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Dark Days
A New Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript
Who’s Running?
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with “Guilty Until Proven Innocent.” As a means in protecting the innocent From criminals with bad intent, Torture chambers, in prisons, are built To confine and punish… Full Transcript
Time
The Awakening
Wilbert Sanders
This is Jazz the Poet with “The Awakening”. Our society is infested with vicious killers,Stick-up men, hustlers and drug dealers, Elevating crime to all-time highs. Every 30 seconds someone dies. Teenagers tow Uzis, semi automatics,… Full Transcript
The Killing Fields
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with a piece I call “The Killing Fields.” Instead of providing safety to communities, Police are executing Blacks and minorities. Inner cities are concrete killing fields With… Full Transcript
The Invisible Man
Poem about Mumia
Bloodlines
Mondo We Langa
When we escaped the plantations of Florida And ran among the trees Toward swampy ground To trudge through mud and memories Of bondage and of blood, We found your arms slung open wide, As gates… Full Transcript
I Am Free: Poem for Hugo Pinell
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
This is a poem that I would like to share in memory of Hugo Pinell. I am free. Don’t grieve for me, for now I am free. I am following the path that God laid… Full Transcript
Gil Scott Heron, Radical Poet 1939-2011
A Ranch Where Hope Grows
1. I was Born With Two Tongues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
My name is Mumia Abu Jamal. I’m a journalist, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and an African American. I live in the fastest growing public housing tract in America. In 1981, I was a… Full Transcript
