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MEDGAR EVERS by GWENDOLYN BROOKS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE MAN WHOSE HEIGHT HIS FEAR IMPROVED HE
Last Line: HE WAS HOLDING CLEAN GLOBES IN HIS HANDS
Subject(s): CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; EVERS, MEDGAR (1925-1963);

Poem Sources:

BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETS; CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT.
  BATE, W. JACKSON, & PERKINS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1986)
 
EVERY SHUT EYE AIN'T ASLEEP: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE 1945. EDITED BY MICHAEL HARPER AND ANTHONY WALTON.
  HARPER, MICHAEL (ED.)HONY WALTON (EDS.)
  (1994)
 
THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. 3RD ED. ED, BY ALEXANDER ALLISON, BLAKE HERBERT, ET AL.
  ALLISON, ALEXANDER (ED.)
  (1983)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
WORLD OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS.
  BROOKS, GWENDOLYN
  (1971)
 



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