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    Kalamu ya Salaam (born March 24, 1947) is an American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. A well-known activist and...
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    NBA player Eldridge Recasner, NFL Player Marshall Faulk, authors Kalamu ya Salaam and Poppy Z. Brite, actor John Larroquette, trumpeter Kermit Ruffins...
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  • (excerpt from the novel) Ishmael Reed, "Future Christmas" (novel excerpt) Kalamu ya Salaam, "Can You Wear My Eyes" Robert Fleming, "The Astral Visitor Delta Blues"...
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  • Tiptree, Jr. Award for 2012. She is the daughter of writer and activist Kalamu ya Salaam. Ancient, Ancient (Aqueduct Press, 2012) When the World Wounds (Third...
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    former NBA player Dawn Richard, singer-songwriter, actress and animator Kalamu ya Salaam, poet and author Catherine Seals, religious leader New Orleans Public...
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    before this. Scholars such as Maurice Martinez, Jeroen Dewulf, and Kalamu ya Salaam also say that these Black masking traditions predate popular Eurocentric...
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  • novelist Rupaul (born 1960), actor, author, drag performer, TV show host Kalamu ya Salaam (born 1947), poet, author, filmmaker, teacher, activist Sonia Sanchez...
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  • Petry Rosey E. Pool Norman Pritchard Dudley Randall Lennox Raphael Kalamu ya Salaam Sonia Sanchez George Schuyler Jean Smith Young Brancaccio, C. "Negro...
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  • drums Ugochi Nwaogwugwu – vocals on 4, 7 & 9 Original Liner Notes by Kalamu ya Salaam Black Earth Ensemble at Nicole Mitchell Nastos, Michael G.. Nicole...
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    Children's Book Press. ISBN 978-0-89239-218-6. Ruth Foreman poet. Kalamu ya Salaam, ed. (1998). 360, a revolution of Black poets. Black Words. ISBN 978-0-7394-1585-6...
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