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James Weldon Johnson

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A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader

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1	The Creation
2	Listen Lord: A Prayer
3	Go Down Death
4	Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Go Down Death

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Listen Lord: A Prayer

The Creation

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Maya Angelou and Mary Crow Dog: The Quest for Self-Determination

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Quote Left Judgment is forced upon us by experience.
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Quote Left The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.
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Quote Left He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many foulder in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
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Quote Left Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.
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Quote Left To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow.
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Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace

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