Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LAST NAME, by NICOLAS GUILLEN First Line: Ever since school Last Line: Foreign and free as the air Subject(s): African Americans; Ancestors And Ancestry; Ethnic Identity; Freedom; Slavery | ||||||||
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