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Subject: JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTERIMAGES, by AUDRE LORDE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: However the image enters
Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba
Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Jackson, Mississippi; Till, Emmett (1941-1955); Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: City of tense and stricken faces
Last Line: The graves of the dead, %and the birthing stools of grannies long since fled
Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1)
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Jackson, Mississippi