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The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.
Amiri Baraka
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Amiri Baraka
Age: 20 †
Born: 1934
Born: October 7
Died: 1914
Died: January 9
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New Jersey
Imamu Amear Baraka
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Everett LeRoi Jones
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