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BANNEKER by RITA DOVE

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First Line: WHAT DID HE DO EXCEPT LIE / UNDER A PEAR TREE
Last Line: rising from the morass and spreading / in a spiral of lights ...
Subject(s): ASTRONOMY & ASTRONOMERS; BANNEKER, BENJAMIN (1731-1806); MATHEMATICS; RACIAL EQUALITY;
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