© by Mari Evans (b. 1923)
The insurgent
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Language: English
I take my freedom ...
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Note for Baker's setting: in stanza 1, line 3, "pride runs" becomes "fierce pride flows" in one of the repetitions.
Text Authorship:
- by Mari Evans (b. 1923), "The insurgent", appears in I am a Black Woman, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., first published 1970, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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