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Quotation by Ishmael Reed
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Airing Dirty Laundry Addison-Wesley (1993)"American Poetry: Is There a Center?" Black American Literature Forum (January 1978)"America's Color Bind: The Modeling of Minorities" San Francisco Examiner (November 1987)Beware: Do Not Read This Poem"Blacks Must Put 'Filthy' Money to Work," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 26, 1974Related Subjects
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We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes. For us, it was not only an intellectual movement, but a way of life. We walked, dressed, and rapped Be-Bop.
Ishmael Reed (b. 1938), U.S. novelist, poet, essayist. repr. In Airing Dirty Laundry, Addison-Wesley (1993). "The Be-Bop Revival," Newport Jazz Festival Program (1979).
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