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Jayne Cortez

Born Sallie Jayne Richardson on the U.S. Army base at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on May 10th, 1934, Jayne Cortez is a preeminent poet of the Black Arts Movement. Cortez, whose birth year is sometimes misreported as 1936, was

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Oppressionists

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What famous American poet was Assistant Secretary of State from 1944-45?

Answer

Archibald MacLeish.

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