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The Last Poets: Waiting For The Revolution

Graeme Thomson, Uncut, December 2011

From the volatile streets of Harlem in the late '60s, THE LAST POETS were among the earliest voices of radical black youth in America. With fans including Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger, they took Black Power into the charts and helped inspire hip hop. But at what price…?

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