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"We a BaddDDD People" is a groundbreaking 1970 poetry collection by Sonia Sanchez that helped define Black Arts Movement aesthetics through its politically charged, experimental, and Black vernacular–infused verse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Sonia Sanchez
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Sonia Sanchez
criticalReception considered a key text of the Black Arts Movement
genre poetry
hasSubject Black community life
gender and Black womanhood
revolutionary consciousness
influencedBy Black nationalist politics
Black oral traditions
jazz aesthetics
language English
literaryMovement Black Arts Movement
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
movementContext Black Power movement
surface form: Black Power era

Civil Rights era
notableFor contribution to Black Arts aesthetics
experimental poetic form
politically charged verse
use of Black vernacular
publicationYear 1970
style oral tradition–influenced
typographical experimentation
vernacular speech patterns
theme Black liberation
Black pride
political resistance
racial justice
urban Black experience

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Sonia Sanchez notableWork We a BaddDDD People