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Article: The trials and triumphs of American literature.
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- Black Issues Book Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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"EACH GENERATION MUST, OUT OF RELATIVE OBSCURITY, DISCOVER ITS MISSION, FULFILL IT, OR BETRAY IT." FRANTZ FANON, 1964
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