© by Mari Evans (b. 1923)
The insurgent See original
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by David Nathaniel Baker, Jr. (b. 1931), "The insurgent", from The Black Experience, no. 5
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 ©
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