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The late Jayne Cortez spits fire, reminding us of the need to fight, resist, organize, and unify to seize power.
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Shangri-Laâuntaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
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Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sopsâ
Black faces in high placesâ
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
ââŚthere are known knowns. There are things
we know that we know. There are known
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
âAinât no power like the power of the peopleâ
âcause the power of the people donât stop!â bouncing
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