Honoring the values of ancient African cultures
by Holly Hartman
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SAVAGE, Gus, a Representative from Illinois; born in Detroit, Mich., October 30, 1925; attended the public schools of Chicago; graduated from Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Ill., 1943…
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Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones, was an Black American writer known especially for his politically-charged poems, essays and plays from the 1960s and '70s. Raised in New Jersey, Jones…
