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Little Rock is a bilingual poem published by Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén in 1958. The text is a direct denunciation of the racial segregation in the United States, after the Little Rock Crisis, one of the first desegregation expressions as consequence of the uprising movement for Civil Rights. As a satirical claim, the poem written in both English and Spanish serves as an appeal to imagine how a changing world would be without race differences. As part of the anthology ''La paloma del vuelo popular'' (the dove of popular flight), the composition is fully representative of the “black poetry”〔Roberto Márquez. (“Racism, culture and revolution: Ideology and politics in the prose of Nicolás Guillén” ) in ''Escritura'' (original spanish version), Caracas, 1979.〕 he used to write, just as the use of names and real situations at the same time gives a qualitative value where applied. As seen in the final verses, the references to Little Rock city and the Arkansas governor Faubus turn into metaphors for qualifying segregation actions: : ''a world of white schools for whites : ''a world all Rock and all Little'' : ''a world all Yanquee and all Faubus''〔Nicolás Guillén. (“Little Rock” ) in ''La Paloma del vuelo popular'', 1958.〕 As a piece of literature, the poem was a response to the Little Rock events, in the same way as was Fables of Faubus by jazzist Charles Mingus. The coherence of Butler's vindication can be found in later works in which he «continued to rail against the rabid racism of the United States. His ironic ''El Gran Zoo'' (The Great Zoo) is caustic in its critic of “Lynch Law”»〔Thomas Gayton, (“Soul Brothers/Hermanos del Alma” ) in ''Thomas Gayton & Afrocuban Anthology 2005'', page 16〕 (a law that is, by the way, satirized in the verse «() ''sons of Lynch their playmates''» of “Little Rock”). ==See also== * Little Rock Crisis * Governor Faubus * Racial segregation in the United States 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Rock (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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