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Title Author Year
On the Freedom of the Press Benjamin Franklin 2017
Venus & Serena Play Doubles on Center Court Kate Rushin 2020
Emancipation Priscilla Jane Thompson 1907
Haircut Elizabeth Alexander 1996
My Mother and Lucille Clifton Have Tea Parneshia Jones 2019
Questions Pat Parker 2019
Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia Philip Freneau 1783
From “An Epistle” Emma Lazarus 1889
Changing Is Not Vanishing Carlos Montezuma 1916
The Function of Humor in the Neighborhood Allison Pitinii Davis 2020
The Conflict of Convictions Herman Melville 1860
Golgotha Is a Mountain Arna Bontemps 1927
Gahé Dzíł / Mountain Spirits Crisosto Apache 2022
Oak Park Mutters Statistics Kyla Pereles 2022
Alfonzo Prepares to Go Over the Top Rita Dove 2017
Shirt Robert Pinsky 1990
Artificer Czesław Miłosz 1931
The Negro’s “America” Frank Barbour Coffin 1897
My Beloved Companion, Danielle Legros Georges 2025
I am the daughter my mother raised to confront them Margo Tamez 2024

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