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I am the black woman

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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My reward has been bars between me and the rest of the land

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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I have always worked hard in America

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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...in the fields

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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I have given the world my songs

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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In Sojourner Truth I fought for the rights of women as well as blacks

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883

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In Harriet Tubman I helped hundreds to freedom

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913

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In Phillis Wheatley I proved intellectual equality in the midst of slavery

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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Wheatley Peters, Phillis, American, ca. 1753 - 1784

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My role has been important in the struggle to organize the unorganized

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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My right is a future of equality with other Americans

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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In other folks' homes

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Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012

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