Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Ted Joans

Born: July 4, 1928
Died: April 25, 2003 (aged 74)
Bio: Theodore "Ted" Joans was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement.
Known for:
- Black pow-wow (1969)
- Teducation (1999)
- Our thang (2001)
- Afrodisia (1970)
- A black pow-wow of: Jazz poems (1973)