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YET DO I MARVEL by COUNTEE CULLEN

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First Line: I DOUBT NOT GOD IS GOOD, WELL-MEANING, KIND
Last Line: Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: / to make a poet black, and bid him sing
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; RACISM; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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