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D.H. Melhem's clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez. Since the 1960s, the poet hero has characterized a significant segment of Black American poetry. The six poets interviewed here have participated in and shaped the vanguard of this movement. Their poetry reflects the critical alternatives of African American life—separatism and integration, feminism and sexual identity, religion and spirituality, humanism and Marxism, nationalism and internationalism. They unite in their commitment to Black solidarity and advancement.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. 1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Humanism and Heroism
  2. pp. 11-40
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  1. 2. Dudley Randall: The Poet as Humanist
  2. pp. 41-84
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  1. 3. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee): Prescriptive Revolution
  2. pp. 85-132
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  1. 4. Sonia Sanchez: The Will and the Spirit
  2. pp. 133-180
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  1. 5. Jayne Cortez: Supersurrealist Vision
  2. pp. 181-214
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  1. 6. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Revolutionary Traditions
  2. pp. 215-264
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  1. That Is Construction
  2. pp. 265-268
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 269-280
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