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came onto the platform, the students rose and turned their eyes to the flag on the stage.

            One  hand  went  to  the  heart,  the  other  outstretched  toward  the  flag.  Three  thousand
            voices spoke. Among them was the voice of a dark girl whose cheeks were suddenly

            wet with tears, “…one nation indivisible, with liberty  and justice for all.”
            “That is the land we must make,” she thought.


                                                                                              – Langston Huges








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