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BLACK MOTHER WOMAN by AUDRE LORDE

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First Line: I CANNOT RECALL YOU GENTLE
Last Line: To define myself / through your denials
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS; WOMEN;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://online.achva.ac.il/nsite/courses/english/unit_6/unit_6_lourde_mother.asp


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