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LEROY by AMIRI BARAKA

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First Line: I WANTED TO KNOW MY MOTHER WHEN SHE SAT
Last Line: the bitter bullshit rotten white parts / alone
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLACK NATIONALISM; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/poetry/baraka_jones.html#abara1


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