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We need to make sure our children travel to see things. Not necessarily long distances but at least out of the neighborhood. On a train. A boat. An airplane.

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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Children
Boat
Needs
Necessarily
Long
Distance
Make
Train
Things
Travel
Least
Distances
Sure
Airplane
Need
Neighborhood

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