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The integration of the Negro into American society is one of the most exciting challenges to self-development and self-mastery that any nation of people ever faced.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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Yonkers
New York State
Society
Negro
American
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Ever
Mastery
Self
Exciting
People
Development
Nation
Challenges
Nations
Integration

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