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Nikki Giovanni's "Poem for Black Boys" is a poignant literary work that addresses several issues concerning the young black male in America and the conflicting views taken by members of the African-American community during the Civil Rights Movement with an inclination towards the peaceful movement perpetuated by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr. and his non-violent contemporaries. Giovanni's use of allusion, imagery and the sardonic humor of the speaker blend effortlessly to denounce all of the negative connotation of the young African-American male and to sound the battle-cry to black male youths that while society-at-large may place them in a box, it is up to them to prove society wrong.
In "Poem for Black Boys," Giovanni uses allusion in two different ways; one to promote the non-violent movement and two, to show that the "by any means necessary" attitude adopted by the likes of H. Rap Brown and the Black Panther Party did nothing but further perpetuate the......

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