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from the slave ship to the citizenship we faced a lot of bullship
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Amiri Baraka
Age: 20 †
Born: 1934
Born: October 7
Died: 1914
Died: January 9
Critic
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Music Critic
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Newark
New Jersey
Imamu Amear Baraka
LeRoi Jones
Everett LeRoi Jones
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An evil word it is/ This Love.
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Poetry is music, and nothing but music. Words with musical emphasis.
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