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Ethelbert's Rhyme & Reason
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Poet & literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller remininises about his baptism in the Black Experience at Howard University in the late 1960s, where he first developed his voice. From literary influences like Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez & Kamau Braithwaite, to Marcus Garvey, CLR James & George Padmore, Ethelbert cites a pantheon of thinkers & actors who have shaped our recent history. Finally, he riffs on mythology & language, white supremacy, systemic racism, the murder of George Floyd & the spectre of racially neutral "Robo Cops".
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