A Biography of Michael S. Harper a Poet (1367 words, 6 pages)
Keith D. LeonardMichael S. Harper was born in Brooklyn, New York, to WalterWarren Harper, a postal worker, and Katherine Johnson Harper, a medical stenographer.Harper recalls his family's move in 1951 to a predominantly white Los Angeles neighborhoodgrappling with racial tension as a traumatic enough experience to "make" him apoet. Also, ...
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