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A CONTRACT. (FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND REBUILDING OF PATERSON) by AMIRI BARAKA

Poet Analysis

First Line: FLESH, AND CARS, TAR, DUG HOLES BENEATH STONE
Last Line: else they cannot eat
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; RACISM; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;

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