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HARD ROCK RETURNS TO PRISON FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT

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First Line: HARD ROCK / WAS / 'KNOWN NOT TO TAKE NO SHIT
Last Line: Had cut deep bloody grooves / across our backs
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; INSANITY; KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953; PRISONS & PRISONERS; SURGERY; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; MADNESS; MENTAL ILLNESS; CONVICTS;
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