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THE CHICAGO DEFENDER SENDS A MAN TO LITTLE ROCK, FALL, 1957 by GWENDOLYN BROOKS

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First Line: IN LITTLE ROCK THE PEOPLE BEAR / BABES, AND COMB AND PART THEIR HAIR
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

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