historical events= this poem is bassed off of Hatians + Dominican Republicans slaughter

"We cannot speak an R- out of the swamp, the cane appears and then the mountain we call in whispers Katalina and the children gnaw their teeth to arrow heads"

"He sees his mother smile, the teeth gnaw to arrowheads"

"The general remembers the tiny green sprigs men of his village wore in their capes to honot the birth of a son."

criticized for her depictions of lesbians

"At first they seemed like such nice girls"

"Careful, don't wanna lose you now" , And teh two of them had laughed int each other's eyes and went into the building."

"Maybe that's why some women get all riled up about it, 'cause they know deep down it's not so different afterall."

"Every one of you knows it; everybody done talked about it, not just me."

The Education of Mingo

By C. Johnson

Characters: Moses Green (owner), Mingo(slave), Harriett(girl green talks to), Isaiah (Mingo kills)

"Without children, without kinfolk, who seldom washed because he lived alone on sicty acres in southern Illionis, felt the need for a field hand and helpmate- a friend, to speak the truth plainly."

"Education, as he dimly understood it, was as serious as a good hear attack. You had to have a model, a good Christian gentileman, like Moses himself, to wash a moor white in a single generation."

"Slaves are tools with life in them, Moses, and tools are lifeless slaves"

"What ming know, Massa Green know."

Nappy Edges

By Shange

"the roots of your hair/ what turns back when we sweat, run, make love, dance, get afraid, get happy: the tell tale sign of living/ nappy edges"

"/from chambersbourg/ lil italy/ i passed everyday at the sweet shoppe/ + was afraid / the cops raided trvants/ regularly/ after dark i wd not be seen/ wit any other colored /sane/ lovin my life"

"three cities besides St. Louis have a negative vibe to them, but she is not moviing, she is staying despite her scars"