Derrick I. M. Gilbert (a.k.a. D-Knowledge) is a Ph.D. graduate in Sociology from UCLA. His essays have appeared in the National Black Law Journal, Educational Policy, Encyclopedia of African American Education, Tough Love, and a variety of other publications. He has appeared in such films as Higher Learning and Panther, as well as on shows like the NAACP Image Awards, the Arsenio Hall Show, and the Apollo Comedy Hour. Derrick has performed his poetry with such artsits as Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello, Howard Hewitt, Peter Gabriel, Arrested Development, Midnight Oil, Earth Wind and Fire; and…
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