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Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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Drinks
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Afternoon
School
Breakfast
Lunch
Schools
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Sugared
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Snack
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I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
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