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CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK by RITA DOVE

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First Line: MENIAL TWILIGHT SWEEPS THE STOREFRONTS ALONG LEXINGTON
Last Line: whenever sleep comes down on me
Subject(s): BUS TERMINALS; PARKS, ROSA (1913-2005); RACISM; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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https://dissidentpoetry.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/claudette-colvin-goes-to-work/


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