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    books‚ and essays that focused on a variety of topics‚ including the lives of Black people. Amiri Baraka was widely known for his poetry‚ essays‚ dramas‚ fictions and more. He is considered as one of the founders for the Black Arts Movement. Nikki Giovanni is also writer. She expressed her racial pride through writing and activism. She came from a family that was prideful about their heritage. Maya Angelou was an activist that expressed her black culture and pride through her writings. She was

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    Writing - 1984 “On it was was written‚ in large unformed handwriting: I love you.”(p. 108). Construct an argument based on whether or not Julia and Winston truly love each other. 30/11/2010 “We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni Love is a word that can have multiple meanings. You can love someone for who they are‚ because of how they act‚ or maybe even you love the idea of love and rebellion which may include someone special. “1984” depicts this idea of love between

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    2012. Byers‚ Paula K.‚ and Suzanne Michele. Bourgoin. ""James H. Meredith"" Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit [u.a.: Gale‚ 2004. Print. Cohodas‚ Nadine. The Band Played Dixie. New York: Free‚ 1997. Print. Smith‚ Jessie Carney.‚ and Nikki Giovanni. "James H. Meredith." Black Heroes. Detroit‚ MI: Visible Ink‚ 2001. 467-71. Print. "The U.S. Marshals and the Integration of the University of Mississippi." The U.S. Marshals Service History. The United States Marshals Service‚ n.d. Web.

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    Myers‚ Walter Dean. (b. 1937)‚ poet‚ editor‚ and novelist. A versatile and prolific writer‚ Walter Dean Myers (also Walter M. Myers) has published short fiction‚ essays‚ and poetry in such disparate periodicals as the Liberator‚ Negro Digest‚ McCall’s‚ Essence‚ Espionage‚ and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He was a regular contributor to men’s magazines until‚ as he says‚ "they gave themselves up to pornography." In 1968‚ he wrote his first children’s book as an entry to a contest sponsored

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    was the only way of keeping history this is because everything was through word of mouth. Griots used music and poetry to express their ancestral stories. We have our griots in America such as Langston Hughes‚ Phyllis Wheatley‚ Tupac Shakur‚ Nikki Giovanni‚ Maya Angelou‚ Nina Simone‚ Claude McKay‚ Alice Walker‚ Sam Cooke‚ and many more who was speaking the truth and sharing their ancestral stories to their

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    In her poetry‚ Sonia Sanchez has advised black oneness and action against white oppression in accessory for composing assault in the dark team‚ the connections between dark men and ladies‚ family connections‚ and public problems. She is the major poet to use town Black British in released type. She also endorsed the addition of dark research applications in organizations of higher studying and was the first lecturer to offer a conference on literary works by dark The u. s. declares females while

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    There were prominent warning signs even according to the shooter’s poetry professor Nikki Giovanni that caused her and her students fear to be around Cho (Roberts). When the first shooting occured campus authoritys gave no more thought into it other than it being a small domestic incident‚ leaving them to believe the gunman had left campus

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    What Is Science?  Science is not just a collection of facts. Of course‚ facts are an important part of science: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0 degrees Celsius)‚ and the earth moves around the sun. But science is much‚ much more. Science involves: * Observing what’s happening; * Classifying or organizing information; * Predicting what will happen; * Testing predictions under controlled conditions to see if they are correct; and * Drawing conclusions. Science involves

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    Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and Knoxville Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni. I like those poems the most because they are both different. Knoxville Tennessee is about the great things that summer can bring‚ like the things you love to do in the summer and the things you like to eat in the summer. I like jabberwocky also

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