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OF DE WITT WILLIAMS ON HIS WAY TO LINCOLN CEMETERY by GWENDOLYN BROOKS

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First Line: HE WAS BORN IN ALABAMA
Last Line: NOTHING BUT A PLAIN BLACK BOY.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
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