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Photograph of poet Amiri Baraka reading at the 1996 National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. Standing on a darkened stage, he holds a book in his left hand and pulls a microphone close to his mouth with his right hand. Several musicians sit behind him.The festival, which was sponsored in part by the Georgia Humanities Council, provides funds for and conducts programs that bring Georgians together to explore and discuss their cultural traditions.
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  1. African American Authors
  2. African American Men
  3. African American Poets
  4. African Americans
  5. Art Festivals
  6. Atlanta
  7. Authors, American
  8. Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934
  9. Books
  10. Festivals
  11. Georgia
  12. Men
  13. Poets, American

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