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African-American Oral Traditions

Name: African-American Oral Traditions
Start: 1990-03-08T19:00:00-05:00
End: 1990-03-08T19:00:00-05:00

Mar 8, 1990 | 7:00 pm

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with Amiri Baraka and Bilal Addullah

Location Poets House, Spring Street Sponsored By Poets House

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Date:: Mar 8, 1990
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