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Haki R. Madhubuti

Author of Black Men : Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? : Afrikan American Families in Transition : Essays in Discovery, solution, and Hope

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Includes the names: Don L. Lee, Haki Madhubuti

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Works by Haki R. Madhubuti

Black Men : Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? : Afrikan American Families in Transition : Essays in Discovery, solution, and Hope (1990) 86 copies
Claiming Earth: Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption: Blacks Seeking a Culture of Enlightened Empowerment (1994) 27 copies
Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men (2002) 25 copies, 1 review
Enemies: The Clash of Races (1978) 24 copies
Don't cry; scream (1970) 21 copies, 1 review
YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet's Life (2005) 19 copies
Million Man March/Day of Absence: A Commemorative Anthology, Speeches, Commentary, Photography, Poetry, Illustrations & Documents (1996) 17 copies
Heartlove: Wedding and Love Poems (1998) 16 copies
Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the '92 Los Angeles Rebellion (1993) 16 copies
Earthquakes and Sun Rise Missions: Poetry and Essays of Black Renewal 1973-1983 (1984) 15 copies
Groundwork: New and Selected Poems, Don L. Lee/Haki R. Madhubuti from 1966-1996 (1996) 15 copies
Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors (1987) 14 copies
Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet's Handbook (2004) 14 copies
Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing (1975) 13 copies
We Walk the Way of the New World (Broadside Poets) (1970) 12 copies
Black Culture Centers: Politics of Survival and Identity (2005) 12 copies
From Plan to Planet Life Studies: The Need for Afrikan Minds and Institutions (1979) 12 copies
To Gwen With Love: An Anthology Dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks (1971) — Editor, afterword — 10 copies
Confusion by Any Other Name: Essays Exploring the Negative Impact of "the Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman" (1992) 10 copies, 1 review
Think Black (1969) 10 copies
African-Centered Education: Its Value, Importance, and Necessity in the Development of Black Children (1991) 9 copies
Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems: 1966-2009 (2009) 9 copies
Book of life (1973) 8 copies
Black Pride (1971) 8 copies
Say That the River Turns: The Impact of Gwendolyn Brooks (1991) 6 copies
Dynamite Voices, Vol. 1: Black Poets of the 1960s (Broadside critics series) (1971) 6 copies
Directionscore: selected and new poems (1971) 6 copies
Taking Bullets: Terrorism and Black Life in Twenty-first Century America Confronting White Nationalism, Supremacy, Privilege, Plutocracy and Oligarchy (2016) 5 copies
Taught By Women: Poems as Resistance Language New and Selected (2020) 3 copies
Kwanzaa: A Progressive and Uplifting African American Holiday (1972) 3 copies
Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness, and Justice (2012) 3 copies
Not Our President: New directions from the Pushed Out, The Others and the Clear Majority in Trump's Stolen America (2017) 2 copies
Don't Cry, Scream. (1969) 2 copies
From plan to planet: Life studies : the need for Afrikan minds and institutions (1973) 2 copies
Black Words That Say: Don't Cry, Scream 2 copies
Describe the Moment: A Collection of Literary Works from Gallery 37 (2000) 2 copies
Color Him Father: Stories of Love and Rediscovery of Black Men (2006) 2 copies
Black Books Bulletin - The Challenge of the 21st Century 2 copies
The Challenge of the 21st Century 1 copy
Words Work: Black Books Bulletin 1 copy
From plan to planet: life studies : the need for Afrikan minds and institutions 1 copy
Fred Hampton Lives ! 1 copy
Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People (2018) 1 copy
For Black People (and Negroes too): A Poetic Statement on Black Existence in America with a View of Tomorrow (Chapbook) 1 copy
From Pan To Planet Life Studies : The Need fir Afrikan Minds and Institutions 1 copy
From Plan to Planet- Life Studies: The Need for Afrikan Minds and Institutions 1 copy
African-Centered Education 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 442 copies, 4 reviews
The Black Poets (1983) — Contributor — 406 copies, 2 reviews
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Contributor; Contributor — 364 copies, 2 reviews
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature {2nd edition} (2003) — Contributor, some editions — 282 copies, 2 reviews
Soul Looks Back in Wonder (1993) — Contributor — 238 copies, 5 reviews
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 237 copies, 4 reviews
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Vintage Book of African American Poetry (2000) — Contributor — 174 copies
The 100 Best African American Poems (2010) — Contributor — 110 copies, 5 reviews
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 108 copies
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (1995) — Contributor — 105 copies
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Contributor — 99 copies
Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems (1999) — Contributor — 72 copies
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Contributor — 69 copies, 1 review
Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (2016) — Contributor — 66 copies
Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry (1997) — Contributor — 63 copies
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributor — 48 copies
Soulscript: Afro-American Poetry (1970) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
Report from Part One (1972) — Preface — 37 copies
I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love (1994) — Contributor — 35 copies
Catch the Fire!!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African-American Poetry (1998) — Contributor — 35 copies, 1 review
Grand Fathers: Reminiscences, Poems, Recipes, and Photos of the Keepers of Our Traditions (1999) — Contributor — 27 copies
A Rock Against the Wind: African-American Poems and Letters of Love and Passion (1996) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Diary of Malcolm X (2013) — Foreword — 21 copies
360: A Revolution of Black Poets (1998) — Contributor — 10 copies

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Confusion by Any Other Name: Essays Exploring the Negative Impact of "the Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwom by Haki R. Madhubuti
This is the critical response to Shahrazad Ali's explosive and controversial book "The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Black Woman. The book is authored by several academics, all of whom make very valid and thoughtful arguments against Ms. Ali's book.
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Sep 21, 2007
BlackResourceCenter1 review
Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men (English and English Edition) by Haki R. Madhubuti
Black Masculinity
Sep 6, 2012 (Edited)
UGRHP31 reviews
Don't cry; scream by Haki R. Madhubuti
Author on title page Don L. Lee
Feb 25, 2026

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