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Subject: BLACKS - HISTORY
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 12 GATES TO THE CITY, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The white man is
Last Line: Aquarius died when %they buried atlantis this %is the age of pisces %check it out
Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki
Subject(s): Blacks - History


BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY, by NTOZAKE SHANGE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a daughter/ mozambique
Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, Paulette
Subject(s): Blacks - History; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


HOTEL NORMANDIE POOL, by DEREK WALCOTT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Around the cold pool in the metal light
Last Line: The fruit bat swings on its branch, a tongueless bell
Subject(s): Blacks - History; Holidays; Middle Age; New Year


NEGRO, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am a negro
Last Line: Black like the depths of my africa.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Blacks - History; Negroes; American Blacks


THE HOTEL NORMANDIE POOL, by DEREK WALCOTT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Around the cold pool in the metal light
Subject(s): Blacks - History; Holidays; Middle Age; New Year