACHER OF THE BLUES (AFRICAN AMERICAN
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The Masquerade -, Oscar Micheaux
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History-changing book by Obama’s father
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Charles Wright, Novelist, . 1947-2022 wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City between 1963 and 1973
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William M. Mitchell (c. 1826 – c. 1879) was an African American writer, minister and abolitionist who worked on the Underground Railroad.
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William M. Mitchell (c. 1826 – c. 1879) -2
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GEORGE JACKSON Soledad Brother BLACK PANTHER 1971 TRIBUTE Killed In San Quentin letters b 1941
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Evangeline Grant REDDING -Nothing The Mentality of the Black Woman -2
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1948 Black Americana Negro Poetry Anthology Book Ebony Rhythm -2
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1948 Black Americana Negro Poetry Anthology Book Ebony Rhythm -5
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1948 Black Americana Negro Poetry Anthology Book Ebony Rhythm
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Evangeline Grant REDDING – Nothing The Mentality of the Black Woman African American
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James C. Kilgore-A TIME OF BLACK DEVOTION-1971-1ST ED-FINE COPY-LOUISIANA POET
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Elouise Loftin-BAREFOOT NECKLACE poet
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Ed Bullins-TO RAISE THE DEAD & FORTELL THE FUTURE (1970)-1ST ED-BLACK ARTS POET
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Corrie & Roberta Haines-AS I SEE IT–BLACK POETRY
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Negro Poet of the French Caribbean book writing
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Zulu Woman- (1897–1987) was an American writer, lecturer, and suffragist
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Black Americana Autobiography of James L. Smith 1st Ed book 1881 ex-slave
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DUST OF SILENCE-OLIVER PITCHER 1958 POETRY-AFRICAN-AMERICAN-PLAYRIGHT
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Open Wide The Freedom Gates- A Memoir- by Dorothy Height
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RACE AND REMEMBRANCE- A MEMOIR (AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE By Arthur L. Johnson
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Synthia Saint James (born February 11, 1949) is an American visual artist, author, keynote speaker, educator and actor i
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Something Must Be Done- One Black Woman’s Story by Peggy Wood African American author
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Wanda Coleman (b. 1946 –, 2013) American poet. She was known as -the L.A. Blueswoman-
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Leslie Lacy -Native Daughter- African American Author
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Remembering Ralph Hayes- African American Historian
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Poems by a Slave George Moses Horton – Poet
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On The Shoulders of Giants b. 1947 Harlem, NYC author
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My Life and an Era- The Autobiography of an African American Lawyer -author
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Mirror to America – The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
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Sandi Lea-THE SILHOUETTE OF A PEN (1971)-BLACK CHICAGO POET-SEGREGATION
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Africa Education Memoir A. Folumbo I. DeWalt 1920s
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Joseph Holston Short Stories African American
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Dapper Dan – Made in Harlem author
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Poems From Prison ~ Etheridge Knight , 1931 – 1991) was an African-American poet Broadside Press Detroit
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RACE AND THE UNIVERSITY- A MEMOIR By George Henderson -Author
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1972 Glowchild and other Poems by Ruby Dee poet
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Black Smiles or the Sunny Side of Sable Life. Franklin Henry Bryant (1877–1909) African American Author
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AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR JUDGE INEZ SMITH
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Dorothy West
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Zora Neale Hurston Novelist Harlem Renaissance
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Richard Wright -3
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Richard Wright first novel ”Black Boy” article-3
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Richard Wright -4
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Richard Wright -5
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN GHETTO BOY – THE 1950’S By Tony Rose -author
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Resisting Jim Crow- The Autobiography of Dr. John A. McFall Author
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Jet Magazine 1955 Mary Vroman – writer
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RITA DOVE- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet
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GEORGE CAIN – AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITER 1970
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Being Somebody and Black Besides – George Nesbitt author
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he Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman – Harlem Ren. author
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Cant Stand Still- Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance – singer
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THIS WAITING FOR LOVE- Helene Johnson – Poet
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The Big Sea- An Autobiograph poet
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Black Arts Movement. Ed Bullins (1935-2021) was the playwright in residence- African American playwright
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AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY ed. by ARNA BONTEMPS – 1963