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The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

Kristin Hunter

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Kristin Hunter
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 12
Died: 2008
Died: November 14
Novelist
Writer
Kristin Hunter Lattany
Kristin Eggleston Hunter
Kristin Elaine Hunter
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