During the 1960s, the architects of the black arts movement--Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Larry Neal, Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Addison Gayle, and others--demanded that black writers use their ta...
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John Edgar Wideman has firmly established himself as one of the most respected contemporary writers, as evidenced by his receipt of the P.E.N./Faulkner Award in 1984 and 1991. The author of ten books...
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Evidence indicates laptop batteries caused a spectacular cargo plane fire at Philadelphia International Airport last year, federal safety investigators said Tuesday, but they said it's not certain....
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Police union officials have called for the immediate firing of a city firefighter and aspiring rapper who wrote anti-police lyrics about turning "pigs into bacon bits."The Fraternal Order of Police...
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NTSB issues recommendation on batteries
