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LEADBELLY GIVES AN AUTOGRAPH by AMIRI BARAKA

Poet Analysis

First Line: PAT YOUR FOOT / AND TURN THE CORNER. NAT TURNER, DYING WOOD
Last Line: BURNED TO DEATH / IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLACK NATIONALISM; LEDBETTER, HUDDIE [LEADBELLY] (1888-1949); NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
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https://wikipoem.org/2018/07/16/leadbelly-gives-an-autograph-by-amiri-baraka/


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