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AUTHOR Eugene Useni Perkins
EUGENE USENI PERKINS is a distinguished poet, playwright and youth worker who was born in Chicago IL. Raised in the housing projects of Chicago, and having established a career as a sociologist dealing with troubled youth, he authored the 1976 book Home Is A Dirty Street: The Social Oppression of Black Children. Useni is the author of Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement published by Just Us Books. | ... |
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Poetry from the Masters Series: Black Arts Movement
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Happy Birthday Mari Evans
I first met Mari Evans in the pages of Negro Digest/Black World magazine, published by the Johnson Publishing Company. An aspiring poet myself, I couldn't wait to find another Mari poem to read, to inspire me and to help me further understand myself...
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Author Mari Evans
A major figure in African American literature and the Black Arts Movement, Mari Evans is an educator, musician and writer who writes extensively about issues concerning the Black family and community. Her published work for children includes I...
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Author Wade Hudson
WADE HUDSON is the president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc. an independent publishing company he founded with his wife, Cheryl Willis Hudson. His career as a writer spans more than three decades. After his involvement in the civil rights movement...
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Author Carol Boston Weatherford
Baltimore-born and raised, Carol Boston Weatherford composed her first poem in first grade and dictated the verse to her mother. Her father, a high school printing teacher, printed some of her early poems on index cards. Since her first children's...
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What Are You Doing To Make A Difference?
With the upcoming presidential election, media attention, including the CNN special "Black in America," and numerous town hall meetings about the state of Black America etc., there is a lot of open discussion about the challenges we're facing in the...
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