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Piri Thomas (born Juan Pedro Tomas September 30, 1928 in Spanish Harlem in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-Cuban who is influential in the Nuyorican Movement as a writer and poet. is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
125th Street between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. ...
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The Nuyorican Movement is an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Ricans or of Puerto Rican descent and who live in or near New York City and call themselves or are known as Nuyoricans. The word Nuyorican derives from a combination of the words New...
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Early years
Thomas was raised in a neighborhood where crime and violence were an everyday thing. Children were expected to be gang members at a young age and Thomas was no exception. Thomas was also exposed to racial discrimination because of the color of his skin and because he was Hispanic. [1] An African-American drinks out of a water fountain marked for colored in 1939 at a street car terminal in Oklahoma City. ...
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Thomas was involved with drugs, gang warfare and crime and he spent seven years in prison as a consequence. While in prison Thomas thought a lot about the teachings of his mother and father. He came to realize that a person is not born a criminal. As a result of this realization, he developed a deep conviction that he should use all of his street and prison know-how to reach hard-core youths with the intention of convincing them to turn away from a life of crime.[1] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Best selling novel In 1967, Thomas received funds from the Rabinowitz Foundation and wrote and published his best-selling autobiography "Down These Mean Streets." In his book he describes his struggle for survival as a Puerto Rican/Cuban born and raised in the barrios of New York. After more than 25 years of being constantly in print, it is now considered a classic. Among his other works are: "Savior, Savior Hold My Hand," "Seven Long Times," and "Stories from El Barrio." [2] 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
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Down These Mean Streets is the autobiography of Piri Thomas, a Puerto Rican who grew up in El Barrio (aka Spanish Harlem), a section of Harlem that has a large Puerto Rican population. ...
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district. ...
Currently He is currently working on a book entitled "A Matter of Dignity." Thomas is also working on an educational film titled "Dialogue with Society."
Thomas travels around the country as well as Central America and Europe, giving lectures and conducting workshops in colleges and universities. He is the subject of the film Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas, by Jonathan Robinson, which features a soundtrack by Kip Hanrahan. [2] For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ...
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Kip Hanrahan (born January 1, 1937) is an American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist. ...
References - ^ a b Life and Flow
- ^ a b Official Thomas Website
See also list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...
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