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BLACK WOMAN by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT

First Line: MY HAIR IS SPRINGY LIKE THE FOREST GRASSES
Last Line: WHERE %ARE MY BEAUTIFUL %BLACK MEN?
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY. SUPPLEMENT IV: MINORITY POETRY OF AMERICA.
  (1987)
 
BLACK SISTER; POETRY BY BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN, 1746-1980.
  STETSON, ERLENE (ED.)
  (1981)
 
THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 
THE FORERUNNERS; BLACK POETS IN AMERICA.
  KING, WOODIE, JR. (ED.)
  (1975)
 
IN SEARCH OF COLOR EVERYWHERE: A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY.
  MILLER, E. ETHELBERT (ED.)
  (1994)
 



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