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ELDRIDGE by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: NOBODY MENTIONED WAR
Last Line: BREAK, OR / BE BROKEN
Subject(s): CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLEAVER, ELDRIDGE (1935-1998);
Full Poem Text Available at
https://studiesinpoetry.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/cliftons-view-on-political-activism/


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