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RACE by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

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First Line: SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT GREAT-UNCLE PAUL WHO LEFT TUSKEGEE,
Last Line: Here a poem tells a story, a story about race
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
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