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The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
Author
Autobiographer
Comedian
Dancer
Essayist
Film Director
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
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Atheism
Lifelong
Minds
Quietly
Invisibly
Justice
Floating
Airborne
Culture
Entering
Microbes
Body
Enter
Smoothly
Find
Racism
Insidious
Mind
Bodies
Purchase
Diversity
Plague

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