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Soul Make a Path Through Shouting by Cyrus Cassells

Warning: racist language.

Historical context: The desegregation of the American school system and specifically The Little Rock Nine which was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.

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