Don’t Cry, Scream

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Don’t Cry, Scream is a seminal poetry collection by Haki R. Madhubuti that helped define the Black Arts Movement with its politically charged, Black nationalist themes and experimental style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
alsoKnownAs Don L. Lee
associatedWith Black Arts poets
linked to: Black Arts Movement

Black Power movement
author Don L. Lee
Haki R. Madhubuti
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalContext post–Civil Rights era United States
founded Third World Press
genre poetry
hasForm longer sequences
short poems
intendedAudience African American readers
intendedFunction cultural empowerment
political consciousness-raising
language English
literaryInfluenceOn later Black nationalist poets
spoken word and performance poetry traditions
literaryPeriod 20th century American literature
literarySignificance helped define Black Arts aesthetics
seminal work of the Black Arts Movement
medium print
movement Black Arts Movement
politicalOrientation Black nationalist
publisher Third World Press
style experimental
free verse
oral, performance-oriented
subjectMatter Black community life
oppression and liberation
self-determination
theme Black nationalism
Black pride
political resistance
racial justice
urban Black experience
usesDevice colloquial Black speech
repetition
rhythms influenced by jazz

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Haki R. Madhubuti notableWork Don’t Cry, Scream
Haki R. Madhubuti notableWork Don't Cry, Scream
subject linked to: Haki
linked to: Don’t Cry, Scream
Haki R. Madhubuti notableWork Don’t Cry, Scream
subject linked to: Don L. Lee