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THE IDEA OF ANCESTRY by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT

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First Line: TAPED TO THE WALL OF MY CELL ARE 47 PICTURES: 47 BLACK
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANCESTORS & ANCESTRY; FATHERS; KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953; MEN; PRAYER; PRISONS & PRISONERS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; HERITAGE; HEREDITY; CONVICTS;

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