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Derek Alton Walcott is a Nobel Prize winning poet and playwright. He was born in January 1930 in Saint Lucia, West Indies. He is of African and European descent. His father died while his mother was pregnant with him and his twin brother Roderick. He has an older sister named

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Harlem Renaissance

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Left of Black with Byron Hurt and Blair Kelley

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The Mo'ne Davis brand

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Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle

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Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

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Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group

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Riley, George Putnam (1833--1905)

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