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INCIDENT by COUNTEE CULLEN

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First Line: ONCE RIDING IN OLD BALTIMORE
Last Line: Of all the things that happened there / that's all that I remember
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; RACISM; SOCIAL PROTEST; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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