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ON A HIGHWAY EAST OF SELMA, ALABAMA; JULY 1965 by GREGORY ORR

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS THE SHERIFF REMARKED: I HAD NO BUSINESS BEING THERE. HE WAS
Last Line: AND STILL HE REFUSES TO SWALLOW.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; MISSISSIPPI; PRISONS & PRISONERS; RACISM; SELMA, ALABAMA; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;

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