The Caged Bird Flys Summary

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Jamal Eric Watson the author of the article The Caged Bird Flys was published in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Volume 31, Issue 10 on June 19th 2014. Watson is a respected writer and lecturer. He is a senior staff writer for Diverse Issues in Higher Education. It is one of the country’s leading periodicals whose focal point is minorities and various related issues. Some of his writings has been seen in an array of publications such as The Baltimore Sun, The New York Sun, USA Today, The Washington City Paper and The Boston Globe. He is also an author of two essays featured in the anthology Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance published by the University of Illinois Press. Watson is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but currently

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