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Has Black Poetry Lost Its Meaning and Its Purpose? Black Arts Movement-BAM compiled by Atyeb Ba Atum Re

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A reflective examination of the Sister to the Black Power Concept.

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HAS BLACK POETRY LOST ITS MEANING AND ITS PURPOSE? Black Arts Movement-BAM compiled by Atyeb Ba Atum Re

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IT’S A BLAK THANG!

Double-Bind: Three Women of the Harlem Renaissance by Anthony Walton

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Black Poetry tells us something

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Are Poetry Slams moving today’s Black Poets away from the Black Power Movement?

Poetry Slams-Do We Need Them?

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On May 16, 1969 -- Malcolm X's birthday -- they officially formed The Last Poets, adopting the name from the work of South African Little Willie Copaseely, who declared the era to be the last age of poets before the complete takeover of guns.

Poets: Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan and Alafia Pudim Percussionist: Nilaja

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