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THE EVENT by RITA DOVE

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First Line: EVER SINCE THEY'D LEFT THE TENNESSEE RIDGE
Last Line: Where the wheel turned the water / gently shirred
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
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