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KING: APRIL 4, 1968 by GERALD WILLIAM BARRAX

Poem Explanation

First Line: WHEN I WAS A CHILD
Last Line: THOUGH MY STOMACH IS STILL IN ALABAMA PIG %PENS
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. (1929-1968);

Poem Sources:

EVERY SHUT EYE AIN'T ASLEEP: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE 1945. EDITED BY MICHAEL HARPER AND ANTHONY WALTON.
  HARPER, MICHAEL (ED.)HONY WALTON (EDS.)
  (1994)
 
FROM A PERSON SITTING IN DARKNESS; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  BARRAX, GERALD
  (1998)
 



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