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FOR THE DEAD AT JACKSON STATE by TOI DERRICOTTE

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First Line: WHOSE NAMES I DON'T KNOW
Last Line: WHISPERING THEIR SYLLABLES
Subject(s): JACKSON STATE COLLEGE KILLINGS (1970); RACISM;

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