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(Created claim: dedication statement transcription (P21): This book is dedicated to | THADDEUS MORGAN BREVARD | BETTER known in Watts as | "FATS", "WATTS FATS" | "FATS" was shot nine times by the L. A. | Police Department | on November 14, 1967, at 10:30 p.m. | on 89th and Beach | in Watts California. But like | a true Blackman, "FATS" lived.) |
(Created claim: dedication statement transcription (P21): |What we want to know as recorders of | these times, as poets | and essayist, is why a man, when he is on his knees | has to be shot nine times????????? | "WATTS FATS" was on his knees, got shot | by those paid to PROTECT HIM!!!! | We as members of the Black | community ask WHY??? | This book is dedicated to all similar incidents. | The Contributors) |
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|What we want to know as recorders of | these times, as poets | and essayist, is why a man, when he is on his knees | has to be shot nine times????????? | "WATTS FATS" was on his knees, got shot | by those paid to PROTECT HIM!!!! | We as members of the Black | community ask WHY??? | This book is dedicated to all similar incidents. | The Contributors | |||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: |What we want to know as recorders of | these times, as poets | and essayist, is why a man, when he is on his knees | has to be shot nine times????????? | "WATTS FATS" was on his knees, got shot | by those paid to PROTECT HIM!!!! | We as members of the Black | community ask WHY??? | This book is dedicated to all similar incidents. | The Contributors / rank | |||
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First edition published in 1968 by the House of Respect
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| English | Watts Poets: A Book of New Poetry and Essays (1968 House of Respect first edition) |
First edition published in 1968 by the House of Respect |
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WATTS POETS: A BOOK OF NEW POETRY | & ESSAYS | EDITED BY | QUINCY TROUPE | MOVING TOWARDS UHURU! UHURU! UHURU! | Copyright 1968 by Quincy Troupe | Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-7829 | Published By the House of Respect, First Edition | Manufactured in the United States of America | All rights belonging to the authors
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This book is dedicated to | THADDEUS MORGAN BREVARD | BETTER known in Watts as | "FATS", "WATTS FATS" | "FATS" was shot nine times by the L. A. | Police Department | on November 14, 1967, at 10:30 p.m. | on 89th and Beach | in Watts California. But like | a true Blackman, "FATS" lived.
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|What we want to know as recorders of | these times, as poets | and essayist, is why a man, when he is on his knees | has to be shot nine times????????? | "WATTS FATS" was on his knees, got shot | by those paid to PROTECT HIM!!!! | We as members of the Black | community ask WHY??? | This book is dedicated to all similar incidents. | The Contributors
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