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POEM FOR BLACK HEARTS by AMIRI BARAKA

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR MALCOLM'S EYES, WHEN THEY BROKE
Last Line: WE FAIL, AND WHITE MEN CALL US FAGGOTS TILL THE END OF %THE EARTH
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLACK NATIONALISM; MALCOLM X (MALCOLM LITTLE) (1925-1965);

Poem Sources:

BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETS; CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT.
  BATE, W. JACKSON, & PERKINS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1986)
 
I AM THE DARKER BROTHER; AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POEMS BY NEGRO AMERICANS.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1968)
 
POSTMODERNS; THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY REVISED.
  ALLEN, DONALD, & BUTTERICK, GEORGE F. (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
  GATES, HENRY LOUIS, JR. & MCKAY, NELLIE Y. (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
SELECTED POEMS OF AMIRI BARAKA/LEROI JONES.
  BARAKA, AMIRI (LEROI JONES)
  (1979)
 
LEROI JONES/AMIRI BARAKA READER. WILLIAM J. HARRIS (ED.)
  BARAKA, AMIRI (LEROI JONES)
  (1989)
 



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