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Amiri Baraka, a towering figure in American literature and the Black Arts Movement, used his poetry and activism to confront issues of race, politics, and social injustice. With works like "Dutchman" and "The Dead Lecturer," Baraka's powerful voice continues to resonate with readers, inspiring generations of poets and activists in the fight for equality and liberation.
"A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom."
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"A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom."

Freedom, Man
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"Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is."
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"Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is."

Art, Thought, Existence, Understanding
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"This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi."
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"This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi."

President,
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"A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money."
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"A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money."

Money, People, Liberal, Man
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"There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes!"
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"There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes!"

Family, Facts
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"To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass."
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"To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass."

Society, Name, Will
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"God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning."
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"God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning."

God, Respectability
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