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A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he calls home, and do what he can to change things there.

Paule Marshall

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Paule Marshall
Age: 90 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 9
Died: 2019
Died: August 12
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Brooklyn
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Paule Burke Marshall
Valenza Pauline Burke
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