Kaffiyeh on Mississippi Avenue

By Reginald Dwayne Betts | January 10, 2012

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About Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a husband and father of two sons. As a poet, essayist and national spokesperson for the Campaign for Youth Justice, Betts writes and lectures about the impact of mass incarceration on American society. In 2011 Betts was awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship to Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies.

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One thought on “Kaffiyeh on Mississippi Avenue”

Sarah T on August 25, 2012 at 5:35 pm said:

An amazing poem. Thank you.

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