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{{cquote|This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America. It can’t be “normal.” If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better.|author=Barack Obama}} | {{cquote|This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America. It can’t be “normal.” If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better.|author=[https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1266400635429310466 Barack Obama]}} | ||
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{{Large|We Real Cool}}<br /> | |||
By: [[w:Gwendolyn Brooks|Gwendolyn Brooks]] (1963) | |||
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::::The Pool Players. | |||
::Seven at the Golden Shovel. | |||
::We real cool. We | |||
::Left school. We | |||
::Lurk late. We | |||
::Strike straight. We | |||
::Sing sin. We | |||
::Thin gin. We | |||
::Jazz June. We | |||
::Die soon. | |||
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Revision as of 09:18, 18 June 2020
I Can’t Breathe covid-19: day 78 | US: GA | info | act
| “ | This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America. It can’t be “normal.” If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better. | ” |
| — Barack Obama | ||
We Real Cool
By: Gwendolyn Brooks (1963)The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
