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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Poet
Activist
Playwright
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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gptkb:Black_Power_Movement
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Black_Arts_Movement
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Langston_Hughes_Medal
gptkb:National_Literary_Award
gptkb:PEN_Oakland_Literary_Censorship_Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1934-09-09
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_USA
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Maya_Sanchez
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:Hunter_College
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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"Words are the most powerful tools we have."
"Poetry is a way of being in the world."
"I write to make sense of my life."
"I believe in the power of words to change the world."
"I am a poet who writes about the world around me."
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:African_American_literature
Drama
Poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sonia Sanchez
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:Amiri_Baraka
Nikki Giovanni
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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Shake Loose My Skin
We a BaddDDD People
Homegirls_and_Handgrenades
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gptkbp:occupation
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Educator
Professor
Writer
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:David_Sanchez
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gptkbp:website
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http://www.soniasanchez.net
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